Studer Vista 5 M2 records Malaysian Kings royal banquet
Published: ASIA
MALAYSIA: Mahajak Trio recently supplied a Studer Vista 5 M2 console for the recording of a royal banquet held at the Malaysia New National Palace in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. The banquet followed a royal ceremony that was held at the Istana Negara that saw Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'azam Shah, 84, installed as the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
The programme aired nationwide on Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), and utilised a total of 32 microphone channels. The banquet was attended by members of the Rulers, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, cabinet ministers, foreign ambassadors and various senior government officials.
‘The Vista 5 M2 enabled the sound engineers to implement fast copy-paste of all the parameters while the Vistonics interface provided immediate access to parameters by opening up settings onto the encoder, such as EQ, Dynamic, VCA and channel settings – without wasting time searching for any hidden buttons,’ said Mahajak Trio’s sales and project senior manager, Lee Chin Kah.
Mr Kah notes that a key feature used to mix the event was via ‘master contributions’ – enabling the sound team to view and control all the contributions on Vistonics faders. ‘The desk is extremely intuitive and easy to learn within a second,’ he added. ‘This allowed the user to focus on the creativity of his work.’
The cues were used to upmix the stereo transmitted signal to a 5.1 channel signal, and the professional broadcast was reported to have ‘contributed substantially’ towards the success of the event.