RTW's (LQL) Enhances Audio Experience

For nearly 50 years, RTW has been developing audio measurement equipment for professionals that are used in various applications across multiple industries, including the broadcast and cine markets.

During this tenure, the company has been a leader in providing innovative solutions that support loudness standardisation around the world. After all, when producing content, the ultimate goal - whether it be a film, video or broadcast, is to provide the intended audience with the best possible experience, and for RTW, achieving crisp, intelligible audio is a major part of that.
In order to help audio engineers to achieve their goals, there is a clear need for technologically advanced equipment, such as meters and analysers that can provide the consistent loudness levels the pros are seeking. In addition, the meters are designed to improve workflows so that audio checks can be done early on in the process, rather than waiting until the end.
A key difference between the new measuring equipment and the old-style pure voltage-based VU or PPM metering is frequency weighting, which emulates how our ears process sound, along with time weighting. Time weighting is important because a short signal, such as a finger snap, compared to a longer signal with equal level and frequency spectrum, will not be judged as being loud.
Loudness meters, such as those built into RTW’s TouchMonitor line of audio meters, can measure and alert users to these issues. Momentary, short-term, integrated loudness measurement, TruePeak detection and loudness range analysis serve an audio engineer’s requirements for loudness based metering. Not only can these meters improve sound quality, they can also display the content of multiple console outputs at the same time. This ensures mixes are consistent.
To further support such metering efforts, RTW recently introduced the LQL (Loudness Quality Logger), which is now shipping worldwide. Developed for logging, true-peak data analysis and reporting, the LQL (Loudness Quality Logger) is compatible with the TM7, TMR7 and TM9 TouchMonitor line of products running with the Logging Data Server license (SW20014). The LQL is a natural extension of RTW’s range of innovative software options for the 7- and 9-inch line of TouchMonitor audio meters.
Once activated, LQL enables measured Loudness and TruePeak data to be derived directly via an IP-connection from a capable TouchMonitor audio meter, as well as from external storage media such as a USB stick. The software also includes dual limit weighting, status information, marker and various other reporting features. The new PC software is free of charge to users, however the SW20014 Logging Data Server license is required to enable a TM7, TMR7 or TM9 series meter to be compatible with data export and additional display functions.
The TM7 and TM9 series TouchMonitors, which include the innovative Magic LRA instrument, feature a 7- and 9-inch touch-sensitive display, respectively, and provide unparalleled flexibility and modularity, combined with intuitive control. The software visualises multiple sources simultaneously. Both support displaying the same signal on multiple instruments in parallel, each with dedicated defaults with both horizontal and vertical operation. TM7 visualises up to 40 sources at the same time, while the TM9 visualises up to 48 and the TMR7, specifically designed for radio broadcasting, visualises up to four.

Read the here.
(IT/MH)