Engine Room & Architecture

Engineering Blog

Technical deep dives into real-time audio systems, low-latency DSP architecture, and the technology powering next-generation broadcast playout.

· 8 min read

Scaling Signal Distribution with Lock-Free Ringbuffers

How we leverage memory-safe concurrency and single-writer multi-reader lock-free ringbuffers to fan-out thousands of concurrent streams without latency spikes.

· 5 min read

The Future of Radio: Decentralized Playout & Remote Assist

A blueprint for cloud-native station automation, distributed failover clusters, and real-time browser session control for radio DJs and broadcast engineers.

· 10 min read

FM MPX Baseband Generation directly from Software DSP

Bypassing external stereo generators: how software MPX subcarrier synthesis achieves compliant 19 kHz stereo pilot tones and RDS transmission.

· 7 min read

Mastering Dynamic Range: Brickwall Limiters & LUFS Compliance

Implementing EBU R128 and ITU-R BS.1770-4 loudness normalization in real-time broadcast DSP with lookahead true-peak limiting.

· 6 min read

Resilient Studio Links over Unstable WANs with SRT Protocol

Deploying Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) for remote studio-to-transmitter links with configurable ARQ packet retransmission and zero glitch dropouts.