Radio Nacional de España (RNE) details its new mobile studio

The new mobile studio Spanish National Radio (RNE), mounted on a trailer 10 meters long and 4 meters high, is now a reality.

The study consists of a fully equipped and acoustically isolated technical control, as well as a booth-stage designed for carrying out programs for the public with capacity for seven people. Once deployed, The vehicle has a stage of 17 square meters which, together with the surface of the parlor itself, leaves a useful parlor-stage space of more than 30 square meters, suitable for hosting live performances by small musical groups. With a weight of 12.500 kilos, is moved by a tractor head and has its own public address system to provide sound to the audience.

After the inaugural broadcast, held on May 12 from the Plaza de Zocodover in Toledo, the vehicle begins a route that will take it to pavilion 9 of IFEMA in Madrid (May 19 to 23), León (May 28), Seville (June 18 to 22) and Cádiz (June 28).

“Latest generation” technical equipment

National Radio of Spain has had a wide selection of manufacturers and technologies to shape a defined “state-of-the-art” vehicle. In the audio section, the wireless microphones stand out Shure ULX-D, with four digital channel receivers for interviews and live performances; bidirectional microphones Wisycom, long range; wireless return system Sennheiser IEM G4, with in-ear receivers; audio encoders Prodys ProntoNet y Quantum ST, for the transmission of program, reservation and coordination signals; wired microphones on the booth table; and a mixer DHD digital audio.

In parallel, the mobile studio presents a video matrix AJA Fist 1616 for the management of different destinations and video sources; a Blackmagic Multiview, multi-screen video concentrator; the Prodys video encoder Ikusnet, for video streaming transmission via the internet through RTVE.es; HD video screens Philips for monitoring at different points in the studio, as well as a 58-inch 4K UHD LED screen for public presentations; and a local computer network to support the production system The valley+ and the management and configuration of all technical equipment.

Other technological keys to this bet RNE It is its transmission system using two simultaneous routes (a main route with fiber optic internet access and a reserve route based on 4G/5G) and a generating set. Fisher Panda of 20.9 kW to be used on those occasions when a three-phase electrical connection cannot be counted on.