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Series: Carbonite

Model: Carbonite

Production Switcher

Carbonite Overview
Ever dream of big switcher production power in a mid-size package you can afford? So did we here at Ross, and turned that dream into reality with Carbonite, a ground breaking new production switcher series.

Carbonite uses the absolute latest technology to pack unprecedented production power into a super compact frame. The Ross Multi-Definition Production Engine that lies at the heart of Carbonite offers the same pristine processing used on other Ross switchers - precisely tuned for this new platform. The superb performance of our award winning Vision series is now available to you in this incredible mid-size package, at an unbeatable price.

Easy to Use, Powerful Features
All models of Carbonite feature a breadth of capabilities that make these switchers unique in their class. Ross dedicates a great deal of effort in ensuring that our products enable a significant level of operational control. Of primary concern when designing Carbonite was its ease of use. Starting with the use of large, back lit buttons and Panel Glow for increased operator accuracy, through to the placement of frequently used buttons, Carbonite provides intuitive panel ergonomics and production efficiencies. Not only can you rapidly execute a variety of wipe patterns and memory recalls in just a few pushes, the implementation of a rapid, auto-follow menu system also means that you don't need to memorize menu hierarchies in order to fine tune your actions. No time or effort is wasted navigating through the panel to see and get what you want.

A simple turn of a knob will apply a border, adjust softness and activate multiplication and rotation to create your own unique look.

Big Switcher Feel
Carbonite's 1 or 2 MLE ergonomically designed control panels offer the capabilities of a much larger switcher. Contributing to the power and ease of use of Carbonite are attributes such as true next transition style operation and the effortless ability to perform full previews on any keyer. Imaginative and dramatic productions facilitated by:

*Dual 10 input MultiViewers
*Four Media-Stores for animations and stills
*MultiUser GUI™ for browser based media management
*MediaWipes™ Animated Transitions
*MemoryAI™ recall to preview
*Custom Control Macro's
*Four channels of 2D DVEs
*Ten handy transition patterns including
*Professional circle wipes angle rotations

Powerful MLEs

Carbonite packs major effects and keying power into 2 MLE's.

Each MLE has 4 powerful keyers with luma, linear, Chroma and DVE key types as well as an additional 5th hidden keyer for animated Media Wipe and DVE transitions.

Each MLE can access the 2 advanced UltraChrome™ chroma keyers.

Two advanced pattern generators per MLE are available for wipes, pattern masks and color washes. Each MLE also provides a clean feed output.

Graphical User Interface

Carbonite also includes a browser-based, MultiUser GUI™ that can be instantly accessed from a Mac or PC or even on an Apple® iPad.

The GUI provides comprehensive graphics management for the Media-Store™ as well as control switcher setups and remote operation - it's a very intuitive Carbonite companion.

UltraChrome Advanced Chroma Keying in Every MLE

Our UltraChrome™ chroma keyer uses new Ross technology to perform detailed keying in the most demanding conditions.

4 Channel Media-Store

Four independent media player channels are available switcher-wide.

Stills, logos and animated graphics can be played out from the on-board 8GB memory and can be loaded via Ethernet or USB thumb drives.

The Media-Store™ can also be managed directly over Ethernet via Carbonite's browser-based graphics tools.

4 Channels of DVE

4 high quality 2D DVE channels are available system-wide.

These DVE's 'float' within the system architecture allowing all 4 to be assigned to a single MLE or distributed across both MLE's as the production demands.

These DVE's are also available for MLE DVE transitions and have dedicated selection in the MLE transition area.

MediaWipes

MediaWipes™ add powerful animated transition capabilities in conjunction with the Carbonite Media-Store™.

Create compelling, animated graphic transitions and control them simply from a dedicated MLE transition area selector.

Dual MultiViewers

Two 10 input MultiViewers are included in Carbonite's standard feature set.

These clean, low latency MultiViewers have access to all external and internal sources.

Source naming and tally assignment automatically follow window routing selections.

Multi-Format Production

Carbonite's video processing engine can be set for Standard or High Definition production.

In addition, this powerful system includes 6 internal frame synchronizers and format converters which allow mixed SD and HD formats to be seamlessly incorporated into your production.

MemoryAI

Carbonite's powerful and truly unique intelligent resource management system allows stored keys and backgrounds to be recalled to preview without disturbing what is currently on-air.

This system enables multiple 'scenes' to be stored and recalled in a manner that would normally require a much larger multi-MLE switcher.

Custom Control Macros

Powerful, editable macros that can do almost anything.

Record events, recalls, pauses, holds and control devices.

Executable from a single button press.

Device Control

Direct control of external devices is simple with Carbonite.

Control Servers, Robotic Cameras and, of course, our award winning XPression 2D / 3D graphics system.