Operating two channels that broadcast daily news and live shows, French broadcaster NRJ TV has installed a Studer Vista 1 digital mixing console in the television control room that runs its two production studios in Paris.

‘We have a variety of programming that takes place here at NRJ 12 and Chérie 25, so we need equipment that provides a high level of versatility to meet our varying needs,’ says Technical Manager Cédric Drapeau. To that end, NRJ chose the Vista 1, which fits perfectly into the network’s technical environment.

The audio configuration of the studios is based on an EtherSound network, allowing routing and management of signals between the two studios and the control room. The Vista 1 has an EtherSound connection that can control over 32 inputs and 32 outputs to perfectly interface into the network.

The Vista 1 contains many of the same features as its larger brother, the Vista 5, including the Vistonics user interface and features such as true broadcast monitoring, talkback, red light control, GPIO, N-x (Mix Minus) busses, snapshot automation and DAW control. The console’s I/O can be expanded using the standard Studer D21m I/O controller’s card slot on the rear, to allow a wide range of protocols including Madi, AES, AoIP, Adat, TDIF, CobraNet, Dolby E/Digital and SDI connections. A Madi link can connect to any of the Studer Stagebox range for XLR connectivity, as well as other formats.