Sound Devices Scores a Slam Dunk for Profeional Basketball with PIX Production Audio Video Recorders and Acceories

Since February 2012, Sound Devices, experts in audio and video products for field production, has been behind the scenes, aiding in the production of professional basketball games for the NBA. Continuing through to the 2012-2013 NBA season, the companys PIX 240i and PIX 260i Production Video Recorders have been mainstays in the leagues starting lineup for broadcast and online video productions.

Headquartered in Secaucus, NJ, NBA Entertainment uses and archives audio and video feeds from every game played across the country, repurposing the footage for NBA.com, NBA TV and the NBA YouTube channel. Beginning with the companys preproduction workflows for generating nightly All-Star and Finals Mini-Movies, Sound Devices PIX recorders helped streamline this process, speeding up turnaround time, with the videos appearing online the morning after the game.

could then easily be transferred back to post. After each quarter of the game, SSD drives from the PIX 240s were run back to the remote edit trailer that was set up specifically for the event. Sound Devices high-speed Thunderbolt I/O dock, PIX-DOCK, was then used to transfer the video files into the edit environment. This streamlined the workflow off the court, allowing the editors to start working on the material from the previous quarter while the next quarter was still being played.

The Sound Devices setup was a major improvement over the NBAs previous tape-based workflow, as previously editors would load tapes into a deck when they came back to the edit suite after each quarter. The editors would then have to shuttle through the tape to find the required shots and then individually capture each one before moving the files over to the editing environment. With the improved digital workflow, enabled by Sound Devices PIX recorders, the time code on all units were synched and notes were taken in real time for reference points, saving a significant amount of time in accessing specific shots and then having instant access to all of the different angles for that particular shot.

As a result of the major improvement in speed and overall enhanced production workflows, Sound Devices new PIX 240is and PIX 260is returned to the court for full deployment throughout the 2012-2013 NBA season, including the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, as well as international events such the NBA China Games.

Sound Devices also introduced an upgraded rack-mounted PIX 260i. A file-based audio/video deck, PIX 260i seamlessly replaces tape-based video decks in production and post-production environments. It also offers 32 tracks of audio record/playback as well as control functionality from browser-capable computers and tablets. The PIX 260i brings the features and tools needed by production companies and broadcasters looking to migrate to file-based recording and playback environments. The PIX 260i records QuickTime files in either Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD video formats. Files recorded in these intra-frame codecs are ready for editing directly from the recorder in common editing environments, such as Avid, Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere, eliminating time-consuming transferring and transcoding. For color-critical applications, the PIX 260i supports Apple ProRes 4444 through its 12-bit, 4:4:4 3G-SDI I/O. Users can also play out files from the PIX 260i for real-time applications.

Sound Devices, LLC designs and manufactures portable audio mixers, digital audio recorders, and digital video recorders and related equipment for feature film, episodic television, documentary, news-gathering, and acoustical test and measurement applications. The fourteen-year old company designs and manufactures from their Reedsburg, Wisconsin headquarters with additional offices in Madison, WI and Highland Park, IL. For more information, visit the Sound Devices website, .

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