RTW, a leading vendor of visual audio meters and monitoring devices for professional broadcast, production, post production and quality control, is shipping the SW20013 software license option for TM7 and TM9 TouchMonitor series. This option incorporates a BLITS instrument for generating and analyzing BLITS test signals.
   

RTW created a special instrument not only to generate a BLITS test signal but to use the BLITS sequence for a user friendly and comprehensive analysis and display of level, channel allocation, phase, delay and polarity of incoming digital audio signals in 5.1 mode. Adjustable limits complement the analyzer. The sequence can be acquired from any digital input of the TouchMonitor.

Beside the analyzer the BLITS instrument features a signal generator part as well. The generator is capable of generating not only the 5.1 sequence but in addition also a stereo ident sequence either in EBU 3304 format or as the widely known GLITS tone. An identification header like a station ident can be placed optionally in front of the test sequence. The signal will be output through the AES 3 or AES 3id output feeds.

The BLITS licence option for TM7 and TM9 uses the order code SW20013. It requires users to install the current firmware version 3.10 first. Users can download the firmware for free from RTW’s website.