Edit 2 is our primary edit suite - an ideal technical and creative workspace in which almost anything is possible. Here we combine the classic disciplines of hand-made television with the tools and technologies of the digital high definition world.

A powerful HP z820 workstation running Avid Media Composer with Symphony option under Windows 7 is the core non-linear editing system for Edit2. The Avid Nitris DX gives input and output connectivity to HD-SDI and SDI signals as well as standard definition composite and component video, and analogue and digital AES and SPDIF digital audio. Whatever the videotape, video or audio signal format, we can handle it.

Our Avid Media Composer system is augmented with Avid Artist (Euphonix) control panels for tactile control of transport functions, colour grading and audio mixing.

Videotape formats
With HDCAM as the company's primary HD acquisition format, Edit 2 is equipped with a Sony HDW-M2000P/20 HDCAM VTR which offers both playback of HDCAM in all HD formats as well as exceptional up-conversion from Digital Betacam, Betacam SX, MPEG IMX, Betacam SP and standard Betacam within the same tape deck.

Edit 2 is equipped with the following VTR's as standard -

Other legacy digital and analogue formats are accessible from VTR's in our apparatus room.
The new suite has comprehensive routing and patching for all analogue video, digital video, analogue audio, digital AES and SPDIF audio, timecode and serial control, with the capability of the speedy temporary integration of other formats.

Audio formats
Besides file-based digital audio via our server networks and the audio tracks integral to the system VTR's, Edit 2 is equipped with various digital and analogue audio sources including -

In addition to Avid media Composer, our NLE workstation is equipped with Adobe Audition for digital audio mastering and editing - a particularly useful application for recording and editing voiceovers.

A Yamaha O3D hybrid analogue/digital 24 input audio mixer with discreet A/D converters and digital effects processing on every channel is the core of the audio system in Edit 2. Our monitoring system is based on K-Rok active monitors with graphic EQ calibration to the room acoustics.

Patching & routing
Edit 2 is a very flexible edit suit with all audio, video, time code and serial control signals fully configurable via the following patch and routing systems -

System infrastructure
Edit 2 is both a modern HD edit suite and a backwards-compatible SDI and analogue suite, with a classic approach to broadcast engineering which includes discreet VDA's on all composite sources, full TBC control from the desk of all VTR's - including the advanced video processing features of the HDW-M2000P HDCAM VTR, advanced digital and analogue waveform and vector monitoring (Tektronix), a central SPG for synchronization, preview monitoring of all VTR's and sources as well as comprehensive master monitoring. The system also includes SD format-conversion and aspect-ratio conversion (Snell & Wilcox Kudos) as well as a number of tools for conversion between various digital audio formats. There are ample audio and video tie-lines between Edit2 and our other technical facilities. When not in use from the NLE and main control desk, all serial controlled VTR's may be controlled and monitored from the producer's desk for logging and transcription purposes.

Graphics production
The production of graphics, captions and subtitles is accomplished both with the integral tools of Avid Media Composer and dedicated applications such as Adobe and Corel Graphics which are not only available on the Edit 2 main workstation but also on the other graphics workstations within our facility.