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Iain Churches wrote:
You are 'familiar' with the patch bays of those consoles you've looked
at.
Neve, at one time at least, made custom units for any application

Dave, these are consoles I have used, on a great number of occasions
over many years not "looked at" !

Makes me wonder. Very few TV studios have a 'standard' jackfield. Which
means local knowledge is very important.

Not that long ago I dubbed a series at an independent facility. They had a
console which was ex Abbey Road, and sort of adapted for their use. With a
total nightmare of a jackfield.

. And
pretty well any maker would do a jackfield to your requirements. Very
few would just accept what was on offer. Neither SSL or Studer are
known for TV studio production consols in the UK, although I think LWT
may have used SSL at one time.


Both are excellent.

They might be excellent for their intended application. Which is rarely TV
specific. TV requires all sorts of facilities you'd simply not need in a
recording studio, so a specially designed desk using some standard modules
is the way to go. But the costly route. Music shows are only a small
proportion of the workload of most studios, so they have to be designed in
the main for rather more complex programmes, sound wise.

If you have each wall box mic input hard wired to a desk channel it
makes rigging things in the studio a nightmare - cables would be
running in all directions.

It's actually very simple. Lines 1-24 are say for your rhythm
section mics.

Yet another example of your blinkered view. TV studios are used for all
sorts of things as well as music progs.

Get away! :-))

You give the impression everything revolves around music, so it seemed
sensible to point that out. A well equipped TV studio can handle any sort
of show. The sort of studio you are familiar with wouldn't know where to
start, facilities wise.


And, of course, could have an
orchestra in any part of the studio. The positioning of it can be
determined by the set design.

Not by the most suitable position?

Have you ever been in a TV studio, Iain? If so please give your
impressions of the acoustics compared to what you're used to - and perhaps
ponder why?


Music studios use fairly standard set ups.
One might use a mirror image, but most of the placings
are fairly standard. The visual impression is of no
consequence.

'Neat' cable forms are of absolutely no benefit if a camera wishes to
track over them...

In making music, we don't have to even consider that.
- fortunately. So neat cableforms are the order of
the day:-)

Blinkered vision noted once more.

But well designed TV studios will have a number of stage boxes which can
be run out to the ork area to avoid having cables everywhere.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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