Re: Feb 2009 legal or not legal

yes -
standards will remain this way, and standards by many stations (like Discovery) will become more stringent. Discovery requires Sony SRW-5500 delivery, with 8 discreet channels of embedded audio. AND they demand that audio be monitored by a Dolby LM-100 audio meter. Now, I only have one client (Brighthouse Networks) that owns one of these, and I have no idea of how they can tell if the customer owns one of these meters, but that is the specification.

Delivery requirements are MUCH MORE than just watching your "white" levels - there are pages of documentation that must be adhered to that varies from each broadcast operation. These are called delivery specifications, that are available from each station TOC.

Is this a pain in the ass - YOU BET IT IS ! This is what editing manufaturers refer to as "conform products" - edit systems that can deliver a finished product (but people deliver on every piece of crap on the market - you can get away with anything these days, from most stations - but not all).

Bob zelin