Echolab Provides Overture1 To Suffolk County Community College

Echolab, a leading provider of professional video production switchers and broadcast tools, have announced that Suffolk County Community College (SCCC), a two-year college in the State University of New York system that is known nationally for its radio and television production programme, is using the 1-M/E Overture1 switcher within a new fully digital centre.
The Echolab switcher is part of SCCC's state-of-the-art facility in Selden, NY, where students prepare for careers in the field of professional broadcasting.
Alan Bernstein, Professor of Radio and Television Production at SCCC, said: "In a teaching facility, ease of equipment operation leads to a better learning curve, and that's just what Echolab's switching solutions have provided for our students. While our new Overture1 system offers robust switching capabilities, its ease of use enables effective training for both entry-level and advanced users. The Overture1 is not unlike our programme here at Suffolk County Community College: it's a cost-effective system that provides everything one could possibly need but at a very appealing price point compared with competitors' offerings."
SCCC upgraded to a 1-M/E Overture1 system to take advantage of the switcher's advanced functionality and feature set, including a greater number of keyers, new Dip and DVE transitions, the SuperSource layering engine and floating frame synchronisation. Echolab's high-performance Overture1 combines internal conversion and synchronisation with powerful key layering and special effects to provide simple control over complex production tasks, and, in turn, streamline creation of a sophisticated on-air look.
Overture switchers accept up to 32 multiformat analog and digital signals and provide as many as 16 multiformat outputs. Internal frame synchronisation helps to ensure the quality of effects, and the integrated up/crossconversion within MD models streamlines switching of video in multiple formats. Feature such as the Stinger transition and SuperSource crosspoint keys allow operators to implement simpler workflows while creating more advanced visual productions.
Echolab's Stinger transition is a special "Take Block" keyer with combined mix/wipe and graphic control that reduces complex animated transitions to a single button press. The Overture switchers' new SuperSource allows the operator to build a custom layout using DVEs and graphics and then assigns the composition to a crosspoint button. A DVE key in each Take Block enables instant transition effects, and the MD Overture systems offer as many as four channels of DVE with warp and lighting effects. Robust DVE capabilities are complemented by as many as 34 internal graphics/still stores.
Adwar Video, a reseller of professional video and multimedia products with headquarters in Farmingdale, NY, worked in concert with Echolab to supply SCCC with the Overture1 system. More information about the Overture series and other Echolab products is available at: www.echolab.com.
(KMcA)