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Desk
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Amek BCII
Customised broadcast console model.
Largest and most comprehensive of its type ever built
• 40 mic/line
inputs (space for 48) controllable from bank of 6 assignable VCA group faders.
Custom fine-gain channel balance pots
• 2 stereo
line-only inputs
• 3-band switchable
EQ & high-pass filter on all channels
• 4 mono (2
stereo) groups, plus stereo output with derived mono… normally adjusted
to BBC standard
• Downstream
tone inject (level switchable) to permit stereo line-up to as many as four
separate destinations during rehearsal
• Optional
14 into 2 submixer, on request, with facilities similar to those of main
desk
Monitoring
• Harbeth
HL5 loudspeakers (BBC pedigree) powered by Quad amplifier via comprehensive
stereo/mono selection matrix
• In Production
Area, two LS3/5A powered Quad amplifier
• A/B and
M/S PPMs (BBC Standard) follow loudspeakers
Separate, switchable twin auxiliary PPMs
Dedicated PFL PPM
Pluggable mono PPM
Recording (stereo)
Selection from the following (as required):
• Sony 2700
DAT
Soundscape stereo hard disk recorder
• Additional
machines easy to accommodate
• All record/replay
circuits interfaced for professional zero-level, balanced-line operation.
Recording (multitrack)
• Wall
sockets wired to BBC standard Edac/Varicon for 24 track rec/rep, with XLR
flails provided.
Outboard tone/slate switcher
and monitoring mixer
• Two
Sony PCM800 (Tascam DA-88 clones) available
Easy to accommodate imported
machines, either discrete or modular … to date, the record is 96 tracks
of Tascam!
• 24
channel bargraph generator available for display on left hand picture monitor
New Addition (December '99)
• 32
track, 24 bit digital recording on Soundscape. R.Ed-Recorder / Editor:
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32 tracks at
24 bit Resolution Per Unit (expandable to 256 tracks/24 bit)
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Up to 96kHz
Sample Rates
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26 Digital In’s
and 28 Digital Out’s as standard (3 x TDIF, 2 in/4 out AES/EBU)
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2 in/4 out 2496
analogue XLR Card
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External High
Res.
AD/DA/ADAT/TDIF Break Out Boxes
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Over 50 Powerful
Editing Tools
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16 Bus Custom
Digital Mixing and Real Time Plug In’s
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Punch In/Out
“on the fly”
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RS422 Machine
Control
Patching
• Comprehensive
bay, using PO 316
1/4 inch jacks for maximum reliability
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Distribution
• Stereo
and mono via Clyde Electronics DA5 amplifiers, with standard 75 ohm OB output
impedance. Each output has own discrete drive circuit and ground-free transformer
to ensure complete isolation
• All
outputs available directly on tailboard via both-sex XLR
• Additional
outgoing circuits established via three stereo pairs of line switching relays.
Tone may be injected continuously, or to EBU “SIT” (stereo indent)
or BBC (“GLITS”) formats
• Separate
Glensound monitoring/output unit available, on request, for complex arrangements
such as remote sub-mixes
Outboard
Typically a selection from the following
(as required):
Drawmer twin/stereo compressor/limiters
Drawmer gates
Lexicon PCM70
Klark Teknik DN780
Akai S950 sampler
Yamaha stereo graphic EQ
Yamaha REV series
Yamaha special series
Additional equipment easy to accommodate
Comms.
At sound desk, permanent exchange telephone, plus control telephone with
local LF ringer. Either circuit switchable to handset in Production Area.
Portable “Linesman” phones
Open T/B and 4 switched T/Bs from sound desk. All switched talkbacks have
relay changeover for interrupted cue/foldback
Open T/B and 4 switched T/Bs from producer (operating anywhere in the vehicle).
All switched talkbacks have relay changeover for interrupted cue/foldback
Remote communications box suitable for Presenter, Musical Director, TV Lighting
Director, etc. Has 4-input mixer feeding stereo headphones and internal
mono loudspeaker.
Generates open T/B and 3 reverse switched T/Bs with optional interrupted
cue/foldback for “talk-through”
2 general-purpose remote talkback boxes. Amplified mono headphone drive.
Generate 2 reverse switched T/Bs with optional interrupted cue/foldback
for “talk-through”
3 custom battery-powered headphone amplifiers. Similar to BBC devices, but
with integral 4-channel stereo mixer and dual-gauge output jacks. Parallel
input connectors simplify “daisy-chaining” between adjacent units.
Permanent 6-input reverse T/B mixer, accepting mic or line levels. Separate
mixes available to loudspeakers in Sound and Production Areas. Intercom
between the two areas.
Cue lights: comprehensive range of interchangeable components giving 2-way
lights on a single audio circuit.
Some permit headphone feed over same circuit for economy.
Several systems may be used simultaneously with a remote relay unit provided
for switching mains cue-light in studios, auditoria, etc. All components
“Mix & Match”
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Outside-World
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8 BBC
Amphenol 7-way DEF terminations on tailboard
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40 XLR
(both sexes) on tailboard
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18 video
tie lines on tailboard
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Good
stock of star-quad multiway cable and boxes/flails
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3 x 7-way
passive splitter/isolator boxes for dividing mics, etc, at either end of
single or multiway cables
Vision
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18 tie-lines
to tailboard
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12 Avitel
distribution amplifiers via MUSA patch
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Two 14
inch colour monitors for sound supervisor, one fed from 6-input switcher
operated from desk
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Pigeon-hole
spaces for up to 7 monitors in Production Area
Microphones
Basic load carried for simple programmes, supplemented by arrangement.
Typically:
2 x C414 ULS
3 x B&K 4006
2 x KM84
2 x C460 cardioid
2 x C460 hypercardioid
2 x VR61 and 2 x VR62 tubes
1 x Schoeps CMC5/MK8
1 x C24 valve stereo
9 x Calrec 1050/2050, cardioid and omni
1 x M201
1 x RE50
1 x 4104 lip
4 x SM57
2 x PCC 160
4 x switched comms mics
Others by request (e.g. 4037, 4038)
Hardware
20 various regular/tall stands
12 banquet/table stands
Variety of slings and brackets
Pre-fabricated steel slings for Royal Albert Hall
Power
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Two 16A
CEE-Form on tailboard
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Internal
distribution via MCBs. RCD Optional
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Typical
consumption less than 2.5kVA. All technical power and lights can operate
from a single domestic 13A outlet if necessary.
ETC.
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AM/FM
off-air radio receiver
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Keyed
relays for high-speed cue changeover
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Portable
Fostex and AR powered speakers
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Plenty
of cable, mainly 5 and 10 metre
star-quad
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Useful
range of accessory boxes
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Radio-locked
clocks
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Adjustable
lighting
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Cable
fly-aways on roof, both sides
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Accent
on flexibility and ease of operation
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Spacious
and comfortable environment
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Separate
multi-purpose “production area”
Statistics
Length (with tractor): 11 metre
Length (without tractor): 8 metres
Width: 2.2 metres
Height: under 3 metres
Weight: 5 tonnes
email:
info@blackmountainmobile.co.uk
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