Providing end-to-end video and audio for broadcast, entertainment, programming and events, All Mobile Video (AMV) operates Manhattan and LA studios, as well as a US-wide fleet of mobile production trucks. Presently equipping a new (yet-to-be-named) remote truck, AMV’s experience with Studer led them to the flagship Vista X large-scale mixing console.
The new truck will be operational by the end of 2015, to serve high-profile entertainment programming – previous credits include the MTV Video Music Awards, Roses CMT Music Awards, NCAA Final Four and a Who’s Who of corporate clients.
The Vista X features Studer’s Infinity Processing Engine DSP core to control 800 or more audio channels, and 12 A-Link high-capacity, fibre-optic digital audio interfaces to provide more than 5,000 inputs and outputs. It also uses Vistonics colour touchscreen interface, VistaMix automated mic mixing, Quad Star technology (four redundant processors for aviation-standard redundancy) and Dante connectivity. ‘From a sonic standpoint, I have yet to find a better-sounding digital console,’ says AMV Audio Development Specialist, Ian Vysick. ‘They’re responsive and easy to use, our operators love them and in fact the people using the consoles ask for them specifically.’
On several occasions, customers have discovered and hired AMV simply because the company uses Studer consoles: The Vista X is AMV’s tenth Studer console, and Vysick notes that the company’s mixing engineers are very comfortable with Studer’s onboard dynamics processing and EQ and the way the consoles operate in general, making the step up to the Vista X a logical move. He also points out that, because of the expanded internal processing, the amount of onboard gear needed gets smaller every time AMV buys a new console – a distinct advantage in the cramped confines of a mobile truck. ‘Because the system has the two Lexicon PCM96 reverb and effects processors integrated into the console, we only need a few pieces of outboard gear to complete what we believe is a really nice package.’
Its connectivity will enable the new truck will handle projects of all size and scale: ‘There’s a ton of Madi in this truck,’ Vysick says. ‘Eleven Madi cards with redundancy stream to the video router and to the outside world, to multiple Pro Tools systems, and there’s also a Madi card going straight into the RTS intercom and more. We’ve integrated Dante into the vehicle alongside the Madi system, so the vehicle is already ahead of the game and will be ready for all future developments.’
All of AMV’s remote trucks are fitted with Studer Remote Stagebox units, and the new vehicle will have three Remote Stageboxes linked to the Vista X console. ‘Fibre is now so reliable that the fears in using it have gone away,’ Vysick observes. ‘Now we can have everything in house and it’s the cleanest signal possible to the vehicle.’
One of the Stageboxes is also equipped with a Dante card: ‘I’ll be able to work alongside other vendors in adopting Dante,’ Vysick explains. ‘I can talk to PA vendors and intercom vendors and let them know that now that I have a Dante stream inside the venue, they can take my Dante set-up and use it as a further tool to integrate the vehicle into the overall system.
‘With Dante, this truck with the Studer Vista X will be ahead the game for years to come,’ he adds.
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