production control room

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

Desk housing all the technical equipment of the production control room.

telephone

Device allowing the human voice to be transmitted over a distance by means of a network of telephone lines.

intercom station

Speakerphone for communicating between different locations in the same building.

intercom microphone

Microphone used by the producer, production assistant or a technician to transmit directions to crew members in other control rooms or in the studio.

auxiliary video switcher

Additional video switcher.

output monitor

Screen for viewing a picture that was broadcast or recorded.

main preview monitor

Screen for viewing a program before it is broadcast or recorded.

production video switcher

Device used to select and transmit pictures to be broadcast or recorded; it can create various transitional effects between images.

digital video special effects

Device used to create special effects from digital images.

audio volume unit meters

Instruments that measure the relative intensity of sounds.

audio monitoring selector

Device for selecting a sound source to be checked.

video monitoring selector

Device for selecting a picture to be checked.

audio monitor

Device that reproduces the audio portion of an on-air program to monitor its sound quality.

input monitors

Screens displaying pictures taken by studio cameras or originating from various other sources such as a videocassette recorder or a telecine.

monitor wall

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

Clock used to time a program.

digital video effects monitor

Screen used to view special effects generated by digital video special effects.

preview monitors

Screens used to view a picture before broadcasting or recording it to ensure its quality.

audio/video preview unit

Module used to check sound and picture quality.

technical producer monitor

Screen allowing the technical producer to check a picture.

vector/waveform monitor

Measuring device used to check the quality of a video signal (light intensity and colors).

stereo phase monitor

Measuring device used to check the phase of a stereophonic signal.