SHOW REVIEW
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BVE 2014 took place at ExCeL London between 25-27 February. Audio Media was there to see what the exhibitors were showing.
Studio monitoring highlights
BVE 2014 opened its doors to more than 15,000 broadcast and production professionals last month with the very latest broadcast technology, a packed seminar programme, and product training sessions. Many exhibitors used the show as a UK launchpad for products, including some new audio kit. BVE hosted the UK debut of
Calrec’s new Callisto audio console, which was first launched at last year’s IBC. Callisto is designed for broadcast professionals who need to produce creative and engrossing broadcast audio easily, but may not require the full resources of the company’s Apollo and Artemis audio consoles. Calrec also showcased its Soccer Sidekick iPad app, an assistive mixing tool designed to simplify the job of tracking the on-field audio during a football game. Following the success of its jungle-themed booth at BVE 2013, Audio- Technica brought a Wild West film set to this year’s show to highlight the effectiveness of its shotgun microphones, including the BP4071 and BP4071L shotguns, BP4027 stereo shotgun, and AT897 short shotgun. The company also showed off its new M50x monitoring headphones and Allen & Heath’s Qu Series compact digital mixing desks. Nugen Audio
showcased its complete line of solutions for loudness correction, now available in carefully selected bundles that
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deliver a discount over individual product pricing. Nugen also unveiled its versatile MultiMonitor software for loudness and true-peak monitoring. Presented for the first time in the UK to BVE attendees, MultiMonitor offers up to 16 individual loudness and true- peak meters in mono, stereo, and 5.1 formats for up to 96 individual audio channels. The Roland VR-3EX, the latest
DPA’s d:dicate MMP-F podiums were on the Sound Network stand
addition to the VR Series of ‘all in one’ AV mixers, made its debut to the UK market at BVE. The VR-3EX features audio embedding from four HDMI inputs while the built-in audio mixer has delay settings on each input allowing lip sync adjustments to be made to match the video source. The 18-channel audio mixer is made up of four XLR/TRS with phantom power, stereo RCA, mini-stereo, and built-in stereo mics, as well as stereo audio from the HDMI inputs. Sennheiser UK showed many key products from its broadcast-related ranges. Highlights included the company’s flagship Digital 9000 Series wireless system, as well as the 2000 Series wireless and 8000 Series wired microphones. Also featured was Sennheiser UK’s RF Over Fibre system, which extends radio microphone remote receiving aerials to distances of up to 25km from their associated receivers. Other wired microphones on show included the MKE 600 shotgun and Neumann TLM 107 broadcast models, as well as the Esfera surround microphone system.
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included the Neumann KH 310 and KH 120 monitor loudspeakers along with their associated sub the KH 810, Sennheiser HD 26 PRO headphones, HMD Mk II Series broadcast headsets, and LimitEar HDM Pro. New Sony products making their UK debut included the Hybrid Digital Processing UWP-D wireless microphone series. Offering users the sound quality of digital audio processing combined with the reliability of analogue FM modulation; Sony’s hybrid wireless microphone series includes new transmitters, receivers, and microphones, which work together to provide natural sound quality. UK distributor Sound Network showed a number of new products on
its BVE stand, including the d:dicate Series MMP-F Modular Active Boom microphone from DPA. Intended for use with the d:dicate MMC4011 cardioid and MMC4018 supercardioid mics and other 2000- and 4000-series capsules for podium, floor stand, or hanging applications, the MMP-F relies on the same technology as the company’s MMP-E active cable. Equipped with an active boom pole preamp, the MMP-F booms are available in 15-, 30- and 45cm hanging/table/podium options and as 75cm and 120cm floor stand choices. Sound Network also showed DPA’s new d:fine 66 and d:fine 88 miniature headset microphones, which were unveiled in January at NAMM 2014, and the d:facto II vocal microphone.
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