Canford Source Material mag - Issue 2 (2017)

canford.co.uk Into The 3rd Dimension Second

New audio reproduction formats to achieve a 3D listening experience

EDITION

A Canford Production

InfoComm and CEDIA Education Industry Education and Staff Development

greenMachine A new way of thinking about signal processing

CANFORD FIBRE TERMINATION SERVICE

BREXIT THE HOTTEST TOPIC IN TOWN

GREEN-GO AND CHANNEL-16 WITH MUSE

PENDRAGON MULTI SENSORY CENTRE

MONITOR, IDENTIFY & RESOLVE

CANFORD’S CURRENT METER MDU Designed and manufactured in-house, the new Current Meter Mains Distribution Unit (MDU) provides system integrators with the ability to quickly monitor overall current draw. Real-time data is displayed on the backlit LCD screen and the active metering alerts installers and rack builders to potential overloaded circuits, enabling load balancing and aids good system design.

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WHAT’S INSIDE 4 Into The 3rd Dimension - New A Canford Production

WELCOME

By Stephen Gallagher, Canford Marketing Manager Hello and welcome to the 2nd edition of our annual “Source Material” magazine.

Around a year ago Iain (the boss!) challenged me to produce something “a little better...” than the branded flyers that we used to send with the Canford Year Planner, of which your 2017 copy has been included and I hope takes pride of place. I think Iain may have expected a brochure? But, working with Jen (our Graphic Designer) we decided to aim high and would produce a magazine. A magazine that would provide us with the ability to share industry news and new product information but also represent great editorial value with interesting technical articles - and Jen said it HAD to look great!

So we produced the first Source Material magazine and here we are working on the second, so I guess the original was a success.

It is hard to believe that an entire year has passed so quickly - Wow! Day-byday it can seem like nothing much is happening, but reflecting back over the past year I realise just how busy we’ve been.

We have made a strategic investment and launched our own fibre termination facility and successfully completed LEMO’s SMPTE Fibre Termination Training Programme. We designed and are now manufacturing our new Mains Distribution Unit (MDU) with Current Meter to provide active metering and alert system integrators and rack builders to potential overloaded circuits, excellent for load balancing and aiding good system design.

We’ve strengthened our Technical Support, Product Management, Internal and External Sales teams. Dalia Senvaityte has joined the technical team from the University of York, as has Paul Power from the University of Salford. Ian Winter joins us from Amazing Media to manage many of our product ranges, and Martin Greenwood joins our external sales team, based in the south of England.

We bid a final “Au Revoir” to Ray Kin who joined Canford and helped form the French subsidiary back in 1988. With that we congratulate Thomas Nicolle who accepts the role of Directeur Général and looks to continue developing the Canford brand in France.

We celebrated Canford’s 40th anniversary in July, with a brilliant week long schedule of events. You may have seen some of the “intriguing” photos @ CanfordGroup on Facebook.

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audio reproduction formats to achieve a 3D listening experience

exhibition in Amsterdam

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6 Clarity in Pendragon Multi Sensory Centre - A specialist centre charged with making real differences to the lives of those with physical, mental and emotional difficulties

choose Green-GO Digital Intercom Products for Muse’s Festival Tour 2016

9 Decades - In the year that

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way of thinking about signal Canford becomes 40, former processing Technical Director and Chief 26 MuxLab Signal Executive Chas. Kennedy Distribution becomes 70 so we invited him to reminisce Solutions Offer

10 SchooNover Center - RDL Dante™ Interface and Headphone Amplifiers provide students with personal audio monitoring in the Critical Listening and Post Production Studio

Advanced Features for Broadcasters - Several new products supporting today’s most popular interfaces

28 InfoComm and CEDIA Education - Industry Education and Staff Development

12 Brexit - The hottest topic in town

14 Neutrik: Continually setting standards Whenever there’s a stage anywhere in the world, you’ll find Neutrik products

16 Canford launch fibre termination service - The company has made a commitment to providing customers with an industry leading, high quality fibre termination service

18 A visit to the museum - As it’s our 40th birthday this year, perhaps you’ll forgive a little nostalgia, and enjoy a visit to our earliest days

30 When a Standard 19” Rack Isn’t The Answer - From a simple wall plate for a single connector through to a range of 19” rackmount wall cabinets

33 Technical Know How - Balanced and Unbalanced Signals

34 Introducing the new ‘Perfect for’ Range - The new Perfect for range incorporates industry-leading Rycote technologies, optimised for key, popular industry microphones

I made a head count and realised that we are a team of over 100 who collectively possess 1783 years experience – that’s years’ service worked here, at Canford!

All of that experience contributes to the immense and unrivalled knowledge base we have here, whether about the products, our manufacturing skills, or ensuring that our order processing and fulfilment systems run as smooth as they do.

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This year we also witnessed the Brexit vote, and are dealing with the challenges created from the political uncertainty it has caused.The only immediate impact of course is the significant fall in value of the pound, heavily impacting on imported product ranges – but I think everyone is now well aware of the short term pain as we have to get used to the new situation.

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We continually challenge ourselves to improve, to design distinctive, innovative product and develop better ways to serve the most important people in this relationship - you, our customer. Thank you for your business in 2016 and we look forward to supporting you in 2017.

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Into The 3rd Dimension

By Paul Power, Canford Technical Support Engineer

Background Currently there is a large amount of research into new audio reproduction formats in order to achieve a 3D listening experience. Yet there has been interest in 3D surround systems for many years now, one of the first 3D systems was proposed as early as the 1970’s by Michael Gerzon using a spatial audio rendering technology called Ambisonics. This was a complete system allowing the recording, transmission and reproduction of 3D audio. However Ambisonics was introduced during the era when quadraphonic systems were being developed and subsequently failed to catch on, this was because of the extra expense incurred at having to buy extra equipment to play quadraphonic recordings. Dolby who began in the early 70’s marketing noise reduction systems and also developing methods of encoding and decoding three screen channels and a mono surround channel prevailed and developed their surround systems which ultimately led to their 5.1 discrete system used today. Dolby are now marketing their 3D ‘Atmos’ system which including the normal surround channels also include height channels which can be found in select cinemas worldwide utilising up to 64 channels in total in larger cinemas. There are also numerous home surround receivers which are now Dolby Atmos enabled, utilising for example a 9.1 system which encompasses the 5.1 system but also includes four height channels.

Psychoacoustics In order to understand the influence of 3D surround systems on our perception it is necessary to look into how our perception and hearing works. Humans use two main mechanisms in order to locate sound sources in the horizontal plane, one is the time difference of arrival between the ears, which works for frequencies up to 800Hz and the

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other is the level difference between the ears and works for frequencies above 1200Hz, for frequencies between 8001200Hz it is thought a combination of both is used. However when sound sources are located in the vertical plane the listener relies more on the spectral filtering of the sound source caused by the listener’s pinna, head and shoulders combination, known as a head related transfer function or HRTF for short. This works with high frequency sounds because the wavelength is smaller therefore the head, pinna and torso are an appreciable barrier and cause the sound to be filtered. Our ability to locate a sound source in the vertical plane is not as accurate as the horizontal plane and sound sources placed symmetrically with respect to the head at an elevation directly in front of a listener the time and level differences will be the same, therefore the listener will be relying solely of the influence of the head, pinna and shoulder combination to locate the sound source, however psychoacoustic research has shown that sounds with certain frequency content will be perceived as coming from a certain elevated position because of the filtering effect of the head, pinna and shoulder combination, this being down to what has been termed directional bands

Production Of course with a new reproduction format then comes the challenges of how it can be utilised effectively taking into account psychoacoustics. For example when a mix engineer creates a stereo mix they have limited space in which to place sounds, which is within the stereophonic angle, sometimes slightly out with this depending on the sound source, this means that the sound image created will be confined in front of the listener and that the engineer will have to use equalisation, panning and effects like reverb in order to create space and depth for sounds so that they are not masked.

