MDR Erfurt modernizes broadcast infrastructure with RLAY Virtual Radio Mixer Systems

German public broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) has installed dozens of new mixing + editing workstations using Lawo R LAY Virtual Radio Mixer software in their Erfurt facility in Thuringia, Germany, as part of a comprehensive modernization project executed by technical service provider MCS GmbH Th ringen.

MDR's project goal was to provide more user-friendly tools for their radio editors, talent and producers, enabling them to streamline their workflows by reducing system complexity and adding mixing, recording, editing and routing flexibility.

More than 30 workstations throughout the building are now outfitted with R LAY Virtual Radio Mixer workstations. Journalists can easily accomplish tasks such as audio editing, conducting interviews, recording Internet livestreams, or creating content for TV or radio programs using the intuitive, touchscreen-enabled R LAY mixing software. In addition to mixing and recording local audio sources, R LAY users also have direct access to all audio signals within MDR's RAVENNA network, allowing distributed resources - such as telephone hybrids, codecs and other audio devices installed in on-air studios or rack rooms - to be used remotely by R LAY workstations, simplifying infrastructure and reducing installed costs.

The project also included deploying an AES67 / RAVENNA audio network to distribute audio in-house. At the network's heart is a Lawo Nova73 router with dual-redundant RAVENNA cards, connected to a Cisco core switch for optimal reliability.

R LAY is radio software that enables broadcasters to build virtual broadcast studios using today's inexpensive and powerful desktop and laptop PCs. The R LAY line includes VRX8 8-fader and VRX4 4-fader Virtual Radio Mixer software, VPB Virtual Patch Bay, and VSC Virtual Sound Card software. All are AES67 compliant for use with standard AoIP networks and multi-touch capable for easy, intuitive use on touchscreen PCs and laptops. R LAY can mix all types of native PC audio using included ASIO, WDM, WASAPI and MME drivers, as well as AES67 / RAVENNA streams. For more information or to download a software demo, please visit www.r3lay.com .

About Lawo

Lawo designs and manufactures pioneering network, control, audio and video technology for broadcast and post production, as well as live performance and theatrical applications, developed in Germany and manufactured according to highest quality standards at the company's headquarters in the Rhine valley town of Rastatt, Germany.

Lawo's line of physical and virtual radio solutions include ruby, sapphire, sapphire compact and crystal mixing surfaces, crystal CLEAR and R LAY Virtual Radio Mixers, and advanced VisTool GUI-builder software, all designed to provide more capability for less cost. For details, visit www.lawo.com.

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