production control room![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Area equipped to select and compose pictures to be broadcast or recorded; it is also used to coordinate activities in other control rooms and the studio.
production desk ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Desk housing all the technical equipment of the production control room.
telephone ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device allowing the human voice to be transmitted over a distance by means of a network of telephone lines.
auxiliary video switcher ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Additional video switcher.
output monitor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Screen for viewing a picture that was broadcast or recorded.
main preview monitor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Screen for viewing a program before it is broadcast or recorded.
production video switcher ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device used to select and transmit pictures to be broadcast or recorded; it can create various transitional effects between images.
digital video special effects ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device used to create special effects from digital images.
audio volume unit meters ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Instruments that measure the relative intensity of sounds.
audio monitoring selector ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device for selecting a sound source to be checked.
video monitoring selector ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device for selecting a picture to be checked.
audio monitor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device that reproduces the audio portion of an on-air program to monitor its sound quality.
monitor wall ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Set of screens on which various camera shots are projected as requested by the producer; it allows the producer to switch from one shot to another during the program.
clock ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Clock used to time a program.
digital video effects monitor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Screen used to view special effects generated by digital video special effects.
preview monitors ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Screens used to view a picture before broadcasting or recording it to ensure its quality.
audio/video preview unit ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Module used to check sound and picture quality.
technical producer monitor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Screen allowing the technical producer to check a picture.
stereo phase monitor ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Measuring device used to check the phase of a stereophonic signal.