AudioTools Server is an enterprise software system for file-based workflows. Designed to not only solve but automate even the most sophisticated audio tasks, AudioTools Server is a complete solution for managing and processing linear PCM, Dolby E, Dolby Digital, and Dolby Digital Plus content, as well as the audio essence in MXF and QuickTime® clips.

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Automated Piece of Mind

Broadcasters and larger post houses have broadly similar specifications for administering and processing content in a file-based environment, and benefit from flexible, resilient and automated processing configured for their particular needs. With one versatile system, AudioTools Server extracts audio essence, processes the data in a wide variety of ways, and reconfigures channel assignments as required prior to repackaging.

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AudioTools Server provides:

• Loudness measurement & correction according to current ITU, EBU & ATSC standards and practices, including dialog anchoring with Dialog Intelligence

• Channel mangement & program replacement

• Encoding & decoding using SurCode for Dolby® E, SurCode for Dolby® Pro Logic II & SurCode for Dolby® Digital Plus

• Directly replaces Dolby’s DP600 “program optimizer” hardware, providing a far wider range of functionality

• Watermarking

• Sample rate conversion

• Pop, click & dropout detection

• Program correlation & channel detection

• Upmixing and downmixing to both LtRt & LoRo

• Validation, modification, correction & reporting of metadata

• Flagging and quarantine of impaired or unacceptable elements