Lawo technology on board.
Prisma Outside Broadcast equips HD-1 OB van with m²66.
The Swedish production company Prisma OB is a premium league player in the field of mobile broadcasting. It is not just the fact that the company was at almost every mega-event over recent years, but forthcoming TV highlights will also see these Scandinavian experts ready for the action to begin. Thus the Beijing Olympics will also — amongst others — be broadcast by Prisma OB, thanks to Lawo audio technology.
A new reference for OB vans.
In order to be best equipped for the forthcoming challenges, the Swedish company decided to build a top-level HDTV OB van. The basic figures alone hint at the capacity that will be available: at 16 metres long and 4 metres wide, the mobile studio will have work space for 32 vision mixers and two sound engineers, making the HD-1 one of the largest OB vans in Europe.
The high-performance Lawo mixing console.
It is not just the sheer size of the HD-1 that is impressive, but also its innovative technology. This is why a 5.1 surround-capable mixing console, that has become the new standard in OB van construction, was installed — the Lawo mc²66. The features of this console are also impressive: 2,100 inputs and outputs for the central router, console control surface with 48+8 faders and over 300 DSP channels, as well as I/O with 80 HD SDI embedders and de-embedders. In addition to that, the mobile stage boxes are connected redundantly to the OB van, each of them providing 32 remotely located mic inputs, 16 digital I/Os and 16 GPIs. With this first-class technology, Prisma OB will also be able to deliver a top-level performance in the future — what with world-class sport in Beijing, as well as with other planned TV highlights.