Put simply, masking occurs when two sounds of either similar

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frequency, or one sound is louder than another occur at the same time it covers up (masks) the other sound. Masking can also occur with sounds which have just disappeared, known as post masking and pre masking can occur when a sound is masked by another sound which occurs after it. When surround systems were introduced this provided the ability, due to the fact that the sound image was spread around the listener, for the sounds to have more space and in a word be unmasked. In everyday environmental situations sounds arrive at us from many different directions, this gives rise to us being able to be selective and hone in on certain sounds.The classic example is when you are at a party and you are interested in another person’s conversation, you are able to filter out the noise around you and hone in on the conversation of interest, this is classically known as the cocktail party effect.

Therefore, the move from 2D surround to 3D in theory should provide further unmasking and give us the ability to listen in more detail.

Workflow However with new reproduction systems comes the question of how to create content for these systems, in terms of recording techniques, workflows and mixing methods and also how archived material, created in 5.1 for example could be repurposed for 3D reproduction. Currently for recording of live performances a number of 3D microphone techniques are being developed, some build on current 2D surround microphone arrays by introducing microphones placed above the standard surround array, which generally utilise one microphone to cover each speaker channel including the height channels of the 3D surround system. Other 3D recording solutions utilise for example the Ambisonic Soundfield microphone, this microphone includes three figure of eight microphones and an omni directional microphone, essentially four microphones in one, this allows a one point 3D capture

solution which is independent of the reproduction format, the output of which can be decoded to virtually any speaker configuration within reason. The soundfield microphone was one of the technologies conceived by Michael Gerzon in the 70’s and has been used extensively in broadcast for several years now to create content for 5.1 systems. A new higher resolution microphone which houses thirty two microphone capsules in one microphone has also been introduced called the Eigenmike, however at the moment this has only been used for research, but follows the Ambisonic principles.

Currently workflows for 3D sound reproduction are being researched for broadcast as it is necessary for broadcasters to consider enhancement of the end users experience but also to cater for legacy formats for example stereo and 5.1, therefore a workflow is necessary which is independent of reproduction format. Currently in the film world 3D production utilises Dolby Atmos in order to create content for cinema and home use which utilises what is called an object based workflow, this does not rely on a set speaker layout instead each sound source is tagged using metadata which includes information about the sound source position and sound level, therefore allowing both cinemas with Atmos systems and also cinemas with traditional surround systems to play the content without problems of creating for individual systems. Object based production workflows is currently part of broadcasters research into a new audio formats as there is a push to enhance the end users listening and viewing experience. As a result several universities across the UK are in partnership with the BBC in order to research and develop these new methods. It does seem therefore that 3D audio has come of age and could soon become part of an everyday production and reproduction format.

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CLARITY IN PENDRAGON MULTI SENSORY CENTRE July 2016,The Pendragon Multi Sensory Centre in Northallerton, a specialist centre charged with making real differences to the lives of those with physical, mental and emotional difficulties, opened its doors for the first time on 4th July 2016.

The new multi-sensory centre is owned and operated by the Pendragon Community Trust, formed by a group of parents and carers together with other compassionate and committed professionals. Their aim is to fill the gap in day service provision for people with learning and profound disabilities, by providing a stimulating range of therapeutic and developmental activities.

Fundraising for the Pendragon Centre began more than twelve years ago and on opening day Chairman of the Pendragon Community Trust, David Kerfoot said: “It’s been an emotional day, it has been hard to keep back the tears at times. So many people have helped to bring the Pendragon Centre to where it is. It’s all paid for, now all we have to do is raise the money to keep it going. The need is so great - the Centre fulfils a really important role”.

Consultant on a number of other projects and we were honoured when he approached us to make a proposal for this amazing Centre”.

“After a number of consultation meetings our technical team commenced working on-site in March 2016 for approximately three weeks, returning in June just a few weeks prior to the opening, to fine-tune, commission and handover the system”, added Graham.

“Alongside the projection, lighting and AV systems, we used a Cloud DCM-1 Digital Zone Mixer to control the audio across seven separate zones within the centre including the Atrium, Sensory, Reception and Studio areas”.

A Cloud PM-8SA paging microphone is included within the system design, allowing each audio zone to be paged individually, currently across all seven zones. Capacity exists within the current configuration for an additional outside zone of audio and paging to be added in the future, if required.

A number of audio sources including CD/media player and internet audio via a local PC are selectable in each zone via Cloud CDR-1 remote volume/selection panels and local Cloud LE-1 remote wall input plates allow the connection of additional audio sources in the Atrium, Reception, Sensory and Quiet Rooms.

Audio from the digital zone-mixer is distributed to a Cloud CX-A850 eight channel amplifier fitted with 100V output transformers which in turn is connected to number of Bose Freespace 3 satellite and bass loudspeaker in the atrium and a number of Bose Freespace 16 loudspeakers in other zones.

The Centre is dominated by a double height sensory area that combines stunning sound and light effects with specialist equipment such as bubble tubes, a ball pool and soft slide. The design and fit-out of the Centre was split between special needs company Mike Ayres Design and Clarity in Sound, Light and Vision Ltd, experts in the provision of sensory environments for education.

“The Cloud DCM-1 gives us the flexibility to provide localised remote control and input facilities positioned exactly where they are needed as well as a portable device i.e. iPad control option, which the staff at the centre are very happy with, as the learning curve is reduced due to familiarity with the device”, summarised Graham.

“Designs for the Pendragon Centre began almost two years ago”, commented Stuart Graham, managing director for Clarity.

“We’d worked with Mark Hildred, an independent Sensory

In addition to the audio system Clarity in Sound, Light and Vision Ltd also installed a comprehensive LED wall and ceiling colour wash system using a number of Chauvet HEX12 LED lighting Pars and a number of Pulsar colour changing LED hanging spheres. The lighting fixtures were fitted to a bespoke truss support system, pre-wired with DMX lighting outputs

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and power sockets whilst a Panasonic 730Z 7,000 lumen projector with remote controlled short throw lens was also installed to provide moving projection images and light on a 3m wide surface.

site audio requirements, rather than just the sensory spaces.

The Cloud system has provided much greater flexibility than we thought would be possible within the budget we had available. The Centre staff can easily route audio and control volumes locally with the minimum of training, providing many more opportunities for the use of sound across the centre.�

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System 10 Digital Wireless Camera Mount System ATW-1701 With its compact and portable design, the System 10 Digital Wireless Camera System is ideal for video production, reporting and all intermediate mobile applications, the receiver offers several mounting options to suit a wide variety of cameras and recording devices.

The channel selection, instant timing and configuration to camera models make it extremely easy to use, while its digital wireless operating at 24-bit / 48 kHz brings ultimate sound quality and reliable performance in the band 2.4 Ghz, away from interference of DTV or 4G. The ATW-1701 system includes an ATW-R1700 receiver and an ATW-T1001 bodypack transmitter. It ÂŽ must be supplemented by a microphone or Wireless Essential cable. There is also a complete system with a lavalier microphone (ATW-1701/P) or with a handheld microphone (ATW-1702).

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Decades

IN THE YEAR THAT CANFORD BECOMES 40, FORMER TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE CHAS KENNEDY BECOMES 70 SO WE INVITED HIM TO REMINISCE

By Chas Kennedy, former Technical Director and CEO at Canford

For a few years now, my elder brother and I have had a tongue-in-cheek game where during any of our many trips from Ayrshire to Argyll, we challenged ourselves to see how far into our drive we could get before we started our first ‘rant’ about politics, bankers, Brexit – you name it. In practice, at the beginning, we used to clock up a few miles but it soon became clear that this distance diminished with each journey to the point where, now that we’re BOTH over 70, we start ranting even before we get into the car.

The fact that I’m now a fully-fledged ‘grumpy old man’ left me wondering whether I applied that way of thinking to the industry from which I had so recently retired and whether, in the words of the musical, ‘Fings ain’t wot they used t’be’.

I thought it may be fun to have a short(ish) retrospective in the year that Canford becomes 40, I become 70 and which sees 80 years since the start of ‘High Definition’ television (in Baird’s system all 240 lines of it!) and 70 years since the restart of television following World War 2 and some of the technological change in that time.

