MDA
is an open platform, object-based audio format developed by DTS, Inc. that
allows every element of a soundtrack to be mapped in 3D space, storing all of
the spatial and behavioral information as metadata. For the demos, test program content files were
created using a ProTools MDA plug-in at The Dub Stage, a prominent Hollywood,
CA post-production facility. The audio files were combined into a DCP (digital
cinema package), which will be played back through a Doremi server, then
synched and rendered through the QSC Q-Sys Core processor.
Q-Sys
is a complete platform for digital audio signal processing, control and
management. The primary elements of a
Q-Sys system are the Core, Q-Sys Designer software, the Q-LAN network, and
peripherals. The Q-Sys Core is the brain
of the system, performing all audio routing, processing, and control
functions. Q-Sys Designer software
provides the interface for system design, configuration, and control. Q-LAN is the IP-friendly network that
connects the system into an integrated whole.
A variety of hardware peripherals (such as I/O Frames, I/O cards, and
touch screen controllers) provide fully customizable and completely-scalable
functionality.
In
addition to serving as the rendering engine, the Q-Sys Core also provides all
necessary audio signal processing (such as equalization) and signal routing to
the appropriate power amplifiers and loudspeakers.
“Q-Sys
is an extremely powerful processing platform that can be the central processor
for any type of immersive audio format,” says Barry Ferrell, Senior Vice
President & Chief Strategy Officer for QSC.
“Because of its scalable nature and the variety of hardware options, a
Q-Sys system can handle as many channels or ‘objects’ as is required by the
format. The result is a single
processing platform that can support multiple audio formats with separate
storable pre-sets for signal processing functions like equalization, level and
routing.”
Visit
QSC at ShowEast in booth 709.
