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! MAC
 
! MAC
 
! OS
 
! OS
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! CPU
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! RAM
 
! Use
 
! Use
 
! In use since
 
! In use since
 
|-
 
|-
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| Old HP
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| HP EliteDesk 800 SFF G3
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| Buzzbox
 
−
| 01148
 
−
| 1C-C1-DE-52-AB-FE
 
−
|style="width: 10%"| Windows 7 Something
 
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|style="width: 30%"| Allows show hosts to use Buzzbox
 
−
| The big bang
 
−
|-
 
−
| New HP
 
 
| Ingest
 
| Ingest
 
| 13491
 
| 13491
 
| 3C-52-82-72-4B-C9
 
| 3C-52-82-72-4B-C9
 
| Windows 10
 
| Windows 10
 +
| Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.2GHz, 3192MHz, 4 core
 +
| 8 GB
 
| Allows show hosts to upload music from the control room, i.e. off-air Myriad Playout. Also holds SQL server.
 
| Allows show hosts to upload music from the control room, i.e. off-air Myriad Playout. Also holds SQL server.
 
| July 2018
 
| July 2018
 
|-
 
|-
−
| New HP
+
| HP EliteDesk 800 SFF G3
 
| Playout
 
| Playout
 
| 13764
 
| 13764
 
| 18-60-24-9D-56-DC
 
| 18-60-24-9D-56-DC
 
| Windows 10
 
| Windows 10
 +
| Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.4GHz, 3408MHz, 4 cores
 +
| 8 GB
 
| Used by show hosts during broadcast, i.e. on-air Myriad Playout
 
| Used by show hosts during broadcast, i.e. on-air Myriad Playout
 
| July 2018
 
| July 2018
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Old HP
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| HP Compaq 8000 Elite
 +
| Buzzbox
 +
| 01148
 +
| 1C-C1-DE-52-AB-FE
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|style="width: 10%"| Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade)
 +
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core
 +
| 4 GB
 +
|style="width: 30%"| Allows show hosts to use Buzzbox
 +
| The big bang
 +
|-
 +
| HP Compaq 8000 Elite
 
| Video
 
| Video
 
| 01151
 
| 01151
 
| 1C-C1-DE-52-A9-EF
 
| 1C-C1-DE-52-A9-EF
−
| Windows 7 something (awaiting upgrade)
+
| Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade)
 +
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core
 +
| 4 GB
 
| No current use. Planned to be used for studio livestream. Previously used as Ingest/Playout.
 
| No current use. Planned to be used for studio livestream. Previously used as Ingest/Playout.
 
| The big bang
 
| The big bang
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Old HP
+
| HP Compaq 8000 Elite
 
| Tay-Tay
 
| Tay-Tay
 
| 01398
 
| 01398
 
| 00-23-24-29-7B-C4
 
| 00-23-24-29-7B-C4
−
| Windows 7 something
+
| Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade)
 +
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core
 +
| 4 GB
 
| No current use.
 
| No current use.
 
| The big bang
 
| The big bang
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Old HP
+
| HP Compaq 8000 Elite
 
| Stream
 
| Stream
 
| 07023
 
| 07023
 
| 00-23-24-13-35-92
 
| 00-23-24-13-35-92
−
| Windows 7 something
+
| Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade)
 +
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core
 +
| 4 GB
 
| Sends audio to stream
 
| Sends audio to stream
 
| The big bang
 
| The big bang
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| Audio mixer
 
| Audio mixer
 
| Main studio controller
 
| Main studio controller
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| The big bang
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| February 2013
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| About £5,000 probably
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| Probably ~£5,000
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|-
 +
| Yamaha MG12XU
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| Audio mixer
 +
| External
 +
| Probably circa. 2012
 +
| Probably ~£300; comes with flight case
 
|-
 
|-
 
| dbx 286s (silver)
 
| dbx 286s (silver)
 
| Microphone pre-amplifier/processor
 
| Microphone pre-amplifier/processor
 
| Processes one studio mic
 
| Processes one studio mic
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| 2018ish
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| c. 2018
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| Money
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| ~£110
 
|-
 
|-
 
| dbx 286s (black)
 
| dbx 286s (black)
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| Processes one studio mic
 
| Processes one studio mic
 
| The big bang
 
| The big bang
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| About £110 probably
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| Probably ~£110
 
