Company Background
Echolab Corporation is a leading provider of video production switchers and tools that offer flexibility and on-air reliability for the production and distribution of digital media in a variety of formats. The company‘s products include the Overture1™ and Overture2™ video production systems, MultiPlayMD™ multichannel instant-replay system, MegaKeyMD™ clip player/mixer/keyer, and Conductor control integration system, all of which provide functionality and ease of use critical to professional-quality production. Echolab is online at www.echolab.com.
New Echolab Products Being Introduced at the 2008 NAB Show
At the 2008 NAB Show, Echolab will showcase a range of exciting products for the production of sports, news, and live events. These unique new tools bring users unprecedented live production capabilities while simplifying operation and system design.
MultiPlayMD™ -- Echolab will be showing a live demonstration of the new MultiPlayMD™ multidefinition, multichannel instant-replay system in their booth at NAB. The MultiPlayMD offers unique functionality at an affordable price point, providing continuous recording of up to 32 channels of SD or HD content. Every input features an independent key channel. Working with MultiPlayMD, operators can switch instantly between live, play, and record functions, with instant synchronous playback available on all channels. The system is fully integrated with Echolab‘s Overture1™ and Overture2™ switchers and can take “still” and “slow” modes of operation from these panels or from Echolab‘s Conductor™ control integration system.
MegaKeyMD™ -- Being introduced for the first time at the 2008 NAB Show, the MegaKeyMD™ is a powerful clip player, mixer, and keyer that can serve as a networked storage device for animated graphics and video clips. MegaKeyMD accepts both HD and SD inputs and features a two-channel internal mixer and internal linear keyer to support playout of dynamic video clips. The system is fully integrated with Echolab‘s Overture™ switcher series to support complex animated transitions through the switchers‘ Stinger™ feature. MegaKeyMD also may be used with Overture systems as an additional downstream keyer or mixer on any output.
Overture1™ and Overture2™ -- Echolab‘s new Overture1™ (1 ME) and Overture2™ (2 ME) switchers, available in standard definition (SD) and multidefinition (MD) models, combine internal conversion and synchronization with powerful key layering and special effects. In addition to four ME keys and two downstream keyers, which enable title keying for graphics, logos, and bugs, the Overture family features unique Stinger™ and SuperSource™ keys that make it easy to achieve expert transitions with minimal effort.
The unique 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.
Overture switchers accept up to 32 multiformat analog and digital signals and provide as many as 16 multiformat outputs. Internal frame synchronization helps to ensure the quality of effects, and integrated up/crossconversion within MD models streamlines switching of video in multiple formats. Both systems are available with either of Echolab‘s award-winning Opera™ (SD) or OvationMD™ (MD) video production switchers, giving users the flexibility needed for fluid, cost-effective growth.
Echolab 2008 NAB Show Preview
Booth SU9607
Echolab, Inc.
267 Boston Road, #11
Billerica, MA 01862 USA
Tel: +1.978.715.1020
Web site: www.echolab.com
Echolab Contact:
Nigel Spratling, President
Tel: +1.717.201.1773
E-mail: nspratling@echolab.com
Agency Contact:
Michael Kroll
Wall Street Communications
Tel: +1. 919.803.3770
E-mail: michael@wallstcom.com
Photo Links:
www.wallstcom.com/Echolab/Overture1.zip
www.wallstcom.com/Echolab/Overture2.zip
Conductor™ -- Echolab‘s Conductor™ control integration system is a touch-screen computer that automates complex tasks and program elements to support fast, accurate, and creative production of the best programs possible. Internal software tools offer the operator total confidence while on-air. In preproduction mode, Conductor allows the operator to configure the switcher, create complex sequences, and assign functions such as ME presets to soft buttons. In on-air mode, Conductor becomes an extension of the control panel; a touch-screen interface with soft buttons that can execute sequences, recall ME presets, and control third-party devices. In some applications, Conductor may be used to replace a dedicated still store.
Photo Link:www.wallstcom.com/Echolab/Conductor.zip
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