Lawo Gears Up for The Grand Tour posted: 29/11/2016
The Mobile Studio in a Tent
Starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, and recently screened on Amazon Prime, the first episode of The Grand Tour' is reportedly the streaming site's biggest premiere to date. As the three former Top Gear' presenters embark upon a hilarious global adventure , Netherlands-based outside broadcast service provider United has placed Lawo in the driving seat.
The series is being shot as a multi-camera 4K HDR production at the 23.98 frame rate, as it is being aired in the US.
United has a track record in 4K and HDR filming, including live concerts by Muse and U2, so this was the main reason we got this job, says sound supervisor Huub Lelieveld, who mixes the recordings along with Rob Ashard and Mischa Kortleve. For audio, I and my colleague Christian Postma wanted to match the high-resolution video by creating the best audio quality possible.
Sound supervisor Huub Lelieveld
As well as their cars and the road, the first episode featured footage from inside the show's studio tent while recording in California. As the series unfolds, its presenters are set to become Special Forces soldiers, sign into a secret training base in Jordan, and enjoy a visit to the opera. Accompanying them is United, a full service operator, providing facilities, and technical and creative support for media and broadcast organizations.
In audio recording, there is no direct equivalent to 4K - the audio is still 48kHz. We wanted to match the picture by creating an audio setup that is completely without compromise - but to be as compact as possible, as everything is flying around the globe, says Lelieveld.
We held a little brainstorm, and concluded that this meant using the best possible compact audio console for both recording and FOH. For us, there was no question about choosing a Lawo mc 36. I use Lawo consoles daily - as I do other brands of broadcast consoles - and, for me, they are the best choice for functionality, sound quality and reliability.
Lawo's all-in-one mc 36 mixing desk is optimized for demanding broadcast productions, providing excellent sound quality and powerful DSP, as well as being natively equipped with RAVENNA/AES67 technology to integrate into broadcast IP infrastructures.
United's requirements for The Grand Tour' have resulted in the selection of a 16-fader Lawo mc 36 for FOH, manned by Martijn Kuiper, and a second, 24-fader, mc 36 for the OB gallery that is located in another tent. We connect one Lawo Compact Stagebox using RAVENNA, and the two consoles are connected digitally using the MADI port on the Compact Stagebox. All I/O is shared between the two Lawos, Lelieveld explains. The three presenters wear omni lavalier mics and are in a tent with the audience with a PA that, as always, needs to be as loud as possible to make sure the audience hears, and reacts to, the comedy. To get a direct and dry sound, we use Lawo Automix and Cedar Audio DNS8 noise reduction at both OB and FOH. I experimented quite a bit to get a dry as possible sound from the Automix, and found, that maximum drive at every channel and a short (25ms) release worked very well to get quite extreme Automixing.
The FOH Crew
The aim of the United team was to create an all-digital audio setup to deliver the highest level of detail and resolution, with the least possible vulnerability to noise, hum and buzz. This led them to Neumann KM184D digital mics feeding into Neumann DMI8 boxes for audience reaction - 14 microphones in total.
The radio mics are from Wisycom, as we needed an RF system that can safely be used all over the world. Wisycom, with its very wide useable frequency spectrum, is ideal for that,' says Lelieveld. To keep everything digital, these are connected via AES.
The Riedel intercom system does not use any analog I/O at all, being connected to the Lawo consoles via MADI, with all analog connections going through the console.
So far we're really happy with the result, Lelieveld reports. It's a very challenging job audio-wise, with the acoustics and outside noise of the studio tent and it's surroundings, but our compromise-free audio set up is doing very well!
The second episode of The Grand Tour' was aired on Friday, 25 November on Amazon Prime.
United
United, which is housed in the Music Pavilion in the Media Park in Hilversum, is a full service organisation in the field of facilities, and technical and creative support for media and broadcast organisations. United offers a wide range of facilities and services. The company is part of the Euro Media Group (EMG). This allows to combine forces with other subsidiaries, exchange knowledge and experience, and operate flexibly and effectively at a national and international level. In addition, this gives customers access to a very wide range of possible facilities, services and solutions.
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. Products include control and monitoring systems, digital audio mixing consoles, routers, video processing tools as well as solutions for IP-based A/V infrastructures and routing systems. All products are developed in Germany and manufactured according to highest quality standards at the company's headquarters in the Rhine valley town of Rastatt, Germany.
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Lawo Gears Up for The Grand Tour posted: 29/11/2016 
