Volume is a matter of good form: Adlershofer Jünger Audio-Studiotechnik GmbH
Apple utilises this technology for the sound system in its canteen, it forms part of some pop singers’ touring equipment, and virtually every ARD and ZDF studio has it, also for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. It was developed by the Adlershof company Jünger Audio-Studiotechnik GmbH, a world renowned specialist in the adaptation of original sound recordings for TV, radio and internet broadcasts and the production of CDs.
Today employing 28, the company was founded 20 years ago by Ingrid and Herbert Jünger. These two engineers were already familiar with the problems encountered in the control and lineup of sound recordings from their work for GDR radio. Following Reunification they grabbed the opportunity and set up their own company, then still based on analogue technology.
Converting to the digitised world was followed by their first success in the 1990s. At that time the volume of sounds was still being measured in amperes. “Two audio samples with the same level must not necessarily carry the same energy, and accordingly can differ greatly in their volumes,” explained Herbert Jünger. This is a common sufferance for all TV viewers who complain of strident adverts in the middle of a film. Now the algorithms developed by Jünger can reliably regulate a range of volumes.
Once integrated in the studio installations, the technology needs no other intervention. This is “set and forget”, as it is called at Jünger according to sales manager Peter Pörs, who stressed that there is absolutely no change in sound quality. This “unique solution”, he continued, underlies the high export share of 70%. Jünger has now set up a subsidiary in Singapore.
Pörs is convinced: Oriented along development lines the company concentrates on new platforms like e.g. mpeg 3 and 4, whose data reduced signal needs new ideas. The large number of digital interfaces and their complex file formats are becoming less and less amenable to hardware solutions. Accordingly it is important to license the company’s know-how early for integration in other products. This will have an ever greater role in moulding the future of the Jünger company.
by Klaus Oberzig