An essential part of the upgrade to HD was the audio
system, and with a tight timescale of just under thre weeks to refurbish the
studios including a large amount of HD cabling and gallery monitoring, it was
paramount that a seamless transition in operations was achieved.
“With a Studer Vista 8 already installed for some
years in Studio 1, it made sense to provide commonality of operation across
studios so the Vista 5 was a logical choice,”
said Rowland Kinch, CEO of Maidstone Studios. ”We’ve been very happy with Studer
and the support they give us. We love the Vista’s
instant snapshot functions and it’s a great live production platform for us.
The consoles also share common hardware and cards, so support is made much
easier for us.”
Kinch also praises the new VistaMix automatic microphone mixing software update for the Vista
console, which has made a huge difference for the sound teams on unscripted
panel and game shows such as Victory TV’s “Draw It” and ITV’s ”Take Me Out.”
“The Sound Supervisors love having this inbuilt
facility at their fingertips, and think it’s fantastic!”
Kinch concluded, “Having the Vista
consoles has really enhanced our opportunities and abilities to win program
productions from major broadcast organisations who are familiar with the Studer
platforms.”
