XL Video
supplies Apple Expo 2004
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Product Stories Published: 8 Januari 2005
XL Video supplied video production equipment for the 2004 Apple
Expo in Paris.
It’s the third consecutive year that XL
has been involved with this high profile event – Apple
Expo has become one of the premier IT Events in France –
The keynote was staged at the Palais de Congres, and project
managed for XL by Lee Spencer.
As in previous years, XL worked closely with US
based show producers, Adams & Associates (A&A). Whilst
XL supplied the majority of the video, the projection side of
the event was designed and installed by A&A themselves,
with all sources running at three native rates, this resulted
in a display of the highest possible quality. To achieve this
display A&A overlaid three DP SX25s projectors.
The show, mixed by US-based Steve Barger, was
particularly complicated. The main PPU system consisted of four
cameras and a GVG1200 mixer/switcher. Two cameras with long
lenses were positioned at FOH and a third, complete with standard
lens was half way up the auditorium, focussed on the product
reveal for the new Apple iMac G5. The fourth camera was in the
5th row of seats, used for picking up speakers and presenters
onstage.
The PPU included 10 record machines and 3 play-in
machines. This allowed XL to play and record in both NTSC &
PAL. A number of computer sources also had to be inputted into
the video system. This was done via XL’s new top-end Folsom
Image Pro scan converters.
XL also supplied front of house speaker/presenter
support and slide preview monitoring, as well as all the back
stage monitoring for the stage manager and technical crew. A
matrix switcher gave complete flexibility when distributing
the signal to the numerous positions required.
Lee Spencer sums up “Whilst Adams and Associates
are technically very demanding as well as being very precise
about what they require they are all so very fair, it’s
always good to work with a company that’s constantly driving
the technology and quality of live events forward.”