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Crosspoint and Yamaha serving up audio at tennis Open Erica Basnicki Hampshire-based Crosspoint Solu tions showcased its recently purchased Yamaha M7CL-32 digital mixing console at the Australian Open tennis championship held in Melbourne in January. The company provided audio facilities to Eurovision for its Master Control and Distribution centre and to Eurosport for its temporary HDÂ studio setup.
The Yamaha system will also be used at the US and French Opens
“We had seen an M7CL in operation at other events and spoke to a close colleague, Trevor Beck, who is very well respected in the industry and whose credits include the opening ceremonies for the last few Olympics and other such high-profile events. His advice to go with the M7CL has proved absolutely correct,� said Crosspoint head Geoff Mann. As well as the Australian Open, the M7CL will used at Wimbledon, the
French Open, the US Open, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and other globally televised events in 2012. “Yamaha’s technical back-up has also been excellent. In an industry where the options for equipment are widespread, one of the biggest elements of decisionmaking is support and reliability – Yamaha has these in abundance,� added Mann. Q www.crosspointsolutions.co.uk
SOUNDBITES f PSNE sister title TVBEurope has
released further details about is Fast Turnaround TV conference, to be held on 13 March at the Soho Hotel, London. The event will be keynoted by Andrew Ioannou, strategy director, ITV, and will see in-depth case studies from Mediaset Italy and NRK Norway along with European case studies involving workflows from sponsors Dalet, Quantel and Sony. John Ive, currently director of business development & technology at the IABM, will chair the conference. www.fastturnaroundtv.com www.tvbeurope.com
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Lawo takes country road Dave Robinson A ‘Red Carpet Special’ interview show before this year’s CMA (Country Music Association) Awards in Nashville marked the debut of MTV Networks’ newest OB truck – Nereus – and the Lawo mc266 MKII production console onboard. For this year’s pre-show, Keith Durham, an engineer for CMT (Country Music Television, a unit of Viacom), was at the helm of the new
56-fader desk, assisted by engineers Browning McCollum and Marc Repp. “There was very little music on this show,� said Repp. “The real challenge was the fact that there were numerous interview locations and each location had five wired and five wireless microphones. This created not only a lot of microphone inputs, but numerous microphone groups that had to be managed. Moving quickly from one micro-
phone group to another and to seamlessly switch from a wireless to a hard wired mic – should the wireless system drop out or otherwise fail – were the most pressing tasks on this job.� “In addition to the various microphones and microphone groups,� Repp continued, “there was also a considerable amount of IFB (interruptible foldback) traffic for communication between the production staff and the
various interviewers. All of these audio signals were handled by the mc²66 MKII. While there may not have been much music, there was a lot of audio moving through the board.â€? “The mc²66 MKII’s ability to quickly and easily recall snapshots and switch between the various microphone groups was a huge factor in the success of this project,â€? Repp said. “Likewise, the console’s Extra Faders feature, which includes a ‘Short Fader Control’ panel in the console’s central control section, was equally important, as it provided greater control over crucial elements assigned to this area.â€? Q
month of 2011 for Merging Technologies, the company has reported. “Sales and orders came in at a brisk pace despite the fewer working days in the month,� says sales, operations and marketing manager Chris Hollebone. “Most notable was a large order for Pyramix and associated hardware from a major Middle Eastern broadcaster but there were significant orders received from Japan, Bulgaria, Switzerland, USA, UK, Poland and Italy.�
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