A few years later, at the start of Capital Radio in London in the 70s, I encountered my first experience of an attempt to use automated playout, albeit of analogue players, which we sadly had to abandon, due to operational needs rather than technological shortcomings.The idea of computers controlling playout devices became a frequently used technology during the 80s and 90s before the prospect of the computers themselves being the source of the sound and vision material became practical, in line with Moore’s law, itself first mooted just over 50 years ago. We now, of course, take for granted the availability of sound and vision from our solid state devices.

For Canford, the ability to maintain and develop a business in the face of the customer technology changing at an almost exponential rate has been a challenge. Both the products and the back office technology that the team have had to adapt to over its 40 year course has been exciting to say the least. So, as a fully-fledged ‘grumpy old man’ do I regret that ‘Fings ain’t wot they used t’be’?, the answer is NO – bring it on!

Here’s to Canford’s next 40 years.

My first BBC posting found me working on valve driven BBC Type B desks at the World Service – hardly the ‘white heat’ of the scientific revolution expected by a new raw graduate and proposed by Prime Minister Wilson in the 60’s. However, one couldn’t help admiring the effectiveness and reliability of their design, still doing their job over twenty years after their commissioning. This longevity remained a feature of broadcast equipment until relatively recently and influenced the product culture adopted by Canford until the sheer rate of technological change made it less possible.

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We were excited by the RDL solution because of its Dante integration, which allowed for seamless connectivity between our 100% Dante room as well as the overall simplicity and ease of installation.

SCHOO NOVER CENTER

Kyle P. Snyder Lecturer and Outreach Coordinator Ohio University

OHIO UNIVERSITY’S SCRIPPS COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION A look inside the Critical Listening and Post Production Studio at the Schoonover Center at Ohio University RDL Dante™ Interface and Headphone Amplifiers

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Students can listen to work and hear us via talkback provided three RU-TPDA FORMAT-A distributors; and an RDL RUThe students at Ohio University are “overwhelmingly through the Dante Nuage,to which is fantastic, and we which can carry on a ‘normal NFDP FORMAT-A Interface, connects the class.’ It’s a fantastic installation and an amazing product.” enthusiastic” about the system integrated within Schoonover headphone amplifiers to the Dante network.

Center, Snyder says, and the RDL headphone amplifiers have Install Story | Education rdlnet.com worked well because “they can live as just another Dante output on our network. Students can listen to work and hear us via TP-HA1A FORMAT-A headphone amplifier talkback provided through the Nuage, and we can carry on a provides students with studio-quality audio and ‘normal class.’ It’s a fantastic installation and an amazing product.” independent volume control

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By John Slider, Canford Non-Executive Director

I have been asked to write an article on the hottest topic in town, BREXIT, but before going further must point out that my comments are my own personal views and do not in any way reflect or represent the opinions of the company.

BREXIT is just a shorthand way of describing Britain exiting the European Union which was decided on 23rd June 2016 when over 30 million people voted in a referendum by 52% to 48% to leave after 43 years of membership.

I think it is fair to say that the result of the referendum was a huge surprise to many and a huge disappointment to the vast majority of the business community. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland had large majorities in favour of remaining in the Union but England and Wales carried the day for the Leave campaign.

I will not comment on the regional differences as frankly speaking I don’t think anyone really knows the real reasons for the vote turning out the way it did. At the end of the day it does not matter as the decision has been made and we just need to get on with it.

So what does it mean for the country, the North East, Canford and we as individuals?

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Before giving my personal thoughts I think it is worthwhile to recap on exactly what is the entity we are leaving.

The path towards the creation of the Union began in the 1950’s when the European Economic Community (EEC), known as the Common Market was formed by a handful of European countries.

I remember well the UK actually tried to join the Union in 1963 and 1967 but were refused entry due to that old war hero Charles De Gaulle who was President of France. He felt that the UK did not really have the political will to join and be a team player. How right he was!

With his passing in 1970 it made relationships a bit easier and Ted Heath the then Prime Minister of the UK managed to secure membership in 1973. The European Union as we know it today was formed twenty years later in 1993 under the Maastricht Treaty and the Euro was introduced as the currency in 2002.

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Today the Union consists of 28 member countries of which 19 have the Euro as their currency. The Union is supposed to be both a Political and Economic entity and personally I always felt it was doomed for whilst the political policies were in the main accepted the Union never had a fiscal policy.

local businesses in terms of grants and equity to assist in training regimes and business growth. It is claimed that this fund has helped over 1,700 companies in the North East and created over 10,000 extra jobs.

The European Central Bank basically controls the finances of the Union and certainly those who use the Euro. In 2008 when the UK had a financial crisis it was just as well we had complete autonomy of our currency as if we had had to wait on the ECB taking action we would have been doomed. Our decision to maintain sterling as our currency saved the day.

I also attended a meeting of over 100 CEO’s from the region and overwhelmingly all expressed regret at the Brexit decision and were seriously concerned about who was going to provide the leadership to represent the North East in negotiations that ensures our businesses can make the most of the opportunities and manage the challenges that Brexit will present.

So what will leaving the Union mean for the UK?

What will it mean for Canford?

No one and I mean no one really knows, as many issues have to be resolved by negotiations which could take years. Quite apart from rules governing trading one of the biggest single issues between us and the EU will be immigration and the free movement of labour throughout all European countries.

It should come as no surprise to find that we export to all member nations of the EU! In 2015 our World Export business revenues were £2.7m of which exactly 50%, £1.3m went to the EU countries. If we include France then our total exports to the EU is £2.3m which is a significant chunk of our total business (15%).

The British people have made it quite clear that they want stricter controls applied to the number of immigrants entering the country as they believe it is putting an impossible strain and burden on the NHS and other services.

It is my belief the EU negotiators will take a very hard line with our representatives because they are afraid other nations may well jump on the band wagon to leave the EU if the UK is seen to get a “soft deal”. Time will tell.

My biggest concern is that Nicola Sturgeon may use Brexit as a means of forcing a second referendum for Scottish Independence. Most of you know me to be a proud Scot but I am totally opposed to Scottish independence believing that our nations are much stronger together than apart. It saddens me that many of my countrymen do not feel the same way.

What will it mean for the North East?

A few weeks ago I met with Mauricio Armellini who represents the Bank of England in the North East and asked him that very question. He told me that the region has 3,500 exporters who should benefit from the fall in sterling but also had 3,800 importers who would feel the impact of the weaker pound.

On a more positive note Mauricio also intimated that they were not too concerned about European tariffs being applied as the fall in the pound should more than compensate exporters such as Canford and make our goods more attractive to European buyers.

The fall in the Great British Pound (GBP/£) is a double edged sword. In one way it makes us much more competitive and attractive to European buyers and in theory should help us increase revenues and to back this up we have seen a significant upturn in our sales to France.

However on the other hand it makes the goods we buy from Europe much more expensive and less competitive.

We purchase circa £9m of goods annually of which approximately £1m is spent with EU countries so we will see some price pressure in the coming months.

What will it mean for us as individuals?

Despite having a thriving agricultural community the UK still imports about 45% of its domestic food requirements.

The fall in the pound will mean imports are much more expensive and hence we will eventually see the retailers such as Tesco pass the additional costs on to their customers.

There is no doubt our weekly shop will cost more in the future.

Our summer holidays will also become much more expensive as the pound in your pocket will buy fewer euros or dollars. The upside is that many people will now stay at home and hopefully spend their hard earned cash in places such as Whitley Bay!!

As to other aspects we will have to wait and see what falls out from negotiations but one thing I am certain about is that no matter what challenges Brexit brings the British people will prevail!

The biggest single worry for the North East is what will replace the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which over the past six years has provided over £415m to

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Neutrik: Continually setting standards Neutrik AG, recognized globally as the leading supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, began life in the backyard of an old farm house in Schaan, Liechtenstein in 1975. Neutrik has become the leading provider of innovative electrical and electronic interconnection products for the professional entertainment industry.