|-
 
|-
 
| dbx 286s (black)
 
| dbx 286s (black)
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| Processes one studio mic
 
| Processes one studio mic
 
| The big bang
 
| The big bang
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| About £110 probably
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| Probably ~£110
 
|-
 
|-
 
| dbx 286s (black)
 
| dbx 286s (black)
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| Processes one studio mic
 
| Processes one studio mic
 
| The big bang
 
| The big bang
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| About £110 probably
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| Probably ~£110
 
|-
 
|-
 
| M-Audio M-Track Eight
 
| M-Audio M-Track Eight
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| Behringer UMC404HD
 
| Behringer UMC404HD
 
| USB audio interface
 
| USB audio interface
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| External recordings
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| External
 
| March 2019
 
| March 2019
 
| £109
 
| £109
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| Tascam US-2x2
 
| Tascam US-2x2
 
| USB audio interface
 
| USB audio interface
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| External recordings
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| External
 
| November 2018
 
| November 2018
 
| £99
 
| £99
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|-
 +
| Yamaha Stagepas 400BT
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| 2x PA speakers, integrated mixer, and 2x speaker stands
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| External
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| March 2020
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| £458.99
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| Shure SM7B
 
| Shure SM7B
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| Studio presenter
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| Studio presenter 1
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| The big bang
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| c. 2013
−
| About £400 probably
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| ~£400 probably
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Shure SM7B
 
| Shure SM7B
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| Studio guest 1
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| Studio presenter 2
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| The big bang
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| c. 2013
−
| About £400 probably
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| ~£400 probably
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Shure SM7B
 
| Shure SM7B
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| Studio guest 2
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| Studio presenter 3
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| The big bang
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| c. 2013
−
| About £400 probably
+
| ~£400 probably
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Shure SM7B
 
| Shure SM7B
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| Studio guest 3
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| Studio presenter 4
−
| The big bang
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| c. 2013
−
| About £400 probably
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| ~£400 probably
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Audio-Technica AT4040
 
| Audio-Technica AT4040
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| External use
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| Spares/external
−
| The big bang
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| c. 2008
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| About £300 probably
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| ~£300 probably
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Audio-Technica AT4040
 
| Audio-Technica AT4040
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| External use
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| Spares/external
−
| The big bang
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| c. 2008
−
| About £300 probably
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| ~£300 probably
 
|-
 
|-
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| Comica CVM-WM100 (two lavalier mics + wireless transmitters + receiver)
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| Comica CVM-WM100 (2x lavalier mics, 2x wireless transmitters, 1x combined receiver)
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| starTV interviews
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| starTV interviews/external
 
| October 2019
 
| October 2019
 
| £222.27
 
| £222.27
 +
|-
 +
| Shure SM58
 +
| External
 +
| March 2020
 +
| £85.75
 +
|-
 +
| Shure SM58
 +
| External
 +
| March 2020
 +
| £85.75
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
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| Studio presenter headphones
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| Studio presenter 1 headphones
 
| November 2019
 
| November 2019
 
| £102
 
| £102
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
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| Studio guest 1 headphones
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| Studio presenter 2 headphones
 
| November 2019
 
| November 2019
 
| £102
 
| £102
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
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| Studio guest 2 headphones
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| Studio presenter 3 headphones
 
| November 2019
 
| November 2019
 
| £102
 
| £102
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
 
| Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm)
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| Studio guest 3 headphones
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| Studio presenter 4 headphones
 
| November 2019
 
| November 2019
 
| £102
 
| £102
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Sennheiser HD 201
 
| Sennheiser HD 201
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| Spares/external recordings (previously used in studio)
+
| Spares/external (previously used in studio)
 
| October 2017
 
| October 2017
 
| £24.99
 
| £24.99
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Sennheiser HD 201
 
| Sennheiser HD 201
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| Spares/external recordings (previously used in studio)
+
| Spares/external (previously used in studio)
 
| October 2017
 
| October 2017
 
| £24.99
 
| £24.99
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| The big bang
 
| The big bang
 
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The studio and control room monitors each take one side of a stereo feed - it is not double mono.
  
