DB2: Free Upgrade

Full Compliance With ITU-R BS.1770-2. New software version 1.25 is released, including dedicated plug&play presets compliant with EBU R128, ATSC A/85, TR-B32 and OP59. DB2 may now be upgraded to new version 1.25. The upgrade of the unit as well as the upgrade of the Icon application is free of charge. The left screen shot is from DB2's admired remote control application, Icon, and shows the new selection of A/85 and R128 factory presets. Besides from more processing and new presets compliant with ITU-R BS.1770-2, EBU R128, ATSC A/85, TR-B32 and OP59, version 1.25 also introduces one-pass trickle-down from any of those standards to optimum mobile broadcast. Trickle-down processing is the cost-effective, audio-conscious way of dealing with multiple broadcast platforms without increasing the station workload. The new Mobile preset bank (shown to the right) offers high resolution, on-the-fly conversion of content to optimum mobile broadcast. DB2's 48 bit domain one-step process ensures mobile and iPod audio intelligibility at the highest possible quality, independently of data reduction codec used. Its true-peak output limiter makes even decade-old data reduction, such as AC3 and MP3, sound remarkably good. Version 1.25 features ultra low latency (0.8 ms) and may be downloaded here.