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NEP Visions brings Wohler to Afghanistan
Andrew Low Feb 12 2010, 9:55am
AMP1-E16-3G rack-mounting audio monitor supplied by HHB for Kabul broadcast
Fox Sports presented a special edition of its NFL Pre Show event from the US Air Force bas in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Britain’s biggest OB facilities company NEP Visions has used the new Wohler AMP1-E16-3G rack-mounting audio monitor. The kit was supplied by Wohler’s UK distributor, HHB.
“I first saw the new Wohler monitor on the HHB booth at IBC,” reported NEP Visions head of sound Paul Fournier. “We enjoy a close working relationship with the guys at HHB and they were happy to let us check out the AMP1-E16-3G on a live job.”
The new Wohler device’s ability to monitor 16 channels of audio from 3G, HD, SD-SDI, Dolby D or E, and AES sources equips it well for current technical trends in outside broadcast.
“We’re moving back to component for production, encoding the audio to Dolby only at the point of transmission.
This single device allows us to monitor in any format through production, and also the Dolby encoded audio for transmission. And our engineers particularly liked the facility to see the picture alongside the audio, right there on the rack – it certainly adds an extra layer of confidence.”
Commenting on behalf of HHB, the UK’s exclusive distributor of Wohler products, Broadcast Sales Manager Martin O’Donnell says, “The valuable feedback we get from Paul and other broadcast customers helps us understand the issues they face on a day to day basis which enables HHB to offer the best technical solutions. With 3G and 3D gaining traction in Outside Broadcast production, Wohler’s latest rack mount audio and video monitoring tools are a perfect fit.”
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