NATICK, MA, Septermber 22, 2009 —
Game Creek Video,
one of the world’s leading providers of remote production vehicles,
debuted one of its newest trucks, Legends, in August. Legends is a
53-foot expando unit, home to the cutting edge in high-definition
technology, including two sets of
Genelec Active Monitors. Five Genelec
8030A Bi-Amplified Monitoring Systems constitute the truck’s surround audio array, while two Genelec
8050A Bi-Amplified Monitoring Systems
are used as a separate stereo pair. In a broadcast sports industry that
has been rapidly moving into the high-definition realm, these Genelec
monitors assure that Legends’ main client,
MSG
(formerly the Madison Square Garden Network), will be able to offer the
absolute best multichannel and stereo audio for its sports telecasts.
As
it made its way from Game Creek’s Hudson, New Hampshire headquarters to
its primary location at New York’s Madison Square Garden, where it will
be used to do production for Knicks and Rangers home game telecasts,
Legends made stops along the way, some of which were for a New England
Revolution Major League Soccer match in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and a
pre-season game between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia
Eagles in Philadelphia, as well as a mixed martial arts event, also in
Philadelphia. Legends’ equipment arsenal features the latest in HD
technology, including Sony HDC-1500R HD cameras, a Grass Valley Kalypso
HD, a PESA Cheetah 3GB/s-capable router and a Calrec Alpha audio
console with Bluefin, as well as Chyron HyperX HD graphics systems.
Legends is also the first production truck Game Creek has ever built
that fully implements the use of LCD monitors.
The Genelec
Active Monitors more than hold their own in this class of truck. “We’ve
used Genelecs in virtually all of our trucks, because they’re that
good,” comments Paul Bonar, Vice President of Engineering for Game
Creek Video. Bonar cites Genelec’s integrated tuning and equalization
features as making them the best solution for the geometries inherent
in mobile broadcast production units. “They really let you optimize
each monitor for the space that it’s used in,” he says. “Genelec has
forged their way to being the industry standard, and when you’re
dealing with multiple trucks and different audio engineers, it’s nice
to have the consistency that everyone is happy to use.”
About the Genelec 8030A and 8050A Bi-Amplified Monitoring SystemsThe
very compact 8030A is a powerful bi-amplified nearfield monitor system
ideal for project and home studios, workstations, installations, and
surround sound monitoring. The MDE™ (Minimum Diffraction Enclosure™)
enclosure has rounded edges and a gently curved front and sides to
achieve a very smooth frequency response and superb imaging qualities
with minimized cabinet edge diffraction.
Capable of producing
peak SPL of over 120dB per pair, and with a low frequency response
extending down to 35Hz, the 8050A is a powerful wideband bi-amplified
monitoring system. It is an excellent tool for large recording studios,
broadcast and surround installations, mastering suites and TV and
post-production houses.
For more information, please visit
www.genelecusa.com.
Genelec,
the pioneer in Active Monitoring technology, is celebrating over 30
years of designing and manufacturing active loudspeakers for true and
accurate sound reproduction. Genelec is credited with promoting the
concept of active transducer technology, which many manufacturers are
just now incorporating into their products. Since its inception in
1978, Genelec has concentrated its efforts and resources into creating
active monitors with unparalleled sonic integrity. The result is an
active speaker system that has earned global acclaim for its accurate
imaging, extremely high acoustic output from small enclosures, true
high-fidelity with low distortion, and deep, rich bass.