An extensive technical modernisation at ARD Capital Studio Berlin (part of the ARD Union of German Broadcasters) has provided operators with advanced editorial workplaces based around a Ravenna IP network.
The expanding scope of the broadcaster’s work prompted a complete redesign of the editorial workplaces. The team responsible for this renewal considered the commercially available technical options, and decided to replace its existing mixers with more modern consoles that are better suited to its present needs. The studio found the best solution at Lawo, using a crystal console set-up that can be configured as editorial desk.
The new Lawo equipped workplaces use touchscreens to access the cutting and retrieval systems that serve all editorial functions, and provide automated workflows for interviews and review work. The new integrated video and software solution also brings space savings, since there is no longer a requirement for hardware mixers.
As a result of the modernisation, every workplace at ARD Capital Studio Berlin is equipped with a workstation running Lawo’s Jade editing software with two screens for visualisation. Each workstation is connected to a crystal console base unit, which serves as the platform for a tablet computer running Lawo’s VisTool software (whose touchscreen operation is modelled on a mixing console). An Ember+ interface provides control of the Jade software, which makes the tablet the central switching station and the workstation function as the routing centre. The crystal base provides audio I/O breakout and microphone integration, as well as supporting loudspeaker and headphone monitoring and other peripheral connections. Source selection is managed via the IP network.
Based on these components, the new editorial workplaces provide a lean and automated workflow with clearly laid-out operation. It also allows the workplaces to be highly customised for individual operators’ requirements. This meets all of the requirements of different editors, as well as the operational philosophies of regional broadcasters.
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