Audio Time Manager Features and Benefits

Virtually imperceptible time compression
At 10% faster—an additional 6 minutes per hour—most listeners won’t even be aware ATM is in use. New technology makes it possible to do this with no choppiness, no stutters, no fuzziness, and absolutely no change in pitch or timbre. Even a 20% speed-up is glitch- and artifact- free... though at 20% with most sources, listeners will notice things being much faster than normal. Obviously, sources that speak slowly or music with a relaxed tempo can be sped up more than those already at breakneck speed.

No complicated programming needed
Simple two-button operation means you can react on-the-fly to unplanned events like weather alerts, late-starting press conferences, or holds in a concert or sporting event. Our Time/Rate Management Calculator™ (TRMC) adjusts to what you want to do.

Total flexibility with compression ratios
Change the upcoming playback ratio during record. Change it while playing. Or during playback, tell ATM when it should smoothly join real-time and the proper ratio is applied automatically. Change these ratios again and again, as many times as you want.

Even advanced operations are simple
Most settings need just a few key presses. Softkeys mean that users don’t have to memorize menu structures.

Keeps programs sounding natural
Some technologies can drastically cut into pauses, destroying a personality’s delivery. Our proprietary algorithms intelligently compress tiny sections of soundwaves: pauses stay in proportion; pacing and inflection are maintained.

Automatic ramp-down at end of compressed playback
No abrupt shifts: transitions back to real-time are undetectable.

You’re in complete control, all the time
Change vital parameters, even during compressed playback. Adjustments are smooth and glitch-free.

Flexible remoting
Run ATM from its front panel. Wire pushbuttons and LEDs to the built-in 8x8 GPIO. Connect using serial RS-232. Securely control ATM from a browser over your network!

Works with your satellite and automation system
Advanced GPIO features let ATM lock incoming contact closures to incoming audio, and then fire outgoing closures when that specific audio plays out. Local liners, ID’s and spots happen at the right point in the network program, whether you’re using time compression or not.

Automatic creation of extra availabilities during network breaks
Special commands let your traffic department put more spots in a break than would normally fit. ATM works with your satellite or network cue receiver and automation system to automatically fit those spots in, without an operator, and without losing any network content.

Time-Aware
ATM synchronizes itself to network clocks. Hook ATM up to any local data network that has Internet access, give it the address of a Network Time Server, and it’ll always know the exact time. Or if your station has its own time server, lock ATM to it.

Clear, concise display
The large, backlit LCD display is simple to understand and easy to read, even from across the control room.

Quiet operation
The only moving part is an ultra-quiet low-speed fan. Run ATM next to a live mic!

“Future-proof” audio quality
Excellent sound quality, both balanced analog and AES digital stereo I/O mean you can use ATM now and keep using it tomorrow. No data reduction to mess up your sound. Time-compression algorithms are good enough to use on critical music programs.