Studer Debuts OnAir 1500 Air Wave Console, Announces Primary Order

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Sep 9, 2011 3:37 PM, By Jack Kontney

At IBC 2011, Studer is introducing the OnAir 1500 digital blending console, a adjustable answer for air wave report and production, written for more flexibility and connectivity at an access bill cost point. Significantly, the firm moreover voiced the first sale of the new console as well. Algerian National Radio has awarded a stipulate for supply and designation of the new console for a new air wave core at the Palais des Nations Conference Centre nearby Algiers.

The Studer OnAir 1500 is a 12-channel, 6-fader console (expandable to 12 faders) starting at around $10,000 list, the first time a Studer table has been existing in this cost category. Ideal for studios wanting an extra fader section and I/O, the OnAir 1500 is similarly fitting for a prolongation room or on-air studio. Integrated USB playback and record functions make it a really condensed nonetheless full mixer, and its elementary point-to-point connectivity allows portability as a backup or lesser unit.

An OLED shade displays all indispensable information, inclusive duct parameters such as EQ and dynamics, removing the need for an extra shade or PC. For more modernized operation and configuration, the console provides interfaces for joining a Personal Computer screen, set of keys and mouse.

The chief section gives the user thorough access to the vigilance monitoring and switching, and an inner orator is preconfigured to outlay CUE and talkback signals. Audio monitoring is protracted by two 29-segment stereo bargraph PPMs, providing regular overview. The unique Headphone Split function allows the user to attend to two not similar sources, a left and the other right. Preset buttons moreover enable one-touch manage of all monitoring. Additional monitoring for well-defined studios is existing around an outmost Monitoring/ Talkback section for updated flexibility.

For serve flexibility, an elective 6-fader extension brook is available. This may be deployed to emanate a 12-fader surface, placed remotely in a producer's bay, or used as a surplus surface. The network bridges the hole between prolongation and on-air needs, gift an all inclusive underline set to facilitate great programming in possibly setting.

The OnAir 1500's audio and manage engine is the standalone NANO SCORE. Its candid pattern provides typical sockets, creation any extra dermatitis row unnecessary. Two well-defined I/O card slots can agree to a far-reaching operation of modules, such as MADI (up to 64 in/56 out), ADAT, AES, or extra MIC inputs. The front row carries 3 USB ports, a of that is used to pick out the console operator. The second dock can horde a USB hang for recording and playout, whilst the third a may be switched to broach an extra 8 channels of I/O to/from a USB device. The core connects to the blending aspect around a Cat5 cable, carrying audio, DSP, and working power to the OnAir 1500 surface.

Reacting to the allege buy stipulate from Algerian National Radio, with studios scheduled to go in to service in early 2012, Studer broad executive Bruno Hochstrasser observed, "This is a great support of the new product and shows the certainty the customers have in the aptitude to deliver."