The company proudly claims “Neutrik is setting standards!” and its footprint is extensive: Whenever there’s a stage anywhere in the world, you’ll find Neutrik products form an integral part of the setup. From microphones and instruments, to speakers, mixers, amps, lighting desks, video walls and more, Neutrik’s connectivity solutions are on the job.

Neutrik have produced over a billion XLR connectors (1’000’000’000) a tremendous achievement. This impressive statistic enables Neutrik to claim without exaggeration the title of “market leader” in the area of XLR connectors. Their success story is based on a corporate philosophy oriented on innovation, high reliability and continuity!

Not content with numerical achievements, the Neutrik R&D team continue to look to the future designing new ruggedized connectors with the high tolerances required for today’s Digital World of Audio, Video, and IP streaming.

Pushing boundaries and setting standards from 4K video to the latest European CAT6a connectors.

CAT6a The Neutrik EtherCON CAT6a connectors are fully capable of consistant10gigabit data rates, with the best EMC shielding possible, a must have for reliable broadcast over IP, lighting control and other major data applications. As a bonus they perfectly interface with standard EtherCON CAT5 equipment when lower data rates are all that is required.

UHD TV With “4K” being the latest buzz word in the video and broadcast world, you won’t want to miss Neutrik’s fully 4K compliant BNC connector! These rearTWIST UHD BNC connectors push the standards even higher for this traditional video connector format.

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10 Pin XLR Always ahead of the game the Neutrik classic XLR has now gone “10 Pin”, unleashing a world of new possibilities for this industry standard connector range. Housed in the standard Neutrik XLR XX format the 10 pins consist of two large current carrying contacts (similar in rating to the 3pole XLR) and 8 smaller contacts more suited to data signals. This is a “next generation solution” for data with power applications. From camera controls to a hybrid type of POE solution, whatever you need this connector will soon be the answer to your problem. powerCON TRUE1 The powerCON TRUE1 range are locking waterproof 16 A true mains connectors. They replace appliance couplers wherever a very rugged solution in combination with a locking device is needed in order to guarantee a safe power connection. The powerCON TRUE1 connectors are with breaking capacity (CBC), i.e. it can be connected or disconnected under load or live.

XIRIUM PRO XIRIUM PRO: Designed as cable-replacement-system XIRIUM PRO saves time and money. Extensive cabling and tripping hazards were yesterday’s issues. XIRIUM PRO transmits sound in studio quality without any compression over unprecedented distances and is therefore the perfect solution for live events (e.g. Delay Towers, distribution of high quality audio signals on events, …). The technology (DiWA: Digital Wireless Audio) specifically developed by Neutrik for this application allows transmission of excellent audio quality over distances > 500 m from one transceiver to an unlimited number of receivers (point-to-multiple-point), operating in the license-free 5 GHz band. Even with high RF traffic Neutrik’s DiWA protocol guarantees uninterrupted data transmission. DiWA looks independently for free channels and occupies them permanently. For very adverse conditions the system offers XROC mode which reduces the bit rate (only 1 audio channel) and pushes through even the densest RF jungle.

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Canford launch fibre termination service

By Stephen Gallagher, Canford Marketing Manager

Canford is celebrating reaching the impressive milestone of completing its 40th year in business, an achievement made possible through continuously evolving to design and manufacture distinctive products, producing industry leading technical literature and delivering a quality service.

The company is considered to be a major supplier to the Broadcast and AV markets within the UK, Europe and the Middle East, and is recognised for its high service levels and enduring quality of products designed and manufactured for these markets.

Canford acknowledges the move from standard definition to high definition broadcasting, and the widespread adoption of fibre as the preferred means of transport for video content from HD cameras. Also that the next stage development for programme making and broadcast will be UHD (4K), and that fibre will therefore continue to play an ever greater part in content acquisition.

Although still in its infancy at a consumer level, broadcasters are already upgrading to the necessary equipment required to handle this high definition content. With that, Canford believes that now is the correct time to begin its own in-house fibre termination service to better serve its customers. This decision is backed by detailed research, which has also shown that in many instances customers must currently rely upon small vendors to satisfy their fibre requirements, who might not have the capacity to handle specialist terminations or larger project 16 | Source Material by Canford

based work. These customers have expressed a wish to deal with a well-established company with a proven track record of consistently delivering quality and reliability, with the capacity to manage project termination work and who they can trust to consistently meet their requirements. Canford’s unrivalled experience of manufacturing for these markets and immense in-house technical knowledge resonates very well with these prerequisites and positions the company perfectly to meet them.

Following strategic investment, Canford launched their new fibre termination facility at IBC 2016. The new facility is located at the company’s Washington UK headquarters and offers a short lead-time service for the termination of LEMO SMPTE, Neutrik opticalCON and other fibre connectors, for situations where speed is of the essence and where high quality, reliable product is critical. Although capable, Canford’s fibre termination service is not targeting the production of standard LC/SC fibre patch cables.

Stephen Gallagher, Canford Marketing Manager commented: “Our aim is to become the de facto fibre termination service for customers requiring a qualified and reliable service with short lead-time. We intend to offer bespoke cable assemblies using various hybrid connectors as well as providing a repair service for customers pre-existing fibre cables. We will also offer UPC, APC terminations and within 12 months 12-way multi fibre (MPO/MTP) terminations, unlike other suppliers who currently restrict the connectors they terminate.”

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company’s tenacity to evolve with new technology, and its continued commitment to support customers with innovative and relevant products.

directly to customers, and understand how they intend to use the service. Feedback was incredibly positive, and we’re looking forward to accepting orders.”

Fibre termination project lead, and Head of Design John Driver added: “The company has made a commitment to providing customers with an industry leading, high quality fibre termination service, backed by a significant investment in equipment and staff training. We launched our fibre termination service at IBC, which gave us a great opportunity to speak

The new clean room facility is equipped with state of the art fibre termination and test equipment to ensure that a first class service will be delivered “as standard”.

The Canford Fibre Termination Team have been recruited from the company’s experienced manufacturing staff, and have already successfully completed LEMO’s SMPTE Fibre Termination Training Programme, meaning they are able to produce certified termination of LEMO 3K.93C Series SMPTE fibre connectors.

Industry leading testing and certification of fibre terminations will demonstrate quality and confirm correct geometry and fibre alignment within the connector ferrule (fibre offset).

This attention to detail guarantees alignment and ensures terminations meet both IEC and Telcordia industry standards.

Test certificates are available if required, and will certify curvature radius, linear and angular offset, spherical fibre height along with a 3D illustration of the ferrule profile.

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NEW FIBRE TERMINATION SERVICE Qualified and speedy service • Short lead-time for situations where speed is of the essence • Tested to IEC and Telcordia standards for complete geometry inspection • Termination of LEMO, Neutrik and other fibre connectors • Ready-made and custom cable assemblies

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A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM

By Iain Elliott, CEO and company founder

As it’s our 40th birthday this year, perhaps you’ll forgive a little nostalgia, and enjoy a visit to our earliest days. A time when everything was analogue, and the internet hadn’t yet been invented.

So we start with the “green dot” – who remembers that? It was the beginning of the “liberalisation” of telecommunications equipment, that permitted connection of telephones and other equipment to the BT network. You had to get the product approved - if you didn’t, you had to attach a label with a red triangle, that denoted it couldn’t be connected to the telephone network (a bit pointless really!). But when it came to radio stations, who needed to connect their equipment onto BT landlines, getting type approval for every piece of kit wasn’t practical. So, in 1980 the engineers at the Independent Broadcasting Authority, who controlled commercial radio at that time, came up with a protection device. The idea was that if any studio device or wiring failed, and allowed a dangerous voltage onto the line, then to prevent possible injury to BT staff in exchanges and working on cabinets, fuses would blow. The IBA asked Canford to manufacture these, our earliest large scale manufacturing project. They ceased to have any use whatsoever many years ago, when analogue “music” and “speech” circuits were discontinued. In our design files I found a copy of the snappily-titled “Post Office Telecommunications Technical Guide no.26 Requirements for the electrical protection of Post Office maintained plant from privately supplied and maintained apparatus” that provided the rules we had to work to.

