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Unified RTS deployment delivers “cohesive comms” at Latin Billboard Awards

The 2022 Latin Billboard Awards were staged live from the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Although Hurricane Ian did not hit the Miami area directly, it did cause the red-carpet event to move indoors.

For the live broadcast by Telemundo, Maryland-based East Shore Sound was brought in to ensure seamless communications for all portions of the production, including all elements of the awards show inside the arena, as well as the OB trucks from Game Creek Video handling the broadcast feed and live music mixing, plus the red-carpet truck. East Shore Sound used an RTS Adam-M frame and RTS TM-10K Trunk Master to connect all aspects of the production.

Bill Saltzer, East Shore founder and President, was on hand to bridge all intercoms into a single system. “Basically, we bring in an independent RTS system that drives all the hardwired intercom stations around the venue, as well as the wireless intercoms”, he explains. “We tie that to the intercom systems in the trucks and any remote locations. We use RTS because it can interface with any other intercom system and everyone in the industry is familiar with it. Most times, as is the case with Game Creek, there’s already an RTS system onboard, so it’s straightforward. By creating a Dante network using an RTS digital matrix and Trunk Masters to connect the matrix frames, we create one giant, cohesive comms system.”

Arriving on site a week before showtime, East Shore Sound ensured connectivity by adding RTS Omneo and MADI cards to each frame as needed, all with fiber optic and CAT-5 cabling. This allows connection of RTS keypanels in all locations, enabling a Dante network for comms distribution, including third-party Dante beltpacks and hardware. This year, East Shore Sound augmented its usual selection of RTS KP-5032 and KP-4016 keypanels with its latest acquisition, the DBP (Digital Beltpack). Across the production, East Shore Sound used about thirty DBP units, largely for stage managers, spotlights, camera operators and rigging crew.

According to Saltzer, the RTS TM-10K Trunk Master is another critical component, enabling dynamic routing so any two parties can talk privately when needed: “During load-in, we set up the Trunk Master to communicate with all three frames independently. We then set up all the audio paths that might be needed during the rehearsals and event.” In this way, any user on the system can request point-to-point connection to another user, with the RTS Trunk Master allocating an audio path to that private conversation. When the discussion is over, that path then becomes available for other uses.

JC Aguila, Network Technical Manager for Telemundo, managed audio production for the Latin Billboard Awards. East Shore Sound’s RTS equipment list for this event comprised 1 x Adam-M frame (64 analog ports), 3 x OMI 64 card (Omneo matrix interface), 2 x MADI-2 64 card (multichannel audio digital interface), 2 x RVON 16 card (RTS voice over network), 1 x TM-10K Trunk Master, 12 x KP-5032 keypanel, 18 x KP-4016 keypanel, 9 x KP-32 keypanel with OKI cards (Omneo keypanel interface), and 32 x DBP (Digital Beltpack).

(Photos: RTS/Latin Billboard Awards)

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