 
= Cables =
 
= Cables =
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| Ingest, Playout
 
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! Model
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! Use
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! In use since
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! Cost
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|-
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| Manfrotto tripod
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| Camera tripod
 +
| October 2019
 +
| £47.19
 +
|-
 +
| Canon EOS 4000D DSLR + 64GB SanDisk memory card
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| Camera and SD card
 +
| February 2020
 +
| £269.99
 +
|}
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= Miscellaneous =
 
= Miscellaneous =
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|-
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
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| Studio presenter mic boom arm
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| Studio presenter 1 mic boom arm
 
| March 2019
 
| March 2019
 
| £65
 
| £65
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
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| Studio guest 1 mic boom arm
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| Studio presenter 2 mic boom arm
 
| November 2019
 
| November 2019
 
| £65
 
| £65
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
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| Studio guest 2 mic boom arm
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| Studio presenter 3 mic boom arm
 
| November 2019
 
| November 2019
 
| £65
 
| £65
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
 
| Røde PSA1 (black)
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| Studio guest 3 mic boom arm
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| Studio presenter 4 mic boom arm
 
| November 2019
 
| November 2019
 
| £65
 
| £65
−
|-
 
−
| Manfrotto tripod
 
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| Camera tripod for starTV
 
−
| October 2019
 
−
| £47.19
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| AFHS4 Pro Acoustic Foam (32x AFW305 + 4x Bassblock Bass Traps)
 
| AFHS4 Pro Acoustic Foam (32x AFW305 + 4x Bassblock Bass Traps)
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| £7.99
 
| £7.99
 
|-
 
|-
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| Rack-mounted fan (?)
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| Cloudplate T1 fan system (1U)
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| Rack-mounted fan...
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| Rack-mounted fan to cool mic preamps and compressor
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| 2018ish
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| c. 2018
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| £100ish
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| ~£120 + ~£15 US-UK plug adapter
 
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 8 October 2020

Computers

The studio has four active computers, all of which are located in the control room, with connections to studio screens going through holes at the bottom-middle of the separator wall.

Computer Nickname Asset Tag MAC OS CPU RAM Use In use since
HP EliteDesk 800 SFF G3 Ingest 13491 3C-52-82-72-4B-C9 Windows 10 Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.2GHz, 3192MHz, 4 core 8 GB Allows show hosts to upload music from the control room, i.e. off-air Myriad Playout. Also holds SQL server. July 2018
HP EliteDesk 800 SFF G3 Playout 13764 18-60-24-9D-56-DC Windows 10 Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.4GHz, 3408MHz, 4 cores 8 GB Used by show hosts during broadcast, i.e. on-air Myriad Playout July 2018
HP Compaq 8000 Elite Buzzbox 01148 1C-C1-DE-52-AB-FE Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core 4 GB Allows show hosts to use Buzzbox The big bang
HP Compaq 8000 Elite Video 01151 1C-C1-DE-52-A9-EF Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core 4 GB No current use. Planned to be used for studio livestream. Previously used as Ingest/Playout. The big bang
HP Compaq 8000 Elite Tay-Tay 01398 00-23-24-29-7B-C4 Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core 4 GB No current use. The big bang
HP Compaq 8000 Elite Stream 07023 00-23-24-13-35-92 Windows 7 (awaiting upgrade) Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, 3000MGz, 2 core 4 GB Sends audio to stream The big bang

Audio Hardware

Model Type Use In use since Cost
SRM mixer v1 † Audio mixer Main studio controller February 2013 Probably ~£5,000
Yamaha MG12XU Audio mixer External Probably circa. 2012 Probably ~£300; comes with flight case
dbx 286s (silver) Microphone pre-amplifier/processor Processes one studio mic c. 2018 ~£110
dbx 286s (black) Microphone pre-amplifier/processor Processes one studio mic The big bang Probably ~£110
dbx 286s (black) Microphone pre-amplifier/processor Processes one studio mic The big bang Probably ~£110
dbx 286s (black) Microphone pre-amplifier/processor Processes one studio mic The big bang Probably ~£110
M-Audio M-Track Eight Audio interface Collates audio from Myriad (i.e. songs) The big bang Unknown
Behringer compressor thingy (?) Compressor Collates audio from mic preamps and M-Track Eight The big bang Unknown
Avid Fast Track C400 Audio interface Sends fully collated audio to Stream computer The big bang Unknown
Behringer UMC404HD USB audio interface External March 2019 £109
Tascam US-2x2 USB audio interface External November 2018 £99
Yamaha Stagepas 400BT 2x PA speakers, integrated mixer, and 2x speaker stands External March 2020 £458.99
Overheated SRM PSU, August 2019.

† The faders of the SRM mixer developed a "jitter" when fading a mic/song. This got worse with time, but was helped by opening the mixer and scraping fluff out of each fader. Eventually this cleaning process stopped improving the jitter. A new fader was ordered for £28.78 from Broadcast Radio in April 2019 to confirm that the faders were the problem. A further eight faders were then installed in August 2019 at a cost of £191.90. One of the eight new faders was bent in transit; a replacement was sent free of charge, and installed in September 2019.

Immediately after the set of eight new faders were installed, the mixer went completely dead. Upon inspection, part of the power supply appeared to have overheated. The PSU's earth wire was also found to be loose, though this was likely caused by the inspection. A new SRM PSU was ordered from Broadcast Radio for £167.94, and installed in September 2019. The mixer then worked perfectly.

Microphones

Model Use In use since Cost
Shure SM7B Studio presenter 1 c. 2013 ~£400 probably
Shure SM7B Studio presenter 2 c. 2013 ~£400 probably
Shure SM7B Studio presenter 3 c. 2013 ~£400 probably
Shure SM7B Studio presenter 4 c. 2013 ~£400 probably
Audio-Technica AT4040 Spares/external c. 2008 ~£300 probably
Audio-Technica AT4040 Spares/external c. 2008 ~£300 probably
Comica CVM-WM100 (2x lavalier mics, 2x wireless transmitters, 1x combined receiver) starTV interviews/external October 2019 £222.27
Shure SM58 External March 2020 £85.75
Shure SM58 External March 2020 £85.75

Note: we have three boxes and stands for the AT4040s, but only two have been seen since 2017.

Headphones

Model Use In use since Cost
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm) Studio presenter 1 headphones November 2019 £102
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm) Studio presenter 2 headphones November 2019 £102
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm) Studio presenter 3 headphones November 2019 £102
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (80 Ohm) Studio presenter 4 headphones November 2019 £102
Sennheiser HD 201 Spares/external (previously used in studio) October 2017 £24.99
Sennheiser HD 201 Spares/external (previously used in studio) October 2017 £24.99

Speakers

Model Type Use In use since
M-Audio BX5something 5" speaker Studio monitor, for shows to hear themselves The big bang
M-Audio BX5something 5" speaker Control room monitor, for tech team/visitors to hear the show live The big bang

The studio and control room monitors each take one side of a stereo feed - it is not double mono.

Cables

Type Length Quantity Use In use since Cost
XLR (m) - XLR (f) 5m 4 Studio mics to mic preamps April 2018 £16.57 each
XLR (m) - 1/4" TS 5m 4 Mic preamps to studio SRM mixer April 2018 £20.53 each

Software

Program Use In use since Cost Installed on
Myriad Playout v5 Main broadcast software and music database UI August 2018 Part of £1499.99 Myriad buyout Ingest, Playout

starTV

Model Use In use since Cost
Manfrotto tripod Camera tripod October 2019 £47.19
Canon EOS 4000D DSLR + 64GB SanDisk memory card Camera and SD card February 2020 £269.99


Miscellaneous

Model Use In use since Cost
Røde PSA1 (black) Studio presenter 1 mic boom arm March 2019 £65
Røde PSA1 (black) Studio presenter 2 mic boom arm November 2019 £65
Røde PSA1 (black) Studio presenter 3 mic boom arm November 2019 £65
Røde PSA1 (black) Studio presenter 4 mic boom arm November 2019 £65
AFHS4 Pro Acoustic Foam (32x AFW305 + 4x Bassblock Bass Traps) Acoustic treatment for studio May 2019 £55
Jelly Comb 2.4G wireless mouse with nano receiver (blue) Wireless mouse for Playout computer March 2019 £6.99
Jelly Comb 2.4G wireless mouse with nano receiver (purple) Wireless mouse for Buzzbox computer March 2019 £7.99
Jelly Comb 2.4G wireless mouse with nano receiver (purple) Wireless mouse for Buzzbox computer March 2019 £7.99
Cloudplate T1 fan system (1U) Rack-mounted fan to cool mic preamps and compressor c. 2018 ~£120 + ~£15 US-UK plug adapter
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