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Fairlight Helps German Broadcaster RBB
Enjoy The Benefits of Tapeless Workflow
July 17, 2008
Source: Fairlight
German broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
(RBB) has made a firm commitment to Fairlight technology by
purchasing two of the company's Constellation digital recording,
editing and mixing systems for its audio post production studios.
Established in 2003 from the merger of Sender Freies Berlin
(SFB) and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB), RBB is
responsible for the production and broadcast of public radio
and television in the German federal states of Berlin and
Brandenburg. It is also a member of the consortium of German
public broadcasters, ARD, and its Potsdam broadcasting centre
houses the ARD Digital service.
The Constellation systems, both with Pyxis Track video, MFX
options and Crystal Core (CC-1) engines are destined for RBB's
studios in Potsdam and Berlin, where they will be used for
news, magazine and feature production. The installations will
take place during July and August, with both systems expected
to be fully operational by the end of the summer.
RBB's project manager Andreas Heese says: "We chose Constellation
because our sound engineers had good experiences with our
old Fairlight MFX3 systems. However our specific reason for
choosing this system was Fairlight's ability to assist with
our new tapeless workflow in news production."
The combination of Pyxis Track video, MFX and CC-1 delivers
the post production industry's 'Holy Grail' of true audio/video
workflow convergence by integrating an SD/HD compliant non
linear video solution with a mature and feature rich audio
recording, editing and mixing system on the same platform.
This enables Fairlight to support a seamless interplay of
both SD/HD video and audio and a wide range of file exchange
capabilities.
Mario Schmitz, Fairlight's head of European Operations, says:
"RBB was particularly interested in our ability to offer
the best workflow tools for their requirements. Fairlight's
CC-1 platform can be seamlessly integrated into any network
environment or topology. It can import/export, read/write
and stream media to and from any local or shared drive that
is seen by the operating system. This converged approach offers
the convenience of 'drag and drop' file selection whereby
wrapped audio/video essence and audio or video files are immediately
available to any project. In addition file export from the
Fairlight system ensures complete integrity of the tapeless
workflow environment."
RBB is importing MFX D10 files via Drag-and-Drop, which are
then re-wrapped with new audio while the original video content
remains on the network storage throughout the entire process.
The file is then uploaded to RBB's Ardendo Content Management
system where it is available to all producers who need to
generate magazine or news playlists.
"Fairlight integrates very well in our existing MXF workflow,"
Heese says. "Other providers of professional audio equipment
do not integrate the MXF format or use a different operational
pattern. Having the ability to unwrap MXF D10 files does more
than make life easier for our operators – it makes it
possible."
Heese adds that having a fully integrated file-based system
will also help RBB speed up workflow because operators will
no longer have to physically exchange tapes.
"This saves time, which is a large advantage in news
production. The new installation will also make it possible
for operators to comfortably exchange projects between studios,
giving us more flexibility."
In recent weeks RBBs sound engineers have been testing the
new system and are satisfied with the results they are achieving.
"They are finding Constellation very easy to use and
we are all very keen to have the new systems up and running
in the studios," Heese adds.
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