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Case Study
Solid State Logic - Challenge... Solution... Result
Taking Solid State Logic’s Product Demonstration Area to the Next Level
CHALLENGE
Solid State Logic’s (SSL) Product
Demonstration Area (PDA) is a suite of
6 fully functioning production studios,
used for demonstrations, training, test-
ing and product development. Built over
two floors, each of the studios is acous
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tically designed by some of the world’s
finest acoustic designers, including Sam
Toyashima, WhiteMark, Neil Grant Asso-
ciates and Munro Acoustics. The studios
are all wired for video and 5.1 audio
and with the development of HD video
and audio, digital workstations and
computer based production technology,
SSL saw an opportunity to develop even
more flexibility and capability for this
showcase facility.
Central to the vision for the develop-
ment was the need to give complete
flexibility to all resources in the facility.
Customer demands mean that at any
time there may be a need to do 5.1 au-
dio demo mix production in one room,
at the same time providing a HD, mix-
to-picture training session in another.
The combination of six multi-channel
console rooms having free access to five
Mac and PC based workstations and
their associated display screens, pointing
devices, keyboards and HD video feeds
were a complex problem to solve.
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Local, Remote and Global Computer Control
Initially, SSL’s PDA had three machine rooms to house tape machines, power
supplies and all the other paraphernalia that studios need. With SSL’s devel-
opment of more green, energy efficient technology and the use of PC and
Mac workstations, it looked feasible that all studios could be fed from one
machine area. It also seemed feasible that the majority of the installation
could be future proofed by flood wiring with Cat5e and Fiber to carry all
audio, video and control signals. These became further design goals for the
project, reducing power consumption, machine space and liberating copper
stuffed cable ducts to be freely accessible and capable of significant expan
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sion, when necessary.
