X2 console makes IBC debut live on air (Stand 8.574)
IBC’s official radio station, Radio IBC FM 105.6, has selected a 12 fader Calrec X2 digital radio console to provide 10 hours of daily live-to-air content for the duration of this year’s show.
Transmitting from 9am to 7pm, Radio IBC FM 105.6 will operate from a studio located at the heart of the RAI Centre, with an additional booth next door to IBC TV in the Park Suite, opposite the main entrance to Hall 8.
Radio IBC will distribute 10,000 free, pre-tuned personal FM receivers to IBC visitors and exhibitors. Internet users will be able to tune in online at www.radioibc.com, while the My Radio IBC personalised RSS feed completes the listening options.
Radio IBC will also stream live video to the Park Suite booth from a webcam based in the studio.
“We needed a console that was easy to drive, easy to set up and above all else, extremely reliable,” says Chas Rowden of Radio IBC. “The X2 is ideally suited to our needs. Only essential controls are present as part of the desk's hardware, making it extremely user friendly, while the central screen provides access to far more advanced functions, which is useful for setups.”
The X2 is an all-digital self-op radio or Grams console designed for on-air operation, and is the first radio desk to be built on Calrec's award-winning Bluefin High Density Signal Processing technology X2 has been chosen by the BBC for the next phase of the BBC English Regions radio refurbishment program.
On booth 8.574, Calrec also showcase the Omega and Sigma with Bluefin consoles. Making its IBC debut, Omega features 160 channel processing paths packaged as 48 stereo plus 64 mono channels, allowing up to 24 x full 5.1 surround channels.
Calrec will also display a new range of fixed-format remote audio I/O boxes. Ranging in size from 2U to 4U, the new I/O boxes complement the company’s existing modular remote I/O box and all include built-in power supply redundancy with dual IEC power connections.
