Calrec Announces New Products For IBC2013

Calrec has announced it will launch its Soccer Sidekick iPad® app at IBC this year.
The device is an assistive mixing tool designed to simplify the job of tracking the on-field audio during a soccer game.
One of the many tasks the audio operator must manage is the capture of on-pitch events while minimising crowd and venue noise.
Soccer Sidekick works by defining the position and direction of the pitch microphones around an aerial image of a pitch on the display.
The operator touches the corresponding area on the screen to indicate one or more locations of interest. The Soccer Sidekick then calculates the optimal contribution from each microphone to best capture events at those locations and moves the appropriate faders on the desk.
Calrec will also be demonstrating its Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) via an interface card in a Hydra2 modular I/O rack at the IBC show.
This interface allows signals to be sent over standard networks to other AVB-compliant equipment, such the Riedel intercom systems that are to be incorporated into this year's IBC.
AVB is a Layer 2 protocol that supports various channel and latency options on 100 Mb or Gigabit Ethernet. It is designed to make use of a number of extensions to the Ethernet standard (referred to collectively as IEEE802.1), which are designed to support real-time streaming services. Bandwidth can be reserved through network paths to lock down switching resources and ensure streaming-friendly packet-queuing and forwarding behavior.
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