Sound4 Stream X8 - PCI-E audio streaming card with processing, 8 in 8 out

Description

SOUND4 STREAM x8 - PCI-e Audio Processing Card

Bulk Purchase Capability:Explore the flexibility of acquiring multiple units of the cutting-edge SOUND4 STREAM X8 PCI-e audio processing card. These cards are factory-fresh and have never been utilized, ensuring optimal performance.

Prior to your purchase, you may have the opportunity to authenticate each card by cross-checking the serial numbers with the manufacturer, Sound4 France.

Invoice available upon request.

Advanced Specifications:

8 Input Channels
8 Output Channels
Supports up to 48 Audio Streams

Elevate your audio processing experience with the SOUND4 STREAM X8, meticulously crafted to deliver exceptional performance for your professional audio endeavors.


SOUND4 STREAM X8 is the cream of the crop in the range of tools dedicated to Webradio Processing and Encoding. It can process eight radio streams on a single PCI express card and has a streaming engine providing 6 streams per channel, for an unprecedented total of 48 streams. Each of them uses the latest generation of codecs - AAC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v.2 and MP3. This tool comes with 8 inputs and 8 outputs through Audio Driver (WDM/Direct Sound) and/or AES67/Livewire and is compatible with all Axia and RAVENNA products. It can be used as a resource that can be routed and placed anywhere in a Livewire chain, without the need to break it.

Developed to offer clients only the best, the SOUND4 STREAM X8 includes a true sound processing chain dedicated to webstreaming and also features the “Predictive HQSound” algorithm which optimizes codec results and reduces compression-induced sound artifacts. In terms of encoding, the SOUND4 STREAM X8 offers a complete and innovative solution. With its high-quality encoding engine, it suits every audio device profile. It also includes a sound optimizer for very low encoding rates (16 kbps, 24 kbps, 32kbps) and incorporates adaptive processing which can correct each stream independently in order to compensate for the sound difference due to encoding. Thus, a radio station can easily generate different streams that suit the targeted audience - low-rate for mobile phones or high-rate for home devices. The SOUND4 STREAM X8 is compatible with most of the standards used for streaming delivery systems - Flash, Darwin, Helix, Wowza, Icecast 2, Shoutcast v.1 & v.2, etc. Being able to operate with many types of automation software, it also offers advanced metadata management.

The 3-band processing uses a single S.I.S. (Sound Impact System) algorithm, which guarantees the gain in each of the bands to ensure complete sound stability. The Wide Band Automatic Gain Control reduces gaps in the level applied to the processor, whereas the Tone FX feature makes it possible to "color" the sound before the dynamic processing. It combines a 4-band parametric Equalizer and an effect system that strengthens high and low frequencies. The Stereo FX Enhancer is 100% mono-compatible, the 4-Band Limiter prepares the work of the final limiter, and the Brick Wall Limiter provides strong gain limitation.

Advanced metadata management and the user-friendly remote control interface are also important assets of this product.


SOUND4 STREAM x8 - The First Solution of its Kind

SOUND4 is delighted to bring to the attention of our customers a solution the likes of which have so far never been introduced to the broadcasting market. The SOUND4 STREAM x8 is the very first multi-channel processor dedicated to WebRadio bouquets. It has the capability of simultaneously and independently processing a total of eight radio streams on a single PCI express card.

The SOUND4 STREAM x8 offers 8 inputs and 8 outputs through Audio Driver (WDM/Direct Sound) and/or AES67/Livewire. The streaming engine can provide 6 streams per channel for an unparalleled total of 48 streams. Each stream is set on the latest codecs generation (AAC, HE-AAC, HEAACv2 , as well as MP3).


A True Processing Chain

Created to offer clients only the best, the SOUND4 STREAM x8 includes a true sound processing chain dedicated to webstreaming:

AGC
Tone FX
Stereo FX
3-Band Process
4-Band Limiter
Brickwall Limiter

The SOUND4 STREAM x8 also features the “Predictive HQSound” algorithm which optimizes codec results and reduces compression-induced sound artifacts.


Advanced Coding Solutions

In terms of encoding, the SOUND4 STREAM x8 offers a complete and innovative solution.

The SOUND4 STREAM x8 has a high quality encoding engine that suits every IP audio device profile. Indeed, it is the first processor that includes a sound optimizer for very low encoding rates (16 kbps, 24 kbps, 32kbps).

Another clever bit of SOUND4 STREAM x8 innovation is the adaptive processing which can correct each stream independently in order to compensate for the sound difference due to encoding. Thus, a radio station can easily generate different streams that suit the targeted audience, low-rate for mobile phones, high-rate for home devices, with homogeneous sound whatever the encoder used.

Finally, the SOUND4 STREAM x8 adapts to most of the standards used for streaming delivery systems - Flash, Darwin, Helix, Wowza, Icecast 2, Shoutcast v1 & v2, etc.


SOUND4 STREAM x8 and the Livewire standard

Livewire* is the popular IP-Audio networking standard which uses Ethernet to provide an easy way of routing and sharing audio and logic throughout the broadcast plant.

"Everyone agrees that IP-Audio is the future. There are already more than 1,500 studios around the world powered by Axia Livewire networks," says Axia Vice-President Marty Sacks. With the Livewire* system, a single Ethernet cable carries in real time all mics, as well as uncompressed digital audio, device control messages, program-associated data and even routine network traffic. One of the advantages of the SOUND4 VOICE ULA is its capacity to work as a resource that can be routed and inserted anywhere in the Livewire* chain.


Advanced Metadata Management

In terms of Metadata, the SOUND4 STREAM x8 is compatible with different standard formats and can interface with many types of automation software thanks to an XML-based gateway (A2I, BE, BSI, Enco, Jazler, Netia, NextGen, RCS, Winmedia).