Calrec Scales ImPulseV to Empower Broadcasters With Greater Choice in Virtualized Workflows – Sports Video Group

Calrec Scales ImPulseV to Empower Broadcasters With Greater Choice in Virtualized Workflows – Sports Video Group

By sportsvideo.org
Publication Date: 2026-05-29 00:00:00

Further strengthening its virtualisation strategy to fully support broadcasters as they enter a new broadcast age, Calrec announces an expansion to its ImPulseV Virtualised Audio Mixing Engine – building on two landmark partnerships that signal the industry’s growing confidence in virtualised audio at scale.

“Traditional broadcasters are reinventing their operations so that they can produce more content for less, faster, and across more diverse platforms,” says Henry Goodman, Director of Product Management at Calrec. “Remote and distributed production, combined with virtualization, reflect the broader trajectory of live production: away from fixed infrastructure and towards flexible, hybrid workflows that blend on-premise, cloud and distributed resources.

The ImPulseV expansion extends choice and flexibility for broadcasters with two new smaller DSP package options – 96 and 140 path configurations – alongside the existing 256-processing path option. Tailored for smaller systems that still demand uncompromising, broadcast-grade audio performance, all three packages share the same comprehensive feature set, including full processing on every path and support for 5.1 and immersive audio formats up to 7.1.4. DSP resources can also be allocated dynamically across channel and bus paths in real time, ensuring maximum efficiency for any production setup.

Calrec has also introduced shorter, more flexible licensing terms – one year, 12 weeks and four weeks – lowering…