The special aspects of this production: The outside broadcast vehicle with its integrated AURUS console is directly patched to Studio A of the RSI TV station in Comano, 10 kilometres away, via fibre optic cables. The signals from the musicians are routed to the AURUS sound control room in Studio A via this line, mixed there and routed back to the OB. From there the mix is integrated into the TV programme.
RSI Lugano already owns a complex audio network consisting of NEXUS Base Devices and AURUS consoles hooked up to the Big Switch as the central unit. The Big Switch enables flexible interconnection of three sound control rooms and four TV production studios with minimal configuration. All audio signals, signal routing, controllers, logic circuits and intercom systems involved are included automatically when switching. The Big Switch also has a port that is able to connect an OB to the RSI audio network. This is the connection used by the OB at the Piazza Riforma to supply all stage and communication signals to the control room in Studio A during production of the jazz festival.
Estival Jazz takes place in the centre of Lugano at the Piazza Riforma between the 10th and 12th of July 2014.
1: RSI is short for Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana