It takes a special character to direct a live production. This is essentially video production on the fly, with no time for discussion. NewTek maximizes your capability by putting the most important live tools in front of you to switch, playback, monitor and adjust with minimum effort. VT[4] LIVE! automation takes that simplicity to the next level with sophisticated control over video and slo-mo playback, audio mixing, keying and more.
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Internet Streaming
Broadcast your production to the world with VT[4] serverless streaming. Connect to up to 10 clients with an easy-to-use interface to stream dailies, promos, opens or major live events. |
Dan Hong of We Three Multimedia finds VT[4] LIVE!'s combination of capability, quality and affordability compelling, Dan urges everyone in the market for real-time production power to do their homework. "Go see all the other systems, and see how unique VT[4] LIVE!’s workflow is. There is nothing at any price, at any level, that can do this 5-star stuff on a coffee-pot budget.”
City TV - Channel 3 of the City of Connersville, IN, a government and educational access station, uses NewTek's integrated production suite to produce live programming, enhanced with prepared graphics, titles and video segments. "The VT[4] LIVE! is fantastic at adding professional graphics and extremely easy to use as a live switcher; especially since we added the RS-8™ external switching console," said John Pause, Director of City TV - Channel 3. "Another feature we find extremely useful is the DDR. We have our opening and closing video pieces already cued and ready to go; all you have to do to activate the video is switch to the DDR on the RS-8, and it automatically starts playing. It just doesn't get any easier to cue and playback video; all while using a 3D transition and applying a full color broadcast quality graphic - all on the same machine!"
"My friends and associates in the film and video business have
hundred-thousand dollar systems that can't do what VT[4] Live can do."
- Corey D. Kaup; Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Decatur, GA |
VT[4] in use for live switching
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In live production stability is not optional, and NewTek's VT[4] LIVE!™ provides flexible power with bedrock stability. Of all the attributes Marty Bibee, producer for Trinity United Methodist Church (TUMC), enjoys about NewTek's VT[4] LIVE! production suite, none perhaps is valued more than its stability during a high-pressure live event. “In live production stability is not optional, and NewTek’s VT[4] provides flexible power with complete stability. VT[4] continues all the stability of its’ NewTek predecessors while adding safeguards for a successful switch, such as “at a glance” confirmation of DDR settings with colored bars for them. The system has never crashed in any version, while we were on the air.”
VT[4] LIVE!'s powerful production muscle lets TUMC bring in revenue with outside events. Organizers rent the facility with full crew, and often include many more participants and more views than the four-camera setup TUMC uses for its services. VT[4] LIVE! is ready to handle the demand, with the ability to switch up to 24 sources, and no need for expensive genlockable cameras or time-base correctors - VT[4] LIVE! synchronizes all sources internally. Bibee says they have not yet gone as far as 24 inputs: "Four cameras are the routine, but five and more often six have been used. We also used six cameras in a high school graduation production." |
