Responding to growing demands for his services, Dutch cameraman and video editor John Huijbregts has commissioned his own 4K OB truck and equipped it with a Yamaha TF3 digital mixing console. Working with sound engineer Jan Valentijn, he chose the Yamaha TF3 with two Tio1608 Dante I/O units. ‘There are plenty of outputs and processing for what we need and the Tio1608 units can also be deployed outside the vehicle at recording locations,’ he says.
Huijbregts has worked both nationally and internationally, covering a wide range of different events and productions. His company Dutch Multicam is located in the southern town of Sint Willebrord, with facilities that include edit rooms and full postproduction facilities. He has been using Yamaha 01V96 digital mixers for many years, and when the OB project began, he looked to Yamaha again: ‘I have a long history of mixing with Yamaha, both for recording and post-production,’ he confirms. ‘Many of my colleagues in the broadcast industry also use Yamaha because of their excellent reputation for ease of use, reliability and return on investment.’
When designing the OB truck, Huijbregts wanted those virtues with the latest Yamaha technology, which he knew would help him to deliver the quality and flexibility of a large OB-truck, for the rental price of a modest video facility. Complementing the TF3 system are eight 4K cameras and satellite uplink, streaming and communication facilities, meaning the truck can be used for any kind of live or recording situation.
‘The TF3 is very easy to operate, making both live streaming and recording very straightforward,’ Huijbregts reports. ‘The vehicle is currently used on projects for several Dutch broadcasters and corporate events and the preset automation is also very useful for the many different jobs that we do.’
