Our team is committed to upholding David’s vision and values and to providing the same level of service and dedication that our clients have come to expect from Ensemble Designs. David had put in place a strong team and a succession plan, and we are confident in their ability to guide the company forward during this challenging time.

We would like to thank everyone for your understanding and support during this difficult time. We understand that this news may be upsetting, but we are confident that our team has the experience and expertise to ensure that the company continues to thrive in the wake of this loss.

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Director of Sales Mondae Hott
Director of Operations Erica Wood
Chief Engineering Officer Jeremy Wood

DualPath carries two video signals in a single channel’s bandwidth. Add a second live camera feed from a News OB, or carry two cameras back from a remote venue. DualPath delivers the two, independent signals back to the studio. They are genlocked and timed, ready to take to air.

Because it operates only at the end points of a transmission link, it’s completely compatible with users’ existing systems and infrastructure – be it copper, fiber, or IP. It supports 720p, 1080i, and 1080p formats with tremendous fidelity and transparency.

DualPath is available in 4 different models of the Ensemble BrightEye NXT line of compact routers. Combined with the NXT’s I/O flexibility, DualPath can be used with SDI, Fiber, HDMI, and IP sources and destinations. It incorporates Ensemble’s proprietary image processing, with upsampling to 8:8:8 resolution for the most faithful results possible. DualPath is incorporated into the scaling and frame synchronization process in the NXT Clean Switches, so there is no latency penalty.

With an NXT at each end of the link, DualPath can be used bi-directionally, with two feeds traveling in each direction. The DualPath signal can be carried by SDI, Fiber, and HDMI. With the NXT 450 Clean Streaming Router, DualPath can travel by IP over the Internet – across town or around the world.

NXT routers are only 1/3 of a rack unit, offering an unprecedented level of feature integration in a remarkably small package. They are great choice for portable systems, news and production OBs, flypacks, remote studios, and distance backhaul.

With the addition of RTMP to the NXT 450 and 445, users can now stream directly to Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) such as YouTube, Wowza, UStream, Facebook, and more. The CDN authentication credentials are entered into the NXT web-based UI, a connection is established, and live web streaming commences.

These NXT Encoders combine SD/HD SDI inputs with high performance H.264 (MPEG-4) encoding. Format agile Clean Switches provide mix/cut transitions between sources into the Encoder and from there directly to the web. Hardware based format conversion makes it easy to deliver the most suitable resolution format and frame rate for the streaming application – regardless of the source material. It’s an integrated solution requiring no other support equipment or local servers.

The RTMP feature is implemented in one of the two Unicast output paths. So in addition to live web streaming, the NXT Encoder can still deliver Unicast by UDP or RTP to a second destination, or by DVB-ASI to digital transmission systems.

Control over the switching and configuration of the NXT products is available from the front panel, through web, and serial interfaces. The web interface provides operators with live thumbnail views of all of the connected sources.

The flexibility and choice of signal types is enhanced by two SFP interfaces which can provide fiber, HDMI, analog, or additional SDI connections.

At only 1/3 of a rack unit, the NXT 450 offers an unprecedented level of feature integration in a remarkably small package. This makes it a great choice for portable systems, news trucks and helicoptors, remote studios, and distance backhaul.

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With the addition of RTMP to the NXT 450 and 445, users can now stream directly to both the Wowza enterprise and cloud systems. A new UI in the NXT web-based control system makes it easy to enter the Wowza authentication credentials. Once the credentials are entered, a connection is established and live streaming commences. The NXT continuously monitors the health of the connection through the messaging mechanism in RTMP and displays status in the UI.

The Wowza enterprise solution, Media Server, provides automatic rate and resolution management for each viewer connected locally. The Wowza cloud-based Online Streaming Service provides that same service with global reach to all viewers.

These NXT Encoders combine SD/HD SDI inputs with high performance H.264 (MPEG-4) encoding. Format agile Clean Switches provide mix/cut transitions between sources into the Encoder and from there directly to the web. Hardware based format conversion makes it easy to deliver the most suitable resolution format and frame rate for the streaming application – regardless of the source material. It’s an integrated solution requiring no other support equipment or local servers.

