Working to improve the workflow and quality of its audio system, Televisa has installed eight Studer OnAir 3000 digital broadcast consoles at its San Ángel facility in Mexico.
The largest media conglomerate in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world, Televisa uses its San Ángel facility as the centre of production for telenovelas, soap operas, game shows and reality television. The site also handles the bulk of postproduction work for Televisa.
‘We wanted consistency throughout the facility, which is why we decided to have the same model console in eight different rooms,’ says Televisa’s Rafael Alfaro Bugarini. ‘We also wanted to grow in terms of sound quality, which is why we chose the OnAir 3000 in particular.’
Each of the 18-fader models at Televista San Ángel is being used in separate studios to mix audio for a variety of programming. ‘We needed special configurations on the consoles because the studios are handling multiple programmes,’ Bugarini explains. ‘With the OnAir 3000 console, we are able to have more capability with each fader. This means we can do so much more with fewer consoles. And the consoles aren’t as big, but they offer more features than other models.’
The Studer OnAir 3000’s range of control surface modules uses the same ‘Touch’n’Action’ philosophy on colour GUI screens. The console has three main stereo mix buses plus an audition facility, four stereo aux buses, 16 mix-minus sends configurable as auxes, and three independent studio monitoring circuits and offers full dynamics, EQ and input/output routing in each channel.
San Ángel also contains the Televisa Center of Artistic Education, providing more than 85 per cent of Televisa’s production staff.
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