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  • Calrec Audio Adds Dual-Fader Capability to Lyon Video's Apollo Console

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    Calrec Audio today announced that leading mobile television provider Lyon Video

    is the first North American company to implement dual faders in a top-of-the-line

    Apollo digital audio console. With the Apollo desk's modular design, the retrofit

    was easy to accomplish, enabling the

    Lyon-11 mobile production truck to redeploy earlier this month with an impressive

    144 faders.

     

    "Currently, our Lyon-11 is carrying more faders than any other production truck in

    North America," said Chad Snyder, account manager at Lyon Video. "It's partly a

    numbers game -- more faders are more impressive to our clients. But it's not just

    numbers. For the viewer at home, the Apollo's increased power amounts to increased

    accuracy in its ability to convey the reality of the event. And in the A-1's world,

    having 144 faders is extremely empowering. In fact, dual faders are a natural

    extension of the power of the Apollo." 

     

    Snyder also noted that in spite of its fader count, the Apollo's compact size makes

    it well-suited for mobile production. In addition, both Lyon Video's clients and

    freelance audio mixers are acclimating to the platform's superior processing power

    and channel count as well as the I/O flexibility afforded by the integrated Hydra2

    network. Snyder predicts Apollo will eventually replace the Calrec Alpha as the

    "go-to" console for OB trucks.

     

    Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Lyon Video is a full-service video and film

    production company with dozens of clients including ESPN, FOX Sports, ABC, and the

    SPEED Channel. Lyon Video installed the Calrec Apollo console with Bluefin2 HDSP in

    Lyon-11 last year. The console's first dual-fader assignment was coverage of NBA All

    Star Jam Session events from Center Court at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 

     

    Calrec's Apollo console offers more than double the processing power of the previous

    generation of audio consoles, a channel count that sets a new industry benchmark,

    and a highly responsive, user-configurable control surface. Powered by Bluefin2, the

    Apollo provides unrivalled resources at multiple sample rates. At 48 kHz, Bluefin2

    gives Apollo up to 1,020 channel processing paths, 128 program busses, 96 IFB/track

    outputs, and 48 auxiliaries.

     

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