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production control roomclick to hear

Area equipped to select and compose pictures to be broadcast or recorded; it is also used to coordinate activities in other control rooms and the studio.
production control room production desk telephone intercom station intercom microphone auxiliary video switcher output monitor main preview monitor production video switcher digital video special effects audio volume unit meters audio monitoring selector video monitoring selector audio monitor input monitors monitor wall clock digital video effects monitor preview monitors audio/video preview unit technical producer monitor vector/waveform monitor stereo phase monitor

production desk click to hear

Desk housing all the technical equipment of the production control room.

telephone click to hear

Device allowing the human voice to be transmitted over a distance by means of a network of telephone lines.

intercom station click to hear

Speakerphone for communicating between different locations in the same building.

intercom microphone click to hear

Microphone used by the producer, production assistant or a technician to transmit directions to crew members in other control rooms or in the studio.

auxiliary video switcher click to hear

Additional video switcher.

output monitor click to hear

Screen for viewing a picture that was broadcast or recorded.

main preview monitor click to hear

Screen for viewing a program before it is broadcast or recorded.

production video switcher click to hear

Device used to select and transmit pictures to be broadcast or recorded; it can create various transitional effects between images.

digital video special effects click to hear

Device used to create special effects from digital images.

audio volume unit meters click to hear

Instruments that measure the relative intensity of sounds.

audio monitoring selector click to hear

Device for selecting a sound source to be checked.

video monitoring selector click to hear

Device for selecting a picture to be checked.

audio monitor click to hear

Device that reproduces the audio portion of an on-air program to monitor its sound quality.

input monitors click to hear

Screens displaying pictures taken by studio cameras or originating from various other sources such as a videocassette recorder or a telecine.

monitor wall click to hear

Set of screens on which various camera shots are projected as requested by the producer; it allows the producer to switch from one shot to another during the program.

clock click to hear

Clock used to time a program.

digital video effects monitor click to hear

Screen used to view special effects generated by digital video special effects.

preview monitors click to hear

Screens used to view a picture before broadcasting or recording it to ensure its quality.

audio/video preview unit click to hear

Module used to check sound and picture quality.

technical producer monitor click to hear

Screen allowing the technical producer to check a picture.

vector/waveform monitor click to hear

Measuring device used to check the quality of a video signal (light intensity and colors).

stereo phase monitor click to hear

Measuring device used to check the phase of a stereophonic signal.