Analog Way's LiveCore makes it easy to live stream the Guus Meeuwis concert

Guus Meeuwis' last concert in the show Groots met een zachte G was broadcast live on Dutch television. An event that featured Analog Way's LiveCore AV processor platform to configure the video system.

El espectáculo Grand with a soft G by artista Guus Meeuwis, a star in the Netherlands, It is the largest concert by a solo artist held in the country. The event takes place every year at the Philips Stadium in Eindhoven. This year, to celebrate its 10th Anniversary, five concerts were held in the stadium, that exceeded the 35.000 assistants. The last one was, for the first time, broadcast live on Dutch television.

The video system setup was extremely difficult to provide a visual experience for this type of concert.. The LED screen rental and audiovisual production company, Faber AV.

To show the live video cameras and graphic content, a giant LED screen has been used. 700 m², with a resolution of 7,680×2.400 pixels and two Analog Way Ascend scalers 48 to feed the contents.

“Our client's biggest concern was the delay between cameras and screens. To find the best system available on the market with the lowest latency, we did several tests. Besides, “The device had to be compact due to limited space at the FOH and had to have multiple outlets and multiple layers.”, explains Ben Augenbroe, Project Manager de Faber AV.

Uniting two Ascend 48 They work as a single system sharing inputs, which results in 24×8 further 2 scaled outputs as Seamless Matrix, con 2 outputs in live mosaic mode as previous. They used the 8 linked exits and more than 30 PIP to show all content on screen. The release on the LED screen was made in 1920×1200 and were used 8 High-end video cameras and high-resolution graphics generators.

For additional PIPs and Cut transitions & Fill were used 2 Ascend 32. The LiveCore platform, allowed for seamless adjustment of all moving images and native backgrounds, as well as masks with gradient edges. Native backgrounds were generated by a Lightdesk content server, synchronized with sound.

To ensure current loss, were used 2 Redundant power supplies for Ascender 48. Analog Way Secure Power Units are redundant external power supplies with internal batteries that keep Ascender 48 for more than 10 minutes in perfect operation when a power failure occurs.

The entire show was controlled via Analog Way's premium Vertige remote controller. “The Vertige is perfect for live music events, since it is very stable and reliable. Very precise, easy to use, which does not need to memorize functions on our part, offering great features and a wide list of presets and simple programming”, comenta Jimmy Greelen, Analog Way certified operator, in charge of controlling the concert with Vertige.

Complete the system with a NeXtage 16 used as a multi-viewer for backstage and other operators.