A different problem that Canford addressed, by creating a unique product, was the frequent frustration of finding no reels of splicing tape when you went to a tape machine to do some editing. So, one of our earliest plastic mould tools was for the Canford Splicing Tape Dispenser, which we supplied with a neat circular piece of double-sided sticky tape to enable it to be fixed on the tape machines themselves. Of course, you most likely would be doing the actual editing on a Canford Tape Splicing Block, using a Canford Single Sided Razor Blade. The splicing blocks were a real pain to make, as machining such narrow slots was difficult, polishing the blocks to the right level of shine whilst not “dragging” the edges of the 18 | Source Material by Canford

slots was about the worst job for our staff at the time (two of whom are still with us and remember!). But ours were better than the “EMItape” ones which were made from a grade of aluminium not a lot harder than fudge, and far more affordable than the beautiful American ones from Editall. Curiously, single sided razor blades still sell, and remain in our range today (though presumably rarely used for tape editing).

Another product in catalogue no. 1 (February 1981), and still manufactured today, are the Acoustically Semi-Transparent Studio Tables. Only rarely used today, as close-talk microphones are now the norm, they once were to be found in almost every radio studio.The design concept is two-fold, one is that the surface (flame-retardant fabric, thick coarse felt, and a slotted wood substrate) allows low frequencies to pass through, and absorbs high and mid frequencies, thus minimising reflections that could be picked up on the rear of other mics, causing colouration.The fabric also has the advantage of absorbing noises from pens etc.

In BBC applications they would often be seen with the classic 4038 ribbon mic suspended above the centre.

Canford’s first trade exhibition was the APRS (Association of Professional Recording Studios) show in 1979, at the Connaught Rooms in Holborn, London. The table was there, and also the Automatic Cable Tester Mk.2, which used a remote barrel so cables could be tested in situ. This used TTL logic to step through all the possible fault conditions, and return a green illumination if all was fine, or a specific red one to show what the fault was. We still offer a tester of a similar nature today, we’re now onto the Mk.4 version.

A product of perhaps rather more significance, though, was our microphone splitter. Not exactly rocket science, the secret was to use a special transformer from E.A.Sowter, a UK company who, at the time, were regarded as having the bestperforming audio transformers. The original design (pictured) was featured in Catalogue No.1 in 1981. But in 1982, Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle came up with a ground-breaking idea for a programme,The Tube. However, whilst they had a suitable shiny big new Studio 5 in which to stage it, they didn’t have any mic splitters, essential for the live music that characterised the show. Their Head of Sound contacted us, and asked us if we could make an 8-channel stagebox style version. Of course we could! However, there was a snag – there was no capital budget to pay for them – so he would have to buy one unit a week, from each “show budget”. Eight weeks later, they had paid for 64 channels of Canford mic splitting.

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Spool forward a decade or so, and in 1995 we acquired one of the only other pro-audio companies in the North East of England, NEAL (the other was EMO, who joined the Canford Group in 2000). NEAL had started life in the 1960’s as North East Audio Laboratories, manufacturing professional cassette recorders. Many studios used these sophisticated highperformance machines, the most famous being the 302 and 312 models. NEAL had a complex history, at one time effectively merging with the by then moribund Ferrograph company in South Shields. But by the late 1980’s, the studio products were fading away, NEAL having transferred their skills of producing very high performance cassette recorders to the then new idea from the UK Home Office – police interview recording – and moved on into a very successful new niche at the time that most of the UK hifi manufacturing industry was dying. Usually just known as “PACE”, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1988 defined the complex technical features and standards that had to be met in order that a recorded interview could be used as evidence in court. Quite simply, NEAL made the most robust and reliable machines there were, and so were found in almost every police force in the UK. Just watch some crime dramas and you’ll sometimes see just the people and cutaways to a NEAL recorder – no set needed as they’re so well known. Part of their success is owed to the headblock assembly, a piece of “serious engineering”, all solid machined parts, which was descended from the studio recorders. The other key feature was off-tape monitoring which was a Home Office requirement (to check the machine was actually recording), and that had featured on NEAL studio machines with a very special split tape head – record and replay heads in the same package as normally occupied by a replay head. For a considerable number of years,

we’ve been the last remaining manufacturer of audio cassette mechanisms in Western Europe (and probably beyond). It’s surprising but true that, despite having had CD, DVD and USB recorders as our main NEAL products for over a decade, we were still selling cassette recorders in 2016. Why? Familiarity of use, and the knowledge that no interview recording made on a NEAL recorder had ever been successfully challenged in court. In other words “No Dispute”, a feature of the modern NEAL logo.

The Canford museum wouldn’t be complete without the very first catalogue. Published in 1981, it was a slim volume of just 20 pages, but it got us on our way to becoming possibly the best known catalogue in the professional audio market. The 45th and final edition of The Big Blue Book was published in 2010, with 1540 pages and weighing in at 2kg. By then, thankfully, web catalogues that could be continuously updated had become the norm, and those at Canford who were involved in the production of such a complex piece of publishing could give a big sigh of relief, and hand the task over to Canford’s software team who have developed and maintained the website you see today, promoting 16,000 products globally, to customers in over 120 countries.

We did wonder about adding some of our staff to the museum, they’ve been with us so long! Two of the original team, who assembled the mic splitters and cable testers mentioned above, are still with us, in senior technical posts. But Canford has so many people who’ve been here a very long time, the 1,793 “person-years” experience of the current team must say something about the company. That’s a massive knowledge base that helps Canford manufacture and deliver a significant volume of pro audio and video products to thousands of customers in the UK and overseas every year.

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Distributor Of The Year 2015-2016 The Sonifex Distributor of the Year Awards for 2015-2016 were announced at IBC exhibition in Amsterdam.

The Sonifex Distributor of the Year Awards for 2015-2016 were announced at this year’s IBC exhibition in Amsterdam. Iain Elliott, on behalf of Canford Audio, received the Sonifex Distributor of the Year Award for the best UK distributor. Marcus Brooke, Managing Director of Sonifex presented the award, saying “It’s an honour for Sonifex to offer these awards in recognition of the hard work and commitment of our distributors and to congratulate Canford for making this another good year.” Iain Elliott commented: “We’ve had a great working relationship with Sonifex for over 30 years and this award cements that relationship even further. At the beginning, we were selling Sonifex NAB cartridge machines, which became the industry standard due to the extremely high build quality and Marcus Brooke of Sonifex, presents Iain Elliott of Canford with the award reliable performance. Then came what were generally regarded as the best telephone hybrids (TBUs) available. Technology has moved on somewhat (!) since then, but Sonifex have grown by accurately identifying what are often known as “glue” products – the boxes that help tie systems together. The Redboxes have been singularly successful, but nowadays there’s a considerable wider portfolio, which makes Sonifex one of Canford’s most significant brands”.

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Green-GO and Channel-16 with Muse

CHANNEL-16 CHOOSE GREEN-GO DIGITAL INTERCOM PRODUCTS FOR MUSE’S FESTIVAL TOUR 2016

By Mike Reay, Canford Product Manager

Channel-16 is a specialist provider of licensefree communication systems and has recently used an array of Green-GO Digital Intercom products for Muse’s Festival Tour 2016. The show, which toured stadiums in the UK and Europe, pushed the limits of what a live production can be and clearly supported and complimented the music.

When a show has such a high level of technical production as that devised for the Muse tour, it quickly becomes obvious that communications between the technical team running the show needs to be of an equally high standard. Having read about Green-GO digital intercom, Channel-16’s Managing Director, Paul English, contacted product manager Mike Reay at UK distributor Canford to discuss his requirement for a flexible, reliable and expandable intercom. The resulting system used a combination of wired and wireless devices,

powered via PoE switches which formed the data backbone of the comms system.

The show caller for the tour used a 12-channel MCR12 rackmount station, as did the playback operator/backline manager and monitor engineer. The lighting designer and content designer both used compact 8-way MCD desk units, while the lighting associate wore a wired belt-pack.

