General Contact

Conrad Fletcher Sound Supervisor

31 St Albans Gardens GB- TW11 8AE Teddington United Kingdom

http://www.themixbus.com/ +44 7973 303 679 (work)

The Mixbus

General Contact

Conrad Fletcher Sound Supervisor

31 St Albans Gardens GB- TW11 8AE Teddington United Kingdom

http://www.themixbus.com/ +44 7973 303 679 (work)

The Mixbus Floorplan

Technical Synopsis

GENERAL

Name of Truck
The Mixbus
Recording Formats
  • Stereo
  • 5.1 Surround Sound
Length (m)
8.5
Width (m)
2.5
Height (m)
3.6
Weight (t)
7.5
3Voltage (V)
  • 380/400
Power Connector
single phase 32A C-form. Can accept 63A single. Actual max current 17A

AUDIO RECORDING

Audio Mixer
1x Vista 8 (Studer)
Plugin server
Up to 192 track duplicate multitrack recording at 24 bit.,Merging Pyramix, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Digital Performer available.
5.1 Surround Sound
MM27 (Barefoot)
Audio Effects
  • 2x PCM-96 (Lexicon)
  • 1x PCM91 (Lexicon)
  • 2x M6000 (TC Electronic)
  • 2x M2000 (TC Electronic)
  • 2x D*TWO (TC Electronic)
  • 1x DNS1000 (Cedar)
Audio Measurement
1x LM100 (Dolby)
Wired Microphones
  • C Series (AKG)
  • M Series (Beyerdynamic)
  • KM Series (Neumann)
  • MD Series (Sennheiser)

STAGEBOX / DATALINKS

Video/Audio/Data Fiber
Compact (Studer)

HYBRID SECTION

Recallable Monitoring Setups

The truck can be used for live to cinema transmissions as well at traditional broadcast activities, both of which require a different monitoring setup. We have installed a computer-based recallable monitoring system to facilitate optimum results in either situation. Using FIR filters, each speaker can be eq’d and

the level changed with no discernible loss of audio quality. The preset can be saved to a USB stick for subsequent use.



Active Acoustics

Ever mixed at a festival where you can’t hear yourself think, let alone hear what you’re putting out – live – to air? We have a system to minimise external noise intrusion. At the moment in beta and subject to change, nevertheless we expect continuing improvements as we perfect it.



Backup and Protection

We have taken great care with the electrical systems on board. In addition to a 6KW UPS that will run the whole truck without power for up to 30 minutes, all technical equipment has either 2 power supplies or is connected via a source transfer switch. A switchable 7KW isolation transformer is on the input for

situations where it is impossible to bypass an RCD protected supply.