Their biggest events facing Finnish A/V Production company Grassmark Oy in 2018 are sports – including the National Premier League of Football and the Paavo Nurmi track and field games. Key to Grassmark’s operation is its use of Sonifex CM-CU21 commentator units, DHY-04GS automatic GSM hybrids and audio distribution amps.
Founded in 2007, Grassmark specialises in broadcast and event video productions and streaming. The company offers turnkey solutions to many sports events, concerts and corporate events and also collaborate with other companies, such as ChyronHego and the Finnish National Broadcasting Company YLE.
In early 2018, Grassmark invested in 12 Sonifex CM-CU21 commentator units, three DHY-04GS automatic GSM hybrids and a number of audio distribution amplifiers. ‘We ended up using Sonifex CM-CU21s by trying to make our own devices first,’ says Grassmark VP, Esa Arokki.
‘Pretty soon we noticed that it would have taken too many resources to do this by ourselves, so we tested a couple of different alternatives and ended up purchasing the Sonifex units. They were familiar to us from broadcast use and they have fulfilled our expectations when it comes to audio quality. The build quality is also excellent, they’re really sturdy and ideal for sports ground use. It gives you a great feeling of reliability and trust. At the moment we do more than 1,000 productions per year and we’re proud to be able to hire more people each year.’
The CM-CU21 is a high-quality, portable Commentator Unit. Its construction and flexibility of features make it suitable for use in a wide variety of environments. It provides two fully featured commentator positions and a third guest position that can alternatively be used as a line-level input. Each position has an individual output, with two additional outputs providing a mix of all active commentary channels. There are two talkback output channels, with a built in limiter and extensive headphone monitoring facilities for any input to any ear of the attached headset/headphones.
Grassmark plans to buy more Sonifex products in the near future, and recently won a tender with YLE for outsourced radio productions from religious events.
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