Qatar TV has ordered Lawo audio, video and control infrastructure for new OB trucks –each comprising a 24-fader mc²36 audio mixing console, remote and fixed Dallis I/O stageboxes, an A__madi4 Audio-to-IP interface, and a V__pro8 video processor and router. Overall control of the OB van equipment is performed via a redundantly designed Lawo VSM (Virtual Studio Manager).
The OBs are being built for the Doha-based broadcaster under the coordination of system integrator Sony Professional Solutions MEA.
The two new vehicles bring the number of Qatar TV’s Lawo-equipped OB vans to to four, after the broadcaster fitted previous OB vans in 2012 with Lawo mc²56 consoles and VSM. Qatar TV is a longstanding Lawo customer, using Lawo systems for outside broadcast as well as a Broadcast Center in Doha (opened in 2012), with Master Control Room (MCR), Central Apparatus Room (CAR), 450m² News Studio, as well as Production Studio and Edit Studios. The solutions provided for the studio complex include three networked mc²56 audio production consoles, redundant Nova73 HD central router as well as VSM for the overall control.
VSM Virtual Studio Manager assums control from the physical production hardware while providing a seamless transition from baseband to IP. It supports control protocols used by all major brands and models of video and audio routers, video and audio mixers, intercoms, UMDs and multiviewers, glue equipment, and other third-party devices.
The mc²36 mixing desk’s powerful DSP micro-core with internal 512x512 port audio matrix, and integrated I/O make it ideally suited to installations with limited space. As it is natively equipped with Ravenna/AES67 technology, the mc²36 integrates seamlessly into IP infrastructures. The A__madi4 high-quality Audio-to-IP interface for broadcast, live and install applications is designed for the transport of analogue and digital audio signals via IP network environments, and for establishing IP-based audio networks. Based on Ravenna technology, all Lawo A__line devices are also compatible with the AES67 audio-over-IP interoperability standard, and come with VisCon__navigator (an intuitive software for easy set-up of audio and video streams in IP networks without the necessity for deep IT knowledge) as standard. Beside four Madi interfaces, the Lawo A__madi4 also provides two Ravenna /AES67 Ethernet ports and eight GPIOs.
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