Most live remote outside broadcasts are thoroughly planned by producers and directors who are often too busy to consider potential equipment problems. Technology is an engineering responsibility. Engineers must be ready for any circumstances that threaten to take the show off-script or off-air, from dead wireless mic batteries to unexpected foul weather. In live TV, anything can happen and probably will, usually at the worst possible time.
For over five years, Lawo’s V__matrix IP-broadcast core infrastructure ecosystem has allowed users to transform their installations into a flexible, future-proof production and/or delivery facility. Its C100 processing blades accommodate a wide range of software-defined video and audio workflows and also facilitate the transition to a fully IP-based environment with best-of-breed gateway functionality.
While many production facilities nationwide saw bookings decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, Alex “Mixedbylex” Romero substantially increased his business at his Grand Bay Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida. After months of 18-hour days and a string of Gold and Platinum singles, Romero upgraded his main room with a Solid State Logic ORIGIN analog console. He has now also acquired a new building where he will soon open a larger, multi-room facility that will additionally house number of SSL hybrid production tools including SiX SuperAnalogue desktop mixer.
Time base correction is an enabling technology that crops up everywhere; not just in broadcasting.
Digital audio interfaces were developed as a way of avoiding generation loss between devices.
FOR-A Corporation of America says it has a suite of new products for deploying 12G-SDI 4K live production, including its HVS-1200 video switcher, MFR-1000 routing switcher, and the FA-9600 multi-purpose signal processor which provides optimal colour correction on large displays.
The Need For Sync - In any audio environment where multiple pieces of equipment are being used together, it is imperative that they are synchronized. If they do not run in time with each other it will be difficult - if not impossible - to produce a coherent end result where everything fits where it is supposed to.
The last twenty years has seen a lot of film and TV hardware turn into software that runs on workstations and servers. With Apple’s move away from Intel, though, and several other recent attempts to popularize alternative designs, anyone looking at new equipment finds a field in flux.
