The original audio track is being exchanged in EDIUS by the optimized audio version.Įach concert is being thoroughly planned. Once the audio is finalized all further editing is done with EDIUS. “We can then very much reduce this noise applying a Spectral Cleaning.”Įditing and optimizing the audio is being done with a specialized audio solution. When checking the recording the team might detect some disturbing background noise like somebody in the audience coughing. Video director Robert Gummlich explains the live studio workflow “Depending on the length of the sequence to be replaced we either exchange only the audio part or audio and video both together.” “From time to time musicians ask us to use a certain part from the rehearsal for the master version” explains Christoph Franke. During the audio edit the video picture serves only to check that both are in sync.Įven before the actual concert the media team regularly records both rehearsals. In a first step the live mixed audio stereo track is being exported with a compressed video signal. The concert recording, which will soon be available in the media center of the Berliner Philharmoniker for all subscribers, is expected to meet the highest quality standards. Once the concert is over the essential work for the postproduction team begins. Sound director and creative producer Christoph Franke at the EDIUS desk “VisTitle offers these options and the handling of SRT-files for subtitling also works perfectly” says Christoph Franke. This also means that different fonts as well as font sizes need to be combined in one line. The performance of EDIUS is a perfect partner to the multitude of VisTitle’s design options.”Ĭomplex corporate design rules need to be followed. “While streaming live we use EDIUS in combination with VisTitle, to playout titles and subtitles. Each camera signal is being recorded as AVC Ultra with a data rate of 800 Mbit/s.ĮDIUS is an integral part of the Philharmonic’s workflow in multiple ways. The video signal of the eight stationary 4K-cameras is each being distributed by SDI-quadlink to the live studio and from there as AVC Ultra to the server room. About two years ago the cameras, now supplied from Panasonic, as well as the live studio and postproduction studio were upgraded to 4K/UHD. 2008 Christoph Franke and his team started the regular production workflow with Sony HD cameras as XDCAM 422.
Sponsored by the Deutsche Bank and broadcast suppliers like Sony and later Panasonic the Berliner Philharmoniker are equipped with camera and studio gear at the highest professional level which is continuously being updated. Headline on page one: “The Berliner Philharmoniker play for 10 Euros on the internet” “2008 the German Newspaper ‘Die Welt’ opened on page one with the headline ‘The Berliner Philharmoniker play for 10 Euros on the internet’”, remembers Christoph Franke, who was involved as sound director and creative producer form early on in planning and accompanying the development of the “Digital Concert Hall”. And this despite the trend of otherwise declining sales industry-wide in the worldwide market of traditional sound carriers.įulfilling the highest broadcast standards The success of the “Digital Concert Hall” allows the Berliner Philharmoniker to generate continuously growing revenues.
The offering of the “Digital Concert Hall” provides music lovers all over the world with the opportunity to enjoy concerts and documentations of the Berliner Philharmoniker on PCs as well as tablets, Smart-TVs as well as via Apple-TV and Amazon Fire-TV and even selected movie cinemas for special occasions. And the development of an app was initiated serving a large variety of different soft and hardware platforms. A live studio was installed also fulfilling the most advanced broadcast standards. The concert hall of the Berlin Philharmonic was then equipped with eight stationary broadcast cameras. The ensemble decided to produce their concerts independently in the highest possible audio and video quality and to distribute the content via internet.Įight stationary cameras in the concert hall of the Berliner Philharmonie In 2006 the Berliner Philharmoniker took the decision to undertake a visionary step into the future. The history of the Berliner Philharmoniker reaches back until 1882 and the names of the conductors and solo artists are legendary.