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FREESPEAK PLAYS STARRING ROLE IN BROADWAY REVIVAL Clear-Com BY DAVID FOX
Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II beltpacks are at the heart of a remarkable outdoor tracking sequence in the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd. Its cinematic, real-time scene begins backstage at the St. James Theatre and spills out onto West 44th Street, with the production captured live on a massive LCD screen. The sequence involves 62 cast and crew members and requires precision timing, fl awless communication and robust technology to execute every night.
31 Sunset Blvd. lead Tom Francis performs the musical’s title song
The team has to manage complex logistics outdoors while ensuring perfect synchronisation with the orchestra indoors. The real-time coordination required includes
crowd control, outdoor route adjustments and security. The production uses two Arcadia Central Stations, for main and backup redundancy, ensuring
uninterrupted communication throughout the performance. Fourteen FreeSpeak II transceivers, including two outdoors, are also used to provide wireless coverage, along with 25 beltpacks. Adam Fisher, Sound Designer for Sunset Blvd., said: “Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II wireless intercom system ensures that every part of this elaborate scene runs smoothly, no matter the challenges. With outdoor elements like unpredictable weather, street noise and crowds, the system provides the real-time communication needed to keep everything in sync.” 10.D29
FINDING A NEW HOME FOR AGILE RADIO WORKFLOWS Lawo
BY KEVIN EMMOTT
Taking a step towards fully virtualised radio operations, Lawo has launched its Home Power Core app. This software-only version of its Power Core hardware unit is designed for IP-based broadcast environments where fl exibility and scalability are paramount. It supports the same real-time mixing, routing and monitoring capabilities as its hardware
counterpart and is compatible with Lawo’s Crystal, Diamond and Crystal Clear mixing consoles. The app runs on standard COTS servers and is available in three instance sizes with Compact, Large and XL packages to allow precise matching of DSP power to operational requirements. The Home Power Core app supports native Ravanna/AES67 and ST 2110, with Dante, NDI and SRT formats as future product developments.
Lawo says that integrated
The Home Power Core app is designed for modern talk radio, visual radio and live webcasts
transcoding and stream management ensure that all audio sources, whether from physical Power Core units, A__line stageboxes, .edge interfaces, or third-party devices,
can be dynamically connected, monitored and processed. Home Power Core supports perpetual licences and Flex Subscription credit-based activation. 8.B90
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