Māori TV upgrades with Studer
Published: ASIA
NEW ZEALAND: As part of its upgrade from analogue to digital technology, Māori Television has recently added Studer Vista 5 M3 and OnAir 2500 digital consoles to its studios. Harman Professional’s Australian distributor Jands Ltd. installed the 32-fader Vista 5 M3 and 12-fader OnAir 2500 consoles in Māori Television studios. The broadcaster also purchased three Studer Compact Stagebox expansion units, a 32-in/16-out and two 16-in/16-out models.
‘Our studios are used for a variety of shows, including live news and current affairs programmes, talk shows, sports programming and more,’ said Kane Dickie, sound team leader. ‘One of the most challenging requirements is doing the sound for a live music show that requires mixing multiple hosts talking at once plus a live band.’
Māori Television wanted to avoid having to patch the consoles into external effects devices, and reportedly chose the Studer consoles because they had enough built-in effects to handle all the processing for all the shows. ‘We wanted consoles that were intuitive to use, so that most of the people in our studio would be able to operate them,’ noted Mr Dickie.
‘The transition from analogue to digital consoles went smoothly,’ said Mr Dickie. ‘In addition to doing everything we need them to and then some, we’ve noticed that the Studer consoles’ preamps have made all of our mics sound much cleaner. In addition, all of the old analogue buzz we could never get rid of in the past has disappeared.’