The RTMP feature is implemented in one of the two Unicast output paths. So in addition to live web streaming, the NXT Encoder can still deliver Unicast by UDP or RTP to a second destination, or by DVB-ASI to digital transmission systems.

Control over the switching and configuration of the NXT products is available from the front panel, the remote Action Panel, and through web and serial interfaces. The web interface provides operators with live thumbnail views of all of the connected sources.

The flexibility and choice of signal types is enhanced by two SFP interfaces which can provide fiber, HDMI, analog, or additional SDI connections.

At only 1/3 of a rack unit, the NXT 450 offers an unprecedented level of feature integration in a remarkably small package. This makes it a great choice for portable systems, boardroom, news trucks and helicoptors, remote studios, and distant backhaul.

A high quality, high profile, MPEG-4/H.264 Encoder, the BrightEye NXT 445 takes 3G/HD/SD SDI and delivers simultaneous IP and DVB-ASI streaming outputs. The web-enabled control port makes it easy to configure and monitor. Or use the live view front panel display and menu system for local control. The base NXT 445 also includes dual built-in TSGs, TCP, serial remote control and support for the 5835 Action Panel.

The base model NXT 445 is only the starting point. Additional functions can be added with field installable option licenses. Expand the number of inputs and outputs; add SFP ports for fiber and HDMI, and full routing with the 445K-IO license. The 445K-X license adds dual clean switching and Up/Down/Cross conversion. With the 445K-DEC license, an independent MPEG decoder is added to the product’s repertoire. The PiP-Efx license provides a flexible and configurable dual source Picture-In-Picture mode for lecture capture, corporate boardroom, or field news reporting. All of this functionality is seamlessly integrated in the NXT 445.

“The NXT 445 and the entire NXT product line is a game changer for our customers. The dramatic amount of money and space they are saving, along with the rich set of features that the NXTs offer is almost incomprehensible. Our biggest challenge has been to make people realize how much this product can actually do”. – Mondae Hott, Director of Sales, Ensemble Designs.

At only 1/3 of a rack unit, the NXT 445 offers an unprecedented level of flexibility and feature integration in a remarkably small package. This makes it a great choice for portable systems, news trucks and helicopters, remote studios, distance backhaul and more.

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The new 5835 Router and Action Control Panel is designed for the BrightEye NXT family of routers. It offers an LCD Thumbnail Preview so that you can see your sources before doing a Take or Mix transition. With ten programmable preset keys, the 5835 can be tailored to recall any configuration in an NXT router. The presets can recall a single parameter or the full configuration of the entire product. Source and Destination buttons give you full crosspoint control. User legends and multi-color tally provide immediate status feedback. The 1RU panel conforms to the sleek panel designs of the Ensemble Designs product family with full travel push buttons and sculpted caps.

“This control panel puts the full power of any NXT Compact Router right at the operator’s fingertips. And the customizable presets can address any operational requirement. Because it’s networked, it can be used from any connected location”. – David Wood, Chief Design Engineer, Ensemble Designs

The 1RU panel is a sleek 38 mm (1.5 inch) deep, so it fits easily into any environment. Use it wherever you need a hard surface control panel and a customized interface to suit your exact needs.

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Lake of the Ozarks Power Boat Race used the Ensemble Designs Bright Eye NXT 410 HDMI router to turbocharge the TriCaster Mini’s four-HDMI input hardware limitation. The router not only lived up to expectations, it also converted two outside HD-SDI inputs to its HDMI output going to a single TriCaster input. It brought to the number of active video sources routed to one HDMI input to five for a grand total of eight TriCaster live sources plus graphics and internal DDRs. The NXT 410 switched between its various sources seamlessly on the air.

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The NXT 450 combines traditional SD/HD SDI inputs and outputs with high performance H.264 (MPEG-4) encoding and decoding. The result is an integrated solution that bridges between baseband and streaming video formats. Baseband (SDI) sources are routed through frame-synchronizing Clean Switches before being passed to the built-in Encoder. Both IPTV (Unicast or Multicast) and DVB-ASI outputs are simultaneously available.

Control over the switching and configuration of the NXT 450 is available from the front panel, through web, and serial interfaces. The web interface provides operators with live thumbnail views of all of the connected sources.

