[BC] New Age Production Room

[Glen Kippel]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Evan Elrod <eelrod at wkyq.com> wrote:
 
>What we'd like to see is a clean surface.  A very digital/virtual
>workstation.  In fact, the original statement made was, "I just want a
>couple of LCD's, Keyboard/Mouse, Mics, and Monitors on the counter.
>Mixer on the screen, etc"
>Now I know there's a million different ways to skin a cat, but what
>would you get if you were in charge of this task?

>The setup:
>Two RE-20's, one in the operator position, and the other for a stand up
>or sit down guest sidecart, etc.  I've got 2 OC-White stands for them.
>3 cheaper mics for the talk show(s) guests.  (I've been thinking the EV
>Ravens because they look pretty cool and are cheap. Maybe on booms too?)
>Got some M-Audio speakers ready for use.
>We've got a nice PC already... very powerful.
>And We've got two LCD's, wireless keyboard/mouse, etc.

>These look like the only idea to put a 'mixer on a screen' instead of on
>the desk, etc.
>We don't PLAN on recording any bands, etc.  But it wouldn't kill us to
>have that capability.
>Really, I'm still looking for that solution for radio production and
>live or recorded talk shows.

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Both Arrakis and Logitek make "glass" mixers, IIRC. 
 
Instead of having your computer monitors just sitting on a table, I think it looks classy to rack-mount them.  Quite a few companies make kits, or you can buy rack-mounted monitors.  You can get furniture in put-it-together-yourself form from many sources.  I got some from Marco, but don't know if they are still in business -- I haven't checked.  Amco and Emcor may still be around.  This is typically stuff used for TV, security video monitoring, 911 centers, etc.  Argosy also makes really sexy-looking furniture for a fraction of the cost of custom.