The LiveAXIS Solution:
The Livewire Media company has created a proprietary platform, called LiveAXIS,
which enables remote recording, production and conferencing of multi-media
content from any location in the world, at a fraction of the cost
of traditional live recording methods. With LiveAXIS,
large quantities of broadcast-quality multi-media content
can be recorded, produced, archived and distributed more
easily and efficiently than ever before. LiveAXIS can be
applied to a variety of business sectors. The technology
is currently operational in the music industry and in the
area of distance learning.
How It Works:
LiveAXIS can turn any location into a recording studio that
does not require any on-site recording engineers. The control
room for such a "virtual" studio may be located hundreds or
thousands of miles away, as all content is gathered over private
data networks. LiveAXIS enables engineers on one side of the world
to remotely record and broadcast an event taking place on the other
in real time, with pristine sound quality and multiple camera angles
that would customarily only be possible with on-site technical
personnel and mobile recording equipment.
The Hardware:
The hardware component of this remote multi-media capture technology consists
of a "black box," which can be installed in venues or event spaces of any
kind. This "black box" feeds audio and video tracks to engineers at
a Network Operations Studio ("NOS") via a private high-speed data
network.
LiveAXIS has no impact on sound
reinforcement in a venue or event space, and is likewise unaffected by
the "house sound". All microphone feeds are discreetly pulled directly
from the stage area through LiveAXIS, and engineers have full control,
on a channel-by-channel basis, of an audio mix that is created in real
time, miles away at the NOS. Individual
microphone feeds are also recorded separately, as multi-tracks, allowing
for full post-production, just as in a traditional recording studio.
The result is pristine, CD-quality sound, readily available for live and
syndicated broadcast and/or production and distribution.
LiveAXIS video capture technology involves the installation of four
to six (depending on the scale of the installation) compact, remote-controlled
cameras, from which the individual signals are fed to the black box and can be
captured. Each camera is operated separately using a control pad or joystick
in the studio. A video director at the NOS views the feeds from each
camera, and "calls the shots", just as in a television studio.
Each LiveAXIS studio is a fully functional "virtual" recording
studio, wherein audio and video recording engineers work in an
environment similar to what one might encounter in a traditional studio,
except that the event being recorded may be taking place anywhere in the
world. No recording engineers are required on location at the venues.
The Software:
The content-management software aspect of LiveAXIS is built on an Oracle
database platform, with dynamic user interfaces developed on Netscape's HTTP
server. It is essentially a password-protected infrastructure that allows non-technical
staff to manage the organization, archiving, production and distribution of large
amounts of multi-media content, as well as scheduling, contact management and event
production. There are also "point-and-click" interfaces for easy management of data-driven
Web sites.
A massive archive of content is only as valuable as the means by which it is made
available to consumers. The LiveAXIS software application serves equally well as an effective
interface for those who need to manage content on a professional basis, or as an online jukebox
for consumers.
In Conclusion:
We at LiveWire Media hope that this information
has been helpful to you. If you or your business have an application
to which you think LiveAXIS technology may be applied, we hope that won't
hesitate to contact us; we'd like to work with you in addressing your needs.