Decoding of incoming IPTV and ASI signals are provided independently of the Encoding functions. The Decoder output can be switched to any of the outputs and integrated with all of the other connected sources.

The flexibility and choice of signal types is enhanced by two SFP interfaces which can provide fiber, HDMI, analog, or additional SDI connections.

At only 1/3 of a rack unit, the NXT 450 offers an unprecedented level of feature integration in a remarkably small package. This makes it a great choice for portable systems, News trucks and helicopters, remote studios, and distance backhaul.

“This is a real panel with real buttons to control keying and vision mixing functions positively and instantly,” said David Wood, CEO and Chief Design Engineer with Ensemble Designs. “In addition, the panel works with other interfaces making it the perfect solution for use with automation. The operator can quickly and positively override automation functions in the event of a service disruption or equipment failure.”

The new control panel features a front panel LCD display that shows thumbnails of sources allowing instant verification of switching selections. When used alongside the award winning web browser interface that can be accessed with any web browser enabled device such as an iPad or laptop computer, all of the functionality of the powerful vision mixing and keying system can be harnessed in a compact, easy-to-use control position. The new control panel is connected via IP allowing access from anywhere on the network, and can be powered via POE for easy, single wire hook up. Source selection, cuts, dissolves, and three levels of keying can be independently controlled via the new control panel.

“Customers have been asking for a hard control surface for the Avenue Layering Engine and now we have delivered it,” said Mondae Hott, Director of Sales with Ensemble Designs. “This easy to use interface is a beautiful compliment to the elegant award winning keying and vision mixing software interface. The fact that it works along side automation interfaces, makes it a wonderful solution for master control or bypass situations.”

The new control panel will be introduced and demonstrated along with all the other powerful Avenue Layering Engine features at IBC 2014 stand 8.B91 at the Amsterdam RAI September 12 – 16.

Based in Grass Valley, California and formed in 1989, Ensemble Designs is a leading provider of signal processing and infrastructure products. Customers include Lockhead, NASA, Major League Baseball, Olympic Broadcast Organisation, General Atomics, and ESPN.

“This is a game changer,” said David Wood, CEO and Chief Design Engineer with Ensemble Designs. “Now, various formats of high definition and standard definition content can be converted to a common format and routed seamlessly to HDMI and SDI destinations. Standard definition sources can now be up converted to high definition as part of the routing process, as well as cross converting from one HD format to another. Just select an output format and route whatever SMPTE broadcast resolution source you have to that destination.”

“Being able to convert various sources to a common format during routing is something event producers have been asking for,” said Mondae Hott, Director of Sales for Ensemble Designs. “Now archival standard definition video, or high definition material not in the proper production format, can be used effortlessly in event productions. Imagine taking a standard definition SDI source, up converting it to HD and using it along side HDMI, HDCP and SDI sources in a live switching environment without glitches or pops. At the same time, 720p sources can be converted to 1080 or visa versa and output to an HDMI and/or SDI output for production or projection. This kind of versatility is exactly what is needed in the rapidly changing environment of event production.”

The conversion features in the BrightEye NXT 430-X are an addition to the already powerful features found in the BrightEye NXT router family. Features such as direct cuts, dissolves, router salvos, clean and quiet switching of HDMI and SDI sources, audio level and channel assignment on an input by input basis, built in web server for control and set up from virtually anywhere with any web browser enabled device and full motion LCD display on the front panel for confident what-you-see-is-what-you-get switching.

“This is an incredible tool box that’s been added to the BrightEye NXT compact routers,” said John Pichitino, Technology Evangelist for Ensemble Designs. “SDI, HDMI, HDCP and now format conversion cleanly switched or dissolved in a box about the size of a club sandwich. I can’t believe all they have put into that small package.”

The new conversion features will be demonstrated along with all the other powerful BrightEye NXT products at InfoComm14 booth N1739 in Las Vegas June 18-20.
Based in Grass Valley, California and formed in 1989, Ensemble Designs is a leading provider of signal processing and infrastructure products. Customers include Lockhead, NASA, Major League Baseball, Olympic Broadcast Organisation, General Atomics, and ESPN.

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