Nevion launches a new high-density audio format converter add-on for its Virtuoso media node

Virtuoso SoniX provides a cost-effective way to interface a mix of analog and digital audio signals, as well as GPI, to Virtuoso

Nevion, a Sony Group Company, announced today Virtuoso SoniX, a high-density converter for audio signals between AES3/Analog and MADI, allowing a greater number of audio sources to be interfaced with the Virtuoso media node. In turn, Virtuoso offers extensive audio processing functionality as part of its Tune capability.

A key component of Sony’s Networked Live offering, Nevion Virtuoso has been widely deployed across the globe to transport, process, and monitor signals in real-time. One of its core capabilities, known as Tune, is audio processing, which includes flexible routing/mono shuffling and per-channel control of polarity, gain, delay and mixing. While Virtuoso can process many audio signals in a single unit, a limiting factor can be the physical interfaces required for inputs and outputs that are not IP based.

The latest addition to Virtuoso family, Virtuoso SoniX provides a highly cost-effective way to interface a mix of analog and digital audio signals, as well as GPI, to Virtuoso. The near silent Virtuoso SoniX has an optical interface that allows it to be conveniently placed in low noise areas, away from other noisier processing equipment.

Virtuoso SoniX offers a choice of 3 configurations, with up to 64 inputs/outputs: digital only, analog audio only, or mix of both audio types. In addition, Virtuoso SoniX supports 16 isolated GPI (input and output capable) interfaces. The GPI signals are embedded into the MADI audio stream.

Steve Hard, Product Director, Virtuoso at Nevion says: “Virtuoso Tune has established itself as a leader in the audio processing market, both for radio and TV applications. The Virtuoso SoniX add-on is a simple and very cost-effective way of interfacing many audio signals with Virtuoso to leverage these latter’s powerful audio processing capabilities. It is already generating a lot of interest amongst our customers.”

Virtuoso SoniX will be on show at the NAB Show (Las Vegas, 6-9 April, 2025), in the Networked Live area of Sony’s booth N439.

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