New Zealand Broadcaster TVNZ Adds Another Calrec Console for Digital Audio Mixing and RoutingCalrec Audio continues its long relationship with New Zealand national broadcaster TVNZ with the sale of a 48-fader Artemis Beam digital audio console for TVNZ's Auckland, New Zealand studios. The Artemis Beam console mixes audio for TVNZ's flagship news programming as well as other content for its commercial networks. The console's routing capabilities are a major feature in TVNZ's audio operations.
The new console marks a digital upgrade for TVNZ, who replaced an older Calrec analog console. TVNZ uses the new Artemis console to mix daily live news production, a morning magazine show, several weekly current affairs shows, and a weekly consumer advocacy show. In total, the console is used for more than 14 different live and recorded shows each week.The Artemis console manages all incoming audio, triggering effects, and production of mix-minus and IFB feeds.
The Artemis Beam replaced a much-loved analog console, but it also replaced time-consuming patch bays, said Paul Hedges, TVNZ production services manager. We used to rely on physical patching to achieve things that we can now do with routing in the new console. We were running out of fader modules on the analog console, but now we simply map faders to sources and change the configuration. Some of the work we do now was physically impossible on the old analog console.
The new system gives TVNZ access to more inputs on the same number of faders. Having different layers for different shows makes it easier totransitionfrom one show to the next, especially because TVNZ often requires very fast, sometimes immediate turnaround between shows. The Artemis Beam's routing capabilities manage TVNZ's audio workflows, which accelerates setup whether for a remote stand-up shot or an in-studio production. Also contributing to the speed of setup and transition is the ease in changing the layout of the console to suit individual operator preferences.
TVNZ has a range of analog and digital Calrec consoles throughout its various facilities, and the broadcaster's long and successful relationship with Calrec played a major role in choosing Calrec once again. Also, like many Calrec consoles, the Artemis console's layout and logic closely followed that of the old analog console, which made for an easy switch from old to new.
Our operational team members who use the console every day found it to be intuitive and very flexible, Hedges said. Versatility, capacity, ease of learning, and similarity to the old analog desk were very attractive features for us.
Furthermore, when TVNZ covers major events such as political elections, it can quickly and easily expand its capacity by using the console's networking and resource-sharing abilities to join various sources, locations, and studios.
It's gratifying to see our newer technology joining the mix at TVNZ, said Graham Murray, Calrec's Asia-Pacific regional sales director. Reliability, redundancy, and expandability were critical technical criteria for TVNZ's operation, which is mostly live-to-air for about 17 hours each day, and the Artemis Beam was perfectly suited to its news-oriented environment.
Dated:21/03/13
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New Zealand Broadcaster TVNZ Adds Another Calrec Console for Digital Audio Mixing and RoutingCalrec Audio continues its long relationship with New Zealand national broadcaster TVNZ with the sale of a 48-fader Artemis Beam digital audio console for TVNZ's Auckland, New Zealand studios. The Artemis Beam console mixes audio for TVNZ's flagship news programming as well as other content for its commercial networks. The console's routing capabilities are a major feature in TVNZ's audio operations. 
