Remote Recording

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new remote recording truck.  The truck will go online in the 2nd quarter of 2008.

The truck is built on a Peterbilt 330 air ride chassis.  The 24 ft. truck body is a Stallion Class custom design from Gerling and Associates a global leader in broadcast communications vehicles.   The truck will be equipped with redundant air conditioning units.  These units are not your typical RV style air conditioning units but rather commercial units modified for broadcast use.  A custom designed electrical system features separate multi-tap isolation transformers for both the environmental/utility systems and the technical systems.  Uninterruptible battery backup and regulation systems will be used for all critical technical needs.

Inside the Gerling body special attention is being taken to the acoustic design.  The truck will be capable of recording up to 128 tracks of digital audio to either a Digidesign Pro Tools HD3 system, an ADK Pro Audio Nuendo 4 system or both simultaneously for redundnancy.  A portable stage rack with 112 channels of Yamaha AD8HR microphone preamplifiers is a part of the system.  During a job the preamplifier rack can be located several hundred feet from the truck closest to the performnace being recorded and linked by military grade fiber optic cabling to the truck.  This ensures the truck gets the best quality audio regardless of distance or possibility of electrical interference.  This fiber link will also carry production intercom, video tie lines, an Ethernet link and control data.  The audio mixers are two Yamaha DM2000 digital audio consoles operating in tandem.  Monitoring will be handled by a 5.1 surround arrangement of JBL LSR4300 series studio monitors.

This truck was designed and engineered to interface with video production trucks and for televison broadcast needs.  We can read, write and generate SMPTE time code and distribute it to all recorders and consoles.  We can accept video blackburst for master syncronization.  RTS intercom, the broadcast standard, is incorporated as the primary intercom.  The main flat video monitor has widescreen high definition video capability.  We can also view and route multiple video composite sources.  Program video is simultaneously recorded to a dedicated hard disc video recorder that later can chase the multi-track playback as a visual reference. 

A comprehensive microphone package is available.   We can also supply microphone splitters some of which feature Lundahl transformers along with a large quick disconnect sub-snake package. 

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