Vista-9
Published: PRODUCTS
Building on the Vista digital mixing platform, Studer has launched the Vista 9 console for broadcast and live production applications.
Among the features is a new metering designed to offer precision feedback on signal status.
According to Studer, the new metering system can show mono to 7.1 channel signals in the upper section of the screen, while the lower portion displays bus assignments or, for surround channels, an image of the surround composite, providing a clear display of the surround signal. A new History mode has also been incorporated to record events such as overloads in the audio path of each channel, highlighting them in red on the channel waveform. Operators can then reportedly review which channel had such an event up to 30 seconds after the event has occurred. Furthermore, all stereo inputs and stereo masters have a correlation meter bar above the bar graph display.
Elsewhere, the Control Bay meter section can be configured to show any choice of output busses and input channels. Each of the console’s TFT screens shows 10 channel strips in order to deliver what Studer is calling ‘Where you look is where you control’ ergonomics. The UK manufacturer has also supplemented the Vistonics interface with its FaderGlow system.
A high level of redundancy has also been factored into the console with dual PSUs, a dual control system and a redundant network system.
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