Professional Sound - October 21 | Page 35

the planning , the installation , everything , is much faster ,” Dam attests . “ But for that , we need to speak with the [ show ] producers and everyone and see what their workflow is and make sure , ‘ If we do this type of installation , can we fulfill exactly what they need ?’
They said yes , and we knew at the end there would be some particulars and adding some new stuff , but that was minimal . So , we standardized this type of installation . It ’ s like making bread or sausages ; once you have the recipe , you just make it like a production
. It was a big success .”
In the end , designing and building the new Maison de Radio-Canada was a mammoth undertaking , and a magnificent feat of design , planning , engineering , and technical know-how . Frankly ,
it ’ s one that an article such as this can only skim the surface of . Ultimately , though , it ’ s proven successful and achieved its goal of pushing Canada ’ s public broadcaster into the future of media . For that , Canadians can be proud .
A TECHNOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MAISON DE RADIO-CANADA 1000 Papineau Ave , Montréal , QC , H2K 0C2
TV CONSOLES & CONTROL ROOMS Overview courtesy of Philippe St-Pierre
Three Entertainment Studios ( one large , one medium & one multifunctional / atrium ) include :
• 2x Lawo mc ² 56 mkIII console ( 48 faders )
• 1x Lawo mc ² 56 mkIII console ( 32 faders )
• 1x Lawo mc ² 56 mkIII console ( 16 faders )
• 4x Waves SoundGrid server ( one for each console )
• 10x Lawo A _ stage64 stage box for remote studio inputs
• 16x Lawo A _ line AoIP node to feed monitor racks , etc .
• 10x Lawo A _ digital8 to feed main PA
Two main control rooms Each of the identical audio / video control rooms is able to control any studio by automated delegation processes managed within the Lawo VSM broadcast controller . Both are equipped with :
• 1x Lawo mc ² 96mkIII console ( 48 faders )
• 1x Junger D * AP4 audio processor
• 1x RTW Loudness meter
• Neumann KH 310 / KH 870 5.1 monitoring
• JBL 708P stereo monitoring
• Avantone stereo monitoring
• 1x Trinnov MC Pro controller
• 2x Sound Devices 970
• 2x Cedar DNS8 Live
• 1x Merging Ovation Playback system
• 1x Universal Audio UAD-2 Live rack
• 1x Dolby DP570
• 1x Eventide H9000R
• 1x Lexicon 960L
• 1x Tascam DA-3000
• 1x Denon DN-300Z
Four News Studios ( and several small “ satellite ” sets ): There are four news-focused audio / video control rooms that , like their entertainmentfocused counterparts , can all take control of any studio via automated delegation processes managed within the VSM broadcast controller . The four rooms are identical and are automated with Ross Overdrive . The audio / video control rooms are physically in the same room but the audio section can be closed with a window partition . Each are equipped with :
• 1x Lawo mc ² 56mkIII console ( 32 faders )
• 1x Waves SoundGrid
• 1x RTW loudness meter
• 1x Junger D * AP4 audio processor
• 1x Neumann KH310 / KH120 stereo monitoring
• 1x Cedar DNS8 Live multi-channel dialogue noise suppressor
• Lawo VisTool virtual interfaces
AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION Overview courtesy of Patrice Dumont
All mixing rooms run Avid Pro Tools . All equipment is installed locally with a small acoustic rack , with the exception of the Media Composer instances that are remote ( in the datacenter ) to be shared by all mixing rooms .
Four large 5.1 mixing rooms feature :
• Avid S6 M40 Control Surface ( 16 faders )
• Apple Mac Pro
• Neumann KH 310 monitors & KH 810 sub ( except one room that is physically smaller that has a KH 750 sub )
• Avantone stereo monitoring
• Avid MTRX as the I / O interface and speaker management ( through an Avid MTRX SPQ speaker processing card )
• Lawo A _ madi4 to interface with the IP infrastructure
• RTW TouchMonitor TM7
• Sound & Construction IsoBox Studio 16RU sound isolation rack
One large , hybrid 5.1 mixing room / radio studio features :
• Avid S6 M40 Control Surface ( 32 faders )
• Apple Mac Pro
• Neumann KH 310 monitors & KH 810 sub
• Avantone stereo monitoring
• Lawo A _ madi4 to interface with the IP infrastructure
• 2x Avid MTRX as I / O interfaces ( one each for studio & control room ) and speaker management ( through Avid MTRX SPQ speaker processing card )
• RTW TouchMonitor TM7
• Small Dante island for interconnection of Dante-only devices
• Sound & Construction IsoBox Studio 16RU sound isolation rack
Two medium 5.1 mixing rooms feature :
• Avid S1 slimline control surface
• Apple Mac Mini
• Neumann KH 120 monitors & KH 750 sub
• Avantone stereo monitoring
• Avid MTRX as I / O interface and speaker management ( through an Avid MTRX SPQ speaker processing card )
• Lawo A _ madi6 to interface with the IP infrastructure
• RTW TouchMonitor TM7
• Sound & Construction IsoBox Studio 16RU sound isolation rack
Two small mixing rooms ( mostly for podcasting ) that are in stereo but wired for 5.1 feature :
• Apple iMac
• Neumann KH 120 monitors
• Universal Audio Apollo x6 Thunderbolt 3 audio interface
• Lawo A _ digital8 to interface with the building ’ s IP infrastructure
RADIO STUDIOS Overview courtesy of Dai Dam
In the new radio studios , audio patch cords and jack are no longer required , and only the production equipment is present on the table . There are also no more equipment racks in the control room , and remote access is much easier with VSM and Lawo technology . The 15 booths are using the Lawo VisTool virtual radio console with Merging Anubis audio interfaces and the Ross Iggy compact ST 2110-30 audio bridge platform . In total , there are two studios and three booths for news , plus three studios and booths for Ici Musique , and two studios and booths for Ici Première . All the other studio and booth facilities are used for English radio , First Nations radio , web , and audio publicity .
RADIO STUDIOS
• 13x Lawo PowerCores
• 8x Lawo Ruby radio consoles
• R3lay ( ST 2110 virtual audio sound cards )
• Dalet audio software with Vistool virtual console
• 2x Telos VX Enterprise broadcast VoIP video phone system
• 6x Comrex Access MultiRack with five instances each
• 10x Comrex Access ( total of 10 instances )
• 3x visual radio production systems ( ST 2110 ).
• Dalet audio VMs servers , running in Windows 10
• Neumann BCM 705 dynamic studio microphone
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