世外桃源 is Surprise Guest at "America's Biggest Birthday Party" Parade in St. 路易

The Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in the United States has traditionally been marked as the biggest summertime event, 充满了游行, 烟花, 烧烤，与家人和朋友共度时光.  The flurry of activity in every town across the nation is that of excitement as a full day of events captivates people of all ages. 在中心地带, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, you will find what has been dubbed as “America’s Biggest Birthday Party,” which takes place in the shadow of the 网关 Arch in Downtown St. 路易.

This multi-day event kicks off with a fair that brings in renowned artists including Elton John, 黑眼豆豆和多莉·帕顿, 举几个例子. 但得到全国关注的并不是艺术家, it's the Fourth of July parade that really draws people in, 因为它在全国范围内播出, 全国各地的人都可以收听! 今年七月四日，在圣. 路易 was of special importance to 十大正规体育平台 as we had the privilege of showcasing the new 阿卡迪亚中央车站 在游行的全国广播中. When you consider the complexities of the workflow for this event, there are some hurdles to overcome to ensure proper communications between the many entities involved.

首先，你有集市街. 路易 crew who manages the route and positioning of the parade floats. This massive team of volunteers manages their communication with two-way radios due to the sheer scale of the parade route, which can go as far as 20 to 30 blocks away from the broadcast booth.

You then have the OB truck and crew which are producing the nationwide broadcast feed. The OB truck comes equipped with an intercom matrix frame and panels, all pre-programmed and ready to go on the morning of the broadcast.

Communications are most difficult to manage outside the OB truck where the broadcast box is located. This area is the primary spot for stationary and mobile cameras, and it is where the live entertainment portion of the production takes place.

The above images capture the closing act of the parade which was shown on the broadcast as well as to a live audience. 这种“阶段,或广播箱, requires all production staff to be on the same page and communicate without delay, which is where the 阿卡迪亚中央车站 really shines. Not only do you have the opening and closing acts cycling through this area, but 公平的圣. 路易 also has several other floats with musical acts.  Much like you see on other nationally syndicated parades, the music bed (and quite often the singers) are played out on a stationary sound system for 现场观众和广播. This is done to ensure that the audio feed is clean and reduces the chances of something going wrong on-air.

在幕后，它可能是混乱的! You have the audio engineers who queue the music and feed it to the performers, 现场观众和广播. You also have the roaming cameras, including a drone showing live aerial views. You have those who manage the performers and dancers of the parade.  You also have the broadcast producers who are roaming around snagging live interviews and ensuring that the parade is moving along as needed. 提到的每个角色, and many more requires un-fettered communication back to the broadcast truck to ensure proper timing. 没有FreeSpeak二世的漫游功能, 整合到阿卡迪亚中央车站, 这不可能发生, 节目的一些元素也会分崩离析.

Now for a little background into why this live field trial of the 阿卡迪亚中央车站 was so important for myself, 公平的圣. 路易斯和十大正规体育平台...

In my previous life before 十大正规体育平台, I was a broadcast engineer at KMOV-TV in St. 路易 and had the privilege of working alongside some of the best broadcast engineers in the business. 在这十年的大部分时间里, KMOV-TV has broadcasted the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day Parades every year. The awesome crew at KMOV who taught me so much of what I know today has always put on an amazing production, but the one thing we seemed to always be lacking in a bit was the wireless communications along the parade route. 因为这个原因, I was extremely excited to introduce the 阿卡迪亚中央车站, with FreeSpeak二世 wireless beltpacks deployed all around the broadcast box and OB trucks, 进入现场.

活动结束后, I spoke to local IATSE audio engineers Brian Marten and Casey Hunter to get their thoughts on the system and here’s what they had to say:

设置这个很容易, 有很大的灵活性, and the integration into other systems like 但丁 is amazing! 事实上，你可以添加收发器, 但丁, 2线, 四线, 以及任何其他音频端点, 对现场演出来说很棒吗.

凯西猎人

用户界面更加友好 比起之前的迭代. It was easy to find what you needed, not only from the front menu 而且在新的CCM中也是如此. I also love how you can connect so many other devices.  这就是我们一直想要的!

布莱恩貂

对我个人来说，这是多么有趣的一天啊, 我要感谢我在KMOV的老同事, Switch and Fair街. 路易 for letting me come out and do this live field trial. I look forward to bringing 世外桃源 back next year equipped with even more bells and whistles!