Ross Video is introducing a new platform for production switching, routing, video and audio processing, multiviewer monitoring, and ultra-high-resolution video compositing.
Carbonite HyperMax enables users to configure their tools to suit every production, integrating all Ross Video’s production technology into a single hyperconverged platform. According to the company, it is particularly useful for news production, OB vans, and trucks.
The Software-Defined Production Engine blade at the heart of Carbonite HyperMax is a software-enabled hardware platform that changes functionality to address multiple production needs. “The concept of HyperMax is that it’s not a single thing,” Nigel Spratling, vice president, production switchers and servers, tells TVBEurope.
“It has the ability to control multiple things in a way that makes them, well, seamless for the operator. It can incorporate the control of Carbonite Solo, Ultra Solo, Ultra 60, or another HyperMax, into one location, and that location can be literally anywhere. Providing I’ve got a connection, I can control the system.
“It embraces all formats, so you don’t have to think about the choice of IO or transport. Whatever it is you want to do, you can have that,” Spratling adds.
The platform is also fully compatible with the TouchDrive family of control surfaces, which includes DashBoard, Ross Video’s operational control and configuration software.
Ross Video first launched its Hyperconverged product suite in 2021 to help broadcasters reduce their basic footprints, power requirements and more. But, says Spratling, while the technology is configurable, it is still a “fixed function” device.
“We looked at this long and hard and thought, we can unlock some horsepower here and give our users a way to really tailor the equipment to meet their needs. HyperMax takes that concept of being able to program things, to be able to software-define what things are to quite a new level,” he explains.
“Users can purchase our Hyperconverged technology, and configure it on the fly for their task. Every task is different, every operator is different, so how they will configure the technology is going to be quite variable. But that’s precisely what we’re trying to get to, give them something that’s really flexible. With Hypermax, people can actually reconfigure it by changing their licenses. They don’t need to have new hardware and purchase new equipment.”
