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3 Ovation Overview
Ovation enables the user to run Cues of many Media and Command types, either manually like a spot player / cartridge machine or
automatically against Run-time, Time-of-day or external LTC or MIDI TimeCode. The Ovation Sequencer can be controlled from a hardware
controller, touch screens, GPIs, Sony 9-pin (P2) Protocol commands and MIDI.
Ovation consists of three modules, the OVPlayer, OV Controller and the OVSequence Designer / Show Controller. OVPlayer and OV
Controller can be embedded into the main Ovation application, or run stand-alone on the same machine or any machine accessible on the
network. By default the embedded player is enabled.
Ovation also includes the renowned Pyramix DAW. If you have purchased Ovation Platinum then the Merging Technologies hard disk based
video player/recorder is also integrated to support video Cues.
For many applications the optional Ovation hardware controller will be highly desirable. VCube fully supports the Merging Technologies
Virtual Transport technology.
Ovation Versions
Ovation is available in three main versions with a number of options.
Ovation Silver is the pure Audio Player with MIDI and GPI/O capabilities targeted at TV or Radio Broadcast, OB Vans or Museums.