Barix Audio over IP Solution to Support Live Streams from 2012 International Piano Festival

Audio over IP pioneer Barix AG has announced that it will bring 2012 International Piano Festival to a global audience this year through the power of streaming media.

The International Piano Festival is a series of weekly piano concerts taking place from March 3 through April 7, 2012 at the historic 400-seat Teatro Miela in Trieste, Italy.  Featured performers this year include internationally-known musicians Anna Fedorova, Natalia Morozova, Marcos Madrigal, Roberto Prosseda, Trio Maurice and the duo Chiara Soave-Cecilia Baccolo.

Riccardo Radivo, Artistic Director-International Piano Festival said, "Barix makes broadcasting applications dramatically simple. In addition to supporting live streams in the theater, the Barix Audio over IP solution will enable listeners everywhere to hear the concerts on desktop computers, smart phones and other audio devices, expanding the vistas of the Association's knowledge and love of music."

The International Piano Festival audio feeds will originate from a front of house mixer in the theater.  A Barix Exstreamer 1000 professional Audio over IP device will receive a balanced stereo signal from a mixer output, and encode the audio for distribution over a high-speed broadband connection. 

Barix Instreamer firmware will encode the analog audio signals in the MPEG1 Layer III 48Khz format.  The broadband connection will transport the digital encoded signals to a remote Icecast server, which enables the live stream over fixed and mobile devices.