PenteoSurround, Inc: The Cleanest 5.1 Surround Sound in the World

Pro Sound News, November, 2011: Penteo is HUGE, PenteoSurround recently chalked up another first with the news that ABC Family's Huge television series made use of the company's stereo-to-5.1 process.

"From a production and post-production standpoint, Huge has pushed for innovation, and PenteoSurround's 3D audio is a great example of that," explained executive producer Kim Rozenfeld. Read more

Surround Processing Moves From Standalone to Integrated Technology, Sports Video Group, By: Dan Daley, Audio Editor | Published: June 11, 2010

Surround processing - the automated upmixing and downmixing between mono, stereo, and 5.1 sound elements - at the high end of the scale isn't quite at the commodity stage yet. But it is following a predictable path that sees its algorithms migrating from standalone branded systems to chipsets integrated into other products...

Penteo's Post Pro has gained some traction with multichannel music recordings and in Hollywood (it was used to create the 5.1 surround sound for 2009's Inglourious Basterds), which suggests applications in sports-broadcast pre- and post-production. Click here to read more.

Post Magazine Feature Article "Unsung Heroes", featuring new and innovative technologies that support today's post-production professionals, February 2010

"While audio post talent is most important, we cannot deny the role of tools that help that talent reach its full potential. It is easy to forget how much we rely on people who are bold enough to create new products and start their own companies. Some have even redefined how we work."
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Radio World Magazine, 4/27/09

Radio World announced the recipients of radio's most prestigious technology honor, the Radio World "Cool Stuff" Award, given by a panel of engineering judges at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

APT WorldCast Equinox
Arctic Palm Technology Center Stage Live
Axia PowerStation
Broadcast Devices SWP-200 Power Meter/Four-Port Switch Controller
Broadcast Electronics AudioVAULT FleX
Burk PPM Assurance
CircuitWerkes Silence Sentinal
CircumSolar Power Station MTP-1
Comrex BRIC-Link
DaySequerra M4DDM Diversity Delay Monitor
Genelec 6010A Bi-Amplified Active Monitor
Harris Intraplex HD Link
Inovonics Ino mini 703
JK Audio BluePack
Logitek JetStream Mini
Nautel HD Power Boost - Cool Concept Award
Omnia/Penteo Surround Demo
Sage Digital ENDEC
Sonifex SignalLED Studio Illuminated Signs
Tieline Bridge-IT
Wheatstone WheatNet IP

Radio World's "Cool Stuff" Award-winning products, announced by U.S. Editor in Chief Paul J. McLane, were selected by a panel of expert radio broadcast engineers as notable for their design, features, cost efficiency and performance in serving radio broadcast users. The winners will be featured in Radio World, which is read by thousands of broadcast professionals in the United States, around the world and online.

Only a small number of products were chosen for the Radio World "Cool Stuff" Awards from among the hundreds, if not thousands, of new products on display at the convention.

Pro Sound News Europe Magazine, November 2008

Finally, from the "I-wish-I-had-thought-of-that" department, a new San Francisco-based company is offering a useful stereo-to-5.1-channel upmixing service for producers, TV stations and post houses...Having accurately checked the azimuth correction of the source material - considered essential to extracting centre-channel information - the firm applies its DSP magic to the in- and out-of-phase content and delivers a truly stunning result. During demonstrations, Penteo�s inventor John Wheeler summed an original stereo track with a derived 5.1 mix that had been collapsed back to stereo and inverted. The result was virtual silence as the signals cancelled one another. Users are just an FTP transfer away!