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November 2013 l 19
studionews NORWAY/NETHERLANDS New NRK truck for Peace Prize
On the occasion of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian public broadcaster will make use of its brand new audio vehicle – the result of pan-European craftsmanship, reports Marc Maes
THE NORWEGIAN state broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) operates 13 radio channels, alongside three TV channels. The broadcaster’s management has decided to upgrade its fleet of mobile audio and video production trucks with a new generation of trucks. The L1 (L for lyd, Norwegian ‘sound’) is the first in the new series and marks an innovative design with three working areas instead of two: in addition to the ‘traditional’ production and control rooms, the L1 also includes a fully insulated machine room. “The new truck will be used for
radio, audio for television and straightforward audio recordings,” explains Morten Arnevik, NRK project manager. “We are covering anything from small church concerts to mega festivals and events.” It will be deployed to the Oslo Spektrum Arena on 11 December for the annual Peace Prize Concert which will be attended by 6,000 guests but broadcast to 100 countries.
The truck was designed by Belgian company Projectbuilders and installed by Dutch body repair and coach workshop Akkermans. The nucleus of L1 is a Studer
Vista 9 console equipped with the Vista FX engine. In addition, the control room also has a large collection of outboard, both analogue and digital (Distressors, Focusrite Red3, TC D-Two), three Bricasti M7 and TC Electronic 6000 reverbs. Final processing runs through a TC Electronic DB-8. “Multitrack recording is
performed on an 128-track Pro Tools with back up on JoeCo Blackbox Recorders, plus two-track recording on the DigaSystem [content management system]. We have a Pro Tools running just for plug- ins, and use the plug-ins in the Vista,” says Morten Arnevik. “You have your favourite Pro Tools plug-ins under the finger while mixing. With Vista FX, we have already quite some effects, reverb and delay on board with
The new truck will be used for radio, TV and audio recordings
the Lexicons. But somebody may want to use Waves, Sonnox or whatever type of EQ on specific channels; that’s when we have the option to insert any plug-in via MADI with the Pro Tools. This truck will be used for down- mixing audio content before broadcast and in that case, extra plug-ins come in handy.” Monitors for the control room
are Genelec 8240 for 5.1, and Neumann KH120 for alternative stereo monitoring, tuned via a Trinnov ST-2 room optimiser. “The working positions in the
van can be adapted for different assignments,” continues Morten Arnevik. “We have a second
engineer position serving the recording equipment and the play- out systems from DigaSystem, Q-Lab and Pro Tools. This working post also features a small Soundcraft Si Expression console, directly connected to the Vista via MADI. A third working spot has been installed in the hallway, operating the computers. Some festivals and events want to stream their event so we also have a four- camera rig with a flight-cased video-mixer, operated from that same hall production room.” With 16 MADI cards, 156 mic
inputs, 64 AES/EBU and 48 analogue channels, the L1 has a vast inventory of in/out channels.
The key issues though,
according to Arnevik, are acoustics and sound insulation. “The truck will be used for all kinds of events so we had to ensure a comfortable inside temperature in combination with absolutely soundproof insulation,” says Eddy Brants, designer for Projectbuilders. Brants explains that the extra
insulation proved to be a specific challenge. “The outside height of the truck was 30cm lower than with similar trucks – this has to do with the maximal height of bridges in Norway. With the ceiling only offering limited options, we integrated the diffusers and the airco as part of the acoustical design.” The L1 will be based in
Trondheim, in the middle of the country and will cover the whole vast territory – the truck has therefore been equipped with essential features such as two sleeping facilities. “This truck will have to last some 15 years from now, so thinking ahead was essential,” underlines Arnevik. “The L1 will replace two or three of the existing mobiles and also serve as control room in venues where NRK has no dedicated control room.” The L1 will see its official first assignment with P3 Gull, a music award show, followed by the Peace Prize concert.
www.nrk.no/informasjon www.projectbuilders.eu
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