New Multichannel Dynamics Processor for System 6000
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October 14, 2005
For the benefit of System 6000 users, TC Electronic announced the MDX5.1 multichannel dynamics processor. Through advanced multiband and multichannel processing, MDX5.1 is capable of lifting low level details, but without boosting everything and hammering the transients. MDX5.1 is available free of charge to all System 6000 users with an MD5.1 license. MD5.1 comes with Mastering 6000, and is optional for Reverb 6000 at $2195 MSRP. MDX5.1 will be available end of October 2005.
Committed to film and music content as well as audio quality in general, TC researchers have studied distortion for years, and recently came up with improved solutions for digital dynamic range restriction. Film and mastering studios using the MD4 and Brickwall 2 stereo processors asked for similar possibilities to cater for multichannel signals. Now it is possible to produce audio without the presence of listening fatigue the moment it hits a data reduction codec, or a consumer playback device according to the company.
Extensive channel-linking features are included in the MDX5.1, and the detail lift may even be added differently to different channels. For instance, in order to avoid speech intelligibility getting sacrificed when converting film from cinema to broadcast or domestic listening conditions, the detail lift to the Center signal can be different from that of the lateral speakers. Alternatively the discrimination feature can be used to only spectrally amplify the surround ambience in a 5.1 concert at low levels, so the result doesn't get all muddy. MDX5.1 employs phase linear split and combination filters with 48 bit processing throughout. Two processors may be used in parallel to process, for instance, 10.2 signals.
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