Audionics, the Sheffield based manufacturer of professional broadcast equipment, recently launched a new Digital Monitoring Unit at the Audio Engineering Society Convention held in Paris. The unit allows studio engineers to listen to both analogue and digital signals within the same unit and since it was unveiled sixty units have been sold, with Swiss and Swedish national radio station amongst the first customers. The product was developed by Audionics with help from a TCS programme associate.

The TCS, Teaching Company Scheme, which is sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry, enables businesses to advance their knowledge and make strategic advances through its research and teaching arrangement with a University. Paul Debenham, a graduate from the University of York, worked alongside Audionics to help develop the new product. Digital products are becoming increasingly important in today’s digital broadcast markets, where new services are being created all the time, such as the On-Digital television service and DAR digital radio.