VR-5: Roland announces its AV Mixer & Recorder with output for live streaming

Roland Systems Group has announced at the InterBee fair, the new VR-5, a fully integrated audio mixer, video switcher with recorder/player function for live production and web streaming. The VR-5 is shaping up, really, like a “all-in-one” greatly simplifying the tasks of recording and streaming live events.

Roland Systems Group announced this Wednesday, 17 November, at the InterBee fair, the new Roland VR-5, a fully integrated audio mixer, video switcher with recorder/player function for live production and web streaming. This product combines the power of Roland audio and video technology in a single unit.. Today's typical live events, whether big or small, require a wide variety of equipment to produce audio inputs for microphones at the same time., audio mixing sources, video inputs to a video mixer, computer inputs, video players, video monitors, you capture the event in some way, and also live webstreaming outputs. All in one The VR-5 is shaping up, really, like a “all-in-one” greatly simplifying these productions, recording and broadcasting these events live. The innovatively designed VR-5 incorporates a video switcher, audio mixer, video player, engraver, Preview and production monitors for web streaming all in one unit. As a USB Video/Audio device, web streaming, effortless, Simply connect to a computer running a live streaming service like Ustream and Stickam, as well as any video calling service, like Skype and iChat. Reduction in hardware equipment, in setup time and connection complexity ensures freedom from worry, It is easy to use as a solution for any event.

The VR-5 is ideal for training environments, religious, corporate and government, and for the dissemination of all types of events on the live web.

VR-5 Main Features

• switch 4 video channels

• 2 mono channels and 5 stereo channels for audio mixing

• Conversion capability for PC input

• Two integrated LCD monitors with touch control for easy selection of video sources

• Three video layers with two video sources plus DSK (downstream keyer)

• MPEG-4 player/recorder

• USB video/audio device for web streaming

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