New DP570 From Dolby Laboratories Facilitates DTV Audio Authoring And Monitoring

Audio Tool Enables Convenient Creation And Monitoring Of Multichannel Audio And Metadata

12-Apr-00

Dolby Laboratories, the world leader in multichannel sound technology, announced its new DP570 Multichannel Audio Tool, which facilitates the creation of content with multichannel audio for digital television and DVD. The Dolby DP570 Multichannel Audio Tool is a cost-effective, 2-U high unit that simplifies the process of monitoring multichannel audio and creating Dolby Digital metadata with minimal effort required from the audio professional. The processor also allows the user to hear the effect of metadata in real time while preparing soundtracks for ultimate delivery as Dolby Digital bitstreams.""The Model DP570 Multichannel audio tool allows program producers to monitor their multichannel programs and easily adjust metadata parameters,"" explained Tim Carroll, Product Manager, Professional Audio. ""This all-in-one product allows exciting, high-impact multichannel audio program material to be created by virtually anyone."" The DP570 accepts eight channels of audio input, and processes it according to the metadata values chosen by the program creators, including the values for dynamic range compression, downmix settings, and program channel configurations. The units feature both digital and analog outputs, along with a metadata output suitable for connection to a DP569 Dolby Digital encoder or a DP571 Dolby E encoder. The DP570 contains all of the necessary features required to augment or entirely replace the monitor section of an audio console for multichannel mixing. Additional features include:- Low-latency monitoring of all Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround listening modes without requiring external encoders or decoders- Eight-channel router for channel reconfiguration of program material delivered with nonstandard track layout- Fast, accurate measurement and alignment of dialnorm- Separate multichannel, stereo, and mono outputs for feeding three sets of monitor speakers- Custom reference-quality 24-bit digital-to-analog converter modules- Highly flexible Ethernet, RS-485, and GPI/O control of unit- WindowsÇ remote control standard; optional dedicated hardware remote (available soon)The DP570 Multichannel Audio Tool will be available to the public during the last quarter of 2000. About Dolby LaboratoriesDolby Laboratories is the developer of signal processing systems used worldwide in applications that include motion picture sound, consumer entertainment products and media, broadcasting, and music recording. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the privately held company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Tokyo.