The :30 Airborne

Steve Sagady

The :30 Airborne

Let's Take The Tour:
What follows is a pictorial tour of The :30 Airborne. I was responsible for the room layouts, the design of the system topology, the installation and maintenance of the equipment as the in house Chief Engineer. I ended my full time employment at the airborne in April of 1999, and now provide regular consulting and maintenance services as well as being their web master.

The :30 Airborne

NOTE: "The :30 Airborne" is spoken as "The Thirty Second Airborne".

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Exterior views of the airborne

Edit two; GVG 300 switcher, CMX 3400 edit control, ADO 2000, Abekas A72 C.G. and a Harrison audio board.

Avid one; Avid media composer 9000 with 3D effects with Transoft storage, and computer in the machine room.

Avid two; Avid media composer 8000 with Transoft storage with the computer in the machine room.

Machine room racks 1-4:
These racks holds two BVW-75s, four BVU-950s, router control heads and the test and measurement station.

Machine room racks 3-8:
This rack holds two DVR-10s, a BVH-3100 and a 5 machine VHS dub Bay.

The audio booth:
With Avid Audio Vision and Yamaha O1 audio board. What you can't see in this shot is a complete voice over booth, with voice to picture capability.

Machine room racks 9-12:
Contain Grass Valley 300 switcher, CMX 3400 edit control, a second test and measurement station and audio DAs.

Machine room racks 13-17:
Contain audio and video patch bays, Video DAs and delays, a GVG 16x16 Horizon router, The computers for Avid one and two and the Transoft storage module.

The back of machine room racks 13-17:
Shot from hallway access doors

Graphics One:
Mac 300 G3 with two desk-top monitors, 256 MEG of RAM, 18 GB of internal storage and also accessing the Transoft storage. It also has a local zip drive, Jazz Drive and scanner.

Graphics Two:
Mac 330 G3 with two desk-top monitors, 256 MEG of RAM, 9 GB of internal storage. This machine is hooked to an RGB Spectrum 1700, which allows converting on screen computer graphics to video instantly, with programmed zooms and pans.

Stereo Coffee Maker:
One of the most important pieces of gear at the Airborne from an engineer's point of view.