The project team of RTV-RTC has carried out the installation of a new outside
broadcast (OB) van for Russian broadcaster, VGTRK at its Samara base, featuring a
HARMAN Studer Vista 1 all-in-one console.
This 12-camera van was commissioned in September this year with the audio and
intercom design masterminded by RTV-RTC’s Alexander Yankovsky.
The Studer system comprises a 32-fader desk with optical MADI card and Studer
Compact Stagebox, with 32 mic/line inputs and 16 line outputs. An Si Compact 16
with optical MADI card, from HARMAN Professional sister company Soundcraft, has
been supplied as a backup audio mixer.
RTV-RTC won the tender for the design and construction of the mobile television
studio for VGTRK back at the end of 2012. This 10+2 HD camera truck has been
designed for all types of OB filming and recording of social and political events,
concerts and performance as well as shooting sporting events throughout the Middle
Volga region.
“We recommended Vista1 to our customer based on the excellent quality of the sound
and the inbuilt sound processing,’ stated Yankovsky. “It offers one of the best
price/function ratios — and this was a very important aspect, as it allowed us to put
into practice the customer’s requirement, namely, flexible and cost-effective sound for
video production possibilities.
“The other attraction was the user-friendly and logical Vistonics™ interface. The work
of a sound director in live broadcast can be compared to the work of an aircraft pilot
— needing to control numerous parameters in real time, and provide a swift override
of the process if something goes wrong. Vistonics can handle this easily.’
The new OB van will produce two independent television programmes, including live
broadcast and is designed to work in HDTV format, with the ability to switch to HD /
SD. It has been designed on a two-axle trailer chassis with a total body length of
12.3 metres, with dedicated rooms for audio, video, engineering and computer room /
rack room. There are also two external commentator positions with two-way signal
delivery via Telecast T-POV receiving and transmission sets.