DECT wireless belt-packs were worn by two LED masters, the dimmer controller and four stage carpenters, collectively known as ‘Captains’.

A key element of the stage design for the tour was the inclusion of eleven, large, moveable screens, which provided additional video content behind the band. Each screen was designed to move forwards and backwards independently on a runner system fitted to the stage, giving an extra dimension to the set design.These panels were re-positioned throughout

the show by seven ‘Captains’, each with their own team of three local helpers. Each ‘Captain’ needed to be individually cued to perform his part in the carefully choreographed set.

Channel 16 MD, Paul English, designed custom harnesses for the beltpacks which allowed them to be worn at chest height by the operators. This made it easy to reach the beltpack controls and it placed the display screen within their peripheral vision so they could pick up visual clues as well as voice commands.

A single floating wireless belt-pack was made available for stage management, providing them with freedom of movement around the stage when necessary.

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Additional wired belt-packs were provided for FOH audio and lighting associate, as well as BLACKTRAX operator and video interactive operator.

All the local production crews including follow-spot operators, used a separate set of Motorola radios with a Tait wireless base station. This was linked into the main Green-GO intercom system through a Green-GO GG4W 4-Wire Interface.

“We use and are familiar with several different wireless comms systems.” explained Channel-16 MD, Paul English.

“Experience tells me that licence-free is where we want to be for the rental market. Systems reliant on paid licenses are useful and have their place, but organising the frequency management is an extra chore that I can really do without!

With more and more wireless belt packs for guitars etc. using 2.4Ghz technology, I wanted to avoid wireless comms operating in that high traffic part of the spectrum. The GreenGO DECT wireless system uses a different frequency band and has proved to be very reliable, even when everyone in the audience is using their smart phone. It is an excellent addition to our inventory.”

When configuring the system for what was a complicated and intricate production, Paul was able to use the dedicated

software (Mac and Windows compatible) to create as many groups and users as he needed and then to select which intercom channels to which each technician would have access.

Getting analogue audio in and out of the digital intercom system was easy. The 4-wire interface worked very well and latency throughout the system, including the wireless beltpacks, was very low – definitely no lipsync problems!

Paul English concluded by stating “We are excited by the product developments that I know the G-GO design team are working on and I look forward to trying out the new kit when it is launched. It’s been a very good start and I am sure that this is the beginning of a solid long-term relationship between Channel-16, Canford and Green-GO.”

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LYNXTechnik AG greenMachine® – A NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT SIGNAL PROCESSING

By Dave Holloway, Lynx Technik (UK) Limited

greenMachine is not just another piece of terminal equipment, but a new concept that allows near instant customisation, reconfiguration and expansion of your signal processing workflow.

Traditional rackframe systems such as the LYNX Technik Series5000 are configured using dedicated boards for individual or combinations of processing tools, such as audio embedding/de-embedding, frame synchronisation, format conversion/scaling, video adjustment, audio processing etc.

The greenMachine changes the game by providing a powerful self-contained FPGA processing engine within which the functionality is determined by running software applications.

APPs are selected and purchased individually by the user and can be combined in any combination on each signal channel and across an unlimited number of greenMachines.

Callisto, the first greenMachine in the range, won the TVB Europe “Best of Show” award on its launch at IBC 2016.

A two-channel 3G-SDI device housed in a 1U, ½ rack frame package, greenMachine callisto can be used stand-alone or rack mounted. One or two units may be mounted in the optional rackframe that also houses the off-board PSUs. Just two PSUs are required to provide full redundancy for two greenMachines by connecting a link cable between modules.

Callisto will soon be joined by titan, a four-channel 4k capable unit, then callisto IP and titan IP. All units accommodate up to 3G-HDSDI, analogue or AES audio and HDMI in/outputs, with video crosspoint switching at input and output. Fibre interfaces for 3G-HDSDI and Gigabit Ethernet LAN control are via optional SFPs. IP models will support Video-over-IP. The flexibility of the greenGUI configuration software and the APPs are the real groundbreaking benefits of the greenMachine. The greenGUI software (Windows and OSX compatible) is free to download and can be run in simulation mode to test and evaluate the software. Current APPs are factory installed into the greenMachine and can be fully configured and run on the hardware in any combination offering real-time signal processing for testing before purchasing licences, with just a watermark added to the output to prevent unauthorised use. Then simply buy a licence either directly from the greenStore™ or through an authorised reseller and download the key. All you are downloading is the activation licence key, a very small, quick to download file with virtually no possibility of corruption or delay due to poor Internet connection. You can even download a key using the basic cellular phone data network.

(Keys can be downloaded to any Internet connected device and physically ported to a secure broadcast network via USB stick if required.)

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And here’s the revolutionary benefit, once you own a licence for an APP, it can be moved to any greenMachine or networked array of greenMachines in what is called the greenUniverse. So, if for example you need a frame synchroniser and scaler in a studio on one day and then need the same in an OB truck on another occasion when the studio is dark, simply apply the APP configuration required to the OB greenMachine while it is connected to the network and the licences will be automatically transfered across the network. Licences are perpetual and can be moved between any greenMachine devices with no limit to the number or frequency of reassignments.

Because the APPs reside in the individual greenMachines, the changeover is almost instantaneous.

When in use, powered down or disconnected from the network, licences applied to a greenMachine are ‘locked in’ so cannot be accidentally reassigned. Licences not in use and released from a greenMachine ‘float’ in the greenUniverse and can be called into use in any connected greenMachine by using the greenGUI software application.

Simply create and apply a ‘Constellation’ (configuration of APPs) and deploy it by dragging and dropping it to any greenMachine in the ‘Universe’. If insufficient licences are available the greenGUI will indicate those required and automatically add them to its shopping basket. Licences can be instantly purchased using a credit card or PayPal account or alternatively an order can be placed with an authorised dealer who will supply a pre-paid voucher for use at the greenStore.

Constellation Editor - APP selection

flexGUI - APP parameter configuration and image previews

greenMachine has full SNMPv2 support when the MiniNova APP is purchased, so will run under the control of most automation systems including VSM, Dataminer, KSC Core, BNCS, etc. In an emergency, APPs and parameters can be configured via the front panel controls and preview images viewed on the integral LCD display.

Current APPs include: Frame Sync, 3G level A/B, Test Generator, Scaler, DeInterlacer, Video Adjustment, Embedder/De-embedder, Timing, MetaData, Audio Processor, Dual Transport (video/audio/GPI/Ethernet) and MiniNova. Many more coming soon….

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MuxLab Signal Distribution Solutions Offer Advanced Features for Broadcasters Professionals requiring leading-edge signal extension in the broadcast environment have some unique new options, courtesy of MuxLab. The solutions provider offers several new products supporting today’s most popular interfaces.

Two robust signal extenders from MuxLab are designed to help broadcasters distribute SDI signals around the studio with absolute integrity. The 6G-SDI Extenders are available in two versions: 6G-SDI Over UTP and 6G-SDI Over Fiber. The UTP model features two Ethernet input/output ports and the Fiber model features SDI Return Channels, both allowing for video return channel and talk-back. Both models support bidirectional RS-232 pass-through for return of tally and CCU, as well as control of end devices. The UTP model is capable of signal extension to 100 meters at UHD 4K resolution at 30 fps and DCI 4K at 24/25 fps. Up to 150 meters can be reached when transmitting a 3G-SDI signal. The fiber version is available in a few variations, supporting between 400 meters using multi-mode cable and 80 kilometers when using a single-mode at the same resolutions and frame rates.

The 6G-SDI Over UTP Extender features four SDI inputs and outputs with UTP connectors, and supports one 6G-SDI, two 3G-SDI, or four HD-SDI signals. The fiber extender offers five SDI connectors—an input, an output, and three that can be individually configured as input or output. It is capable of transmitting up to 9Gbps of data in combinations such as one 6G-SDI signal plus one 3G-SDI signal, or two 3G-SDI plus two HD-SDI signals, and other combinations.

The UTP version supports PoE between the transmitter and receiver, and PoE for additional powered devices.

Both models offer mounting holes for on-camera and equipment mounting.

“Our SDI products are well suited for broadcast, mobile broadcasting vehicles, studioto-studio production, post production, live events and numerous other applications,” said MuxLab President, Daniel Assaraf. “MuxLab’s aim is to bring high quality, alternative extension solutions to the broadcast market,

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and this is reflected in our ingenuity and in the quality of our workmanship.”

MuxLab’s IP-based extenders include the HDMI 4K Over IP PoE Extender, which transmits UHD 4K at 30 fps with 4:4:4 chroma subsampling up to 100 meters, and the Video Wall 4K Over IP PoE Extender, which allows a user-defined video wall configuration supporting up to hundreds of displays by connecting multiple units to an Ethernet switch. Both support PoE and RS-232 with IR remote control. Audio embedding is supported at the transmitter and audio extraction at the receiver. Both extenders support point-to-point, pointto-multipoint, and multipoint-to-multipoint configurations, delivering visually lossless video with only one frame of latency.

All of MuxLab’s IP extenders can be remote-controlled via web interface, mobile web interface and IP by incorporating the ProDigital Network Controller. This Linux-based PC platform gives users centralized control over a distributed network of MuxLab AV over IP devices. It allows users to create and manage virtual signal distribution at the press of a button from any location at any time. Structured mobile applications for smartphones and tablets frees users and improves access; just a tap or swipe of a finger selects and directs AV processes. Several devices and ports can be managed with a single command. Scripts can be easily developed to automate connectivity based on date and time for total hands-free operation. The Network Controller provides the building blocks to develop automation control applications, and centralized software upgrades enhance performance. Plus, the common API allows third party control of MuxLab devices.

“We think the ProDigital Network Controller is one of our most important assets in the AV over IP product line” added Assaraf. “It takes the complexity out of system management and provides users with greater mobility and improved performance.”

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InfoComm and CEDIA Education INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT

By Nick Pidgeon, Director of Visualization Limited

Nick Pidgeon is the owner of Visualization, primarily an outsourced rack build facility for the Audio Visual industry. Over the years the business and team have grown and they now build in excess of 800 racks and lecterns a year.This has led to continual recruitment and training of their new and existing team. More recently Nick has been teaching the Rack Building and Wiring Fundamentals course for CEDIA and is currently working on the InfoComm Rack Building Standard task group.

Both, recognised International Trade Associations representing the residential, custom installation and commercial sectors of the audio visual industry.

Industry Education and staff development is very important to Nick and Visualization’s growth, the team are at the core of the services offered and their knowledge and ability is where they add value.

Stephen Gallagher, Canford Marketing Manager asked Nick: In a fast paced industry how do you keep track of changing standards and new technology, and what role does CEDIA and InfoComm membership play in developing staff through their respective training programmes?

I started out at an AudioVisual company“Planet Communications” in the late 90’s as an apprentice alongside an Electrical and Electronic Servicing City and Guilds course before moving onto RSL (now Pro AV), and working my way up to be the Workshop Production Manager. I’ve always felt it’s a great industry to learn on the job although lacks the opportunity of certification with no directly related apprenticeship schemes.

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to really unlock the value of an individual. To counteract this, we now have an initial training plan in place that teaches all trainee’s the basic knowledge needed. This includes the cable and connector types we use and how they should be terminated, signal paths, reading system designs and basic testing. We also have a member of the team responsible for providing training and combine this with hands on experience around each week’s topics, whilst giving them the opportunity to put into practice the skills they are being taught.

When Visualization staff move from being trainees we encourage them to really decide what area they would like to enhance their knowledge and potentially specialise in. This is where our close relationships with CEDIA and InfoComm help.

It wasn’t until I was approached by CEDIA to structure and teach the Rack Building and Wiring Fundamentals course that I really understood and appreciated the various courses that we could utilise to further specific training within the team. CEDIA is a great resource for training and their courses are now key to us when thinking about the next stage of development.

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Having been a member since 2012 and also teaching for them it’s great to be part of a Trade Association where standards, education and certification are giving businesses and individuals the opportunity to set themselves apart within the industry. My particular course teaches both new comers and also experienced CEDIA members the structure and processes needed to take a rack from conception through to completed installation while other courses focus on various elements from Health and Saftey, Project and Business processes through to Home Cinema design. CEDIA are also able to offer City & Guilds certifications on completion of their Smart Home Technician programme. Recently members of our team have completed the ESC-T technical school, exam and also the Networking school. Whilst in its fledgling status at present, CEDIA are developing the Smart Home Technician apprenticeship scheme to really allow companies to offer specific base training and at the same time offering a qualification, this will really encourage new blood into the industry. While this is obviously directed at a specific sector of the industry I hope this will pave the way for similar initiatives.

Earlier this year InfoComm invited me to be part of their Rack Building Standard task group, this is a great honour and what I feel is recognition to the standards our team work to.

InfoComm have identified this as a much needed standard

for the industry and will draw a line in the sand to what is expected when building and installing racks. Since becoming involved we have become members and have committed to our whole team working through the Audio Visual Technologist (AVT) which is an entry level certification. Further to this our senior team have begun preparations to sit their Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) exam which is widely recognised within the industry.

I feel education in any industry is a continual cycle. To further each individual’s knowledge in our fast paced industry, it is key that companies and managers make time for staff development while appreciating that different people learn in different ways. Whilst some courses such as InfoComm’s AVT are relevant for all, everyone is individual and there is a lot of specific training out there to draw from dependant on the direction of one’s career path. In return, what I and anyone else can give to the industry only better’s the knowledge of the people within.

For more information about CEDIA and InfoComm membership, and the education programmes available please visit: www.cediaeducation.com

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362 SERIES - High Quality 19” Cabinet Solutions • A vailable in 12, 16, 22, 26, 32, 36, 42 or 47U • P rinted ‘U’ heights on mounting profiles to save installation time • ‘Pagoda style’ roof for ventilation • Heavy duty castors and earth kit included as standard • Quick release lockable steel doors and side panels • Cabinet frame weight bearing load 600kg • Toughened smoked glass • A vailable in Light grey or black

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When a Standard 19” Rack Isn’t The Answer...

By Gavin Drake, Canford Manufacturing Production Manager

At Canford we understand that a large proportion of our connectors, cables, panels and many more of the 15,000+ products we supply are of little use unless you have somewhere to install them.

We also appreciate that although we provide an extensive range of standard 19” Racks via our Enclosure Systems brand there are situations where these may be unsuitable due to environmental factors, location issues or simply size. With this in mind and given our reputation over the last 40 years for listening to our customers and designing products that address their needs, we have developed solutions that go from a simple wall plate for a single connector in a 1 gang box all the way through to a range of external Marine Grade Stainless Steel IP66 19” rackmount wall cabinets, which offer long term protection in even the harshest weather conditions.

To give just a taster of the extensive range we now offer, here are some of our more popular products (it would need a catalogue to list them all!). We are also proud to say that the majority of these products are manufactured by Canford in the UK. CANFORD 1 AND 2 GANG CONNECTOR PLATES A large range of wall plates designed to fit standard 1 and 2 Gang surface or flush mount electrical boxes. Plates are manufactured with up to 8 cut-outs for Canford “Universal” or Neutrik “D” Series connectors. They are not only available in white plastic and polished brass but also 1.5mm steel with a number of finishes including White, Black and Satin Nickel (other colours available on request) 49-594

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End plates are also sold separately and can easily be drilled to facilitate side cable entry if required.

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CANFORD RACKBOX – WALL RACK Offered as standard in both full 19” rack or “Half Rack” width and with depths of 100mm and 205mm these simple steel wall racks offer a compact entry level solution to installing rackmount panels in any location particularly where space is at a premium. Manufactured from 2U up to 6U in height they are finished in Dawn Grey, Black or Dark Grey.

Other heights and depths are available to special order though minimum quantities may apply.

19-6356 ENCLOSURE SYSTEMS 414 SERIES WOODEN WALL RACKS Designed for applications where the aesthetic appearance is important these wall-mounting 19-inch racks are constructed as standard from either oak or ash wood veneered fibre board (other finishes available on request). They are offered in six heights from 3U to 12U with a depth of 225mm when supplied as an open front or 250mm when supplied with the option of a lockable acrylic or wooden door.

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ENCLOSURE SYSTEMS 455 SERIES IP55 WALL RACKS A lockable wall mounted steel 19” rackmount solution offering protection up to IP55 rating making it suitable for outdoor applications and general exposure to the environment and weather. Available in four heights from 7U to 16U and depths of 450mm and 600mm the cabinets come with integral vents plus the option to install fan modules for improved cooling where required.

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ENCLOSURE SYSTEMS 466 SERIES IP66 WALL RACKS Rated at IP66 these lockable 19” rackmount enclosures are fully sealed to provide maximum weather protection for outdoor applications and are available in three height from 8U to 16U with depths of 210mm, 300mm and 400mm as standard. Manufactured from powder coated steel, 304 stainless or marine grade 316L stainless we have solutions that can offer long term protection even in the harshest environments. Internally the rackmount brackets are recessed to either 50mm or 100mm to accommodate the majority of connectors on the market.

In situations where our extensive standard ranges do not meet the requirement Canford also has the capability, with its own in-house sheet metal manufacturing facility, to offer bespoke solutions built to customers own specification, though this may be subject to sensible economic order quantities.

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If you require further information or assistance with any of the above please feel free to contact our sales team by telephone on +44 (0)191 418 1122 or via email at sales@canford.co.uk.

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For applications deserving of something better • Suitable for Commercial Audio Installations,

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• High-Gloss, black, 5mm acrylic door • Lockable for security • Adjustable rack strip front and back

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• Available in 4U, 6U and 8U • Luxurious Ash, Beech or Oak finishes

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Technical know how

BALANCED AND UNBALANCED SIGNALS

By Dalia Senvaityte, Canford Technical Support Engineer

INTRODUCTION Nowadays the space is cluttered with electromagnetic noise that is emitted by everyday appliances. From good old mains hum to interference caused by mobile phones,Wi-Fi... you name it! Cables are particularly prone to these types of noise. In a sense, all cables act like antennas.

The longer the cable the more noisy the signal will become at the end. Be it a digital video cable in a stadium or an analogue microphone cable in a home recording studio, this makes it very important to have reliable means of rejecting noise.

BALANCED This is where balanced lines come in. In a twisted pair, one signal is carried by two wires – one caries the original signal, while the other carries the inverted version of the original (and ground signal is carried by the shield). At the receiver, a device, such as a transformer or an inverting op-amp, negates the inverted signal and adds it to the original. This way the noise that was picked up along the cable is cancelled out.

STARQUAD While twisted pairs are very effective at rejecting noise, in some situations, especially where the interferer is very close, starquad cables can be a salvation. Where in a twisted pair, the two wires can never be in exactly the same position in space (and, therefore, will never pick up exactly the same amount of noise, although twisting helps), starquad cables have four wires – two for the positive and two for the negative signals – that are positioned inside the cable in such a way that both legs of the signal pick up virtually the same amount of interference which maximizes noise rejection.

CONVERSION For the balancing to have an effect, both ends of the line must be balanced. However, not all devices have balanced outputs or inputs. For instance, media players commonly have RCA outputs that are unbalanced and electric guitars have unbalanced 2-pole jack outputs, while some active loudspeakers have unbalanced inputs. But fear not because Canford offers a range of unbalanced-to-balanced and balanced-to-unbalanced converters (as well as, balanced cables). The converters could be categorized into two main types – active and passive. DI boxes can be either passive or active and they not only convert

from unbalanced to balanced signals but also help to prevent ground loops and match the impedance. While DI boxes are probably the most common examples of unbalanced to balanced converters, other types of converters exist, as well.

PASSIVE Some of the passive converters can look a lot like simple adaptors, however, they actually have 1:1 transformers inside.

They are wired to present an unbalanced pin configuration at one end and a balanced pin configuration at the other. In most cases, they can be used either way round! Passive converters don’t require a power supply and, therefore, are very convenient means of conversion between balanced and unbalanced signals.

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Introducing the new ‘Perfect for’ range…

TRUSTED BY PROFESSIONALS For more than forty years, Rycote has specialised to develop and make the industry standard shock and wind protection for the extremes of field production sound. The Rycote name is synonymous around the world with professional wind-shielding systems, and we know that our customers value our brand not only for quality, but also for reliability and dependability.

DESIGNED & OPTIMISED FOR KEY INDUSTRY MICS The new Perfect for range incorporates industry-leading Rycote technologies, optimised for key, popular industry microphones.

We designed the Perfect for range for exceptional value without compromising on quality. We have strived for smaller and lighter solutions wherever possible, and all are manufactured to the highest possible Rycote standards - as expected by professionals worldwide.

Super-Blimp Kit, NTG

Super-Softie Kit, 416

Professional quality for the NTG Series.

Unparalleled durability and ease of use.

Compact, light, and acoustically transparent, the Super-Blimp Kit brings industry-leading Rycote wind and handling noise protection to the Røde NTG series of microphones.

Because it’s an industry standard microphone used by professionals, Sennheiser’s MKH 416 often needs fast, effective wind protection, on the spot.

Softie Kit, NTG

Super-Softie Kit, CMIT

Fast. Effective. Robust.

Perfect for the beautifully balanced SCHOEPS CMIT 5U.

The Softie Kit, NTG incorporates Rycote’s patented Duo-Lyre® suspension for massive handling noise reduction and superior sound quality. It’s light, fast and effective in any recording situation.

Aerodynamic and durable; the Super-Softie Kit, CMIT slip-on microphone windshield and shockmounting system provides superior performance and unparalleled durability for your Schoeps CMIT.

Windshield Kit, 416 The ideal choice for a professional standard.

An industry standard for a variety of professional recording situations in broadcast, radio and television, Sennheiser’s MKH 416 shotgun microphone deserves the best wind and handling noise protection available.

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For more information: http://rycote.com/microphone-windshield-shock-mount/ perfect-for-range/

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Perfect for Fast. Effective. Robust.

Designed and optimised for key industry microphones The brand new “Perfect for” range incorporates industry-leading Rycote technologies to work perfectly with your microphone – straight out of the box. Designed to perfectly compliment key industry microphones, the “Perfect for” range offers exceptional value and has been designed without compromise to deliver the highest professional standards.

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PROMOTING TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE ISCE, the specialist professional body for the sound and communications industry, provides outstanding networking opportunities, technical support and a comprehensive schedule of training courses.

If you are involved with professional audio, you need to be a member of the ISCE. Membership of our Institute is an endorsement of technical excellence.

ISCEx2017

Coombe Abbey Hotel, Warwickshire · 7 & 8 March 2017

At the most relevant event in the sound industry calendar, you will meet the people that matter most to your business. There will be a networking dinner, informative seminars led by industry experts, and the opportunity to see the latest products on display from our exhibitors.

To find out more about visiting ISCEx2017 or to book exhibition space, go to www.isce.org.uk or email info@isce.org.uk.

Entrance to the exhibition and seminars is free and we look forward to seeing you there.

Hand Crafted Carbon Fibre Boom Poles Panamic Boom Poles are made from the highest quality carbon fibre making them extremely lightweight with superb balance.

Panamic Booms incorporate wear resistant nylon web handles and unique adjustable end stops which guarantee silent operation and significantly extend the working life of the boom.

• Silent operating Nylon Bushes & Precision Locking Rings help prevent jamming, sticking or binding and provide great resistance from dirt ingress

• Each section houses an Adjustable End Stop enabling quick adjustment and keeps each section tight, eliminates the risk of rattle noise from loose sections

• Strong, lightweight Carbon Fibre construction reduces bend and ensures precision positioning

• Tough corrosion resistant Titanium Tip is approximately 1/3 of the weight of an equivalent Stainless Steel Tip

• Durable and wear resistant Nylon Web Handle with Rubber End Cap

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