Preparing for for the nationwide digitalisation of television, Las Vegas NBC affiliate KSNV My News 3 is presently updating its production facility – but is maintaining 24/7 digital high-definition programming, including six hours of live news broadcasting each day, through a Studer OnAir 3000 mixing desk.
‘The OnAir 3000 was one of the final pieces in the digitalisation and HD revitalisation of the studio,’ says Chief Engineer Mark Guralnik. ‘The console is user-friendly for the operators, allows us to handle our IFB for remote live shots and can be easily modified at a moment’s notice – a vital aspect of live television.’
Knowing a full studio HD production retrofit would be an expensive undertaking; KSNV was able to curb some of the costs with the affordable yet highly reliable and functional OnAir 3000: ‘The cost of all the equipment and work is an important factor in a project such as this, and the OnAir offered the perfect ratio of adaptability and consistency to affordability,’ agrees Guralnik.
The console design is based on a completely modular desk and a new DSP engine. The fader module includes six fader strips, and up to eight fader modules may be fitted, giving a maximum console size of 48 faders. Layout options range from a highly comprehensive engineer-operated continuity console to a single fader panel for DJ and newsroom use or even a PC-operated system with no physical desk controls. ‘The OnAir 3000 has simplified our news production significantly, but it is also very complex and adaptive so we can rely on the console to grow and adapt as KSNV grows,’ Guralnik says.
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