Alright, so I have been a little lax in updating this blog. But as my last post described, there has been much to distract me from finishing it. Now, 9 months after that busy day, I have finally gathered new pictures to post the finale of this crazy transformation from 1980's to...semi-current times!
As you can see in the pics below and by the title of this post, STUDIO B IS FINISHED! Well, for all intent and purposes it is. With something like this, things tend to be found here and there that need to be tweaked from time to time. More on that later...
The control room has been put back together with all the gear buttoned up. Every piece of gear has been installed and calibrated with each other. And over the last two semesters, the studio has been used many times over by various productions that happen within the studio walls.
If you notice, there is one slight difference in the control room from previous posts. The addition of the Yamaha audio mixer. Now if anyone was guessing that one piece might fail before any other, everyone would have put their money on the Ramsa console. The old piece of equipment was showing its age and would not mix audio very well in practice. Too many pots and faders had scummed to dust and wear to the point that some channels wouldn't even function any more. Well after 6 months of use in the new studio, the board had to be retired (and for good this time). It was replaced with a Yamaha MG32/14FX analog mixer. This new board brings twice the amount of inputs, doing away with repatching. ...and all the people rejoiced...YAY!
Also, you may notice the beautiful news set that was constructed over a year ago. This set, built and co-designed by Dustin Cunningham (pictured in one of the pics), was built to replace the old blue stripped set that was constructed many years ago. All who have seen the nightly news cast have raved over it's beauty. You can watch the news cast live M-F at 6:30pm CST.
Well, it has been a crazy transformation that this studio has undergone and one that was welcomed by all. I hope to be back with more crazy transformations that I get to partake in later down the road.
If anyone has any questions or comments, please feel free to email us at comments@mtsutv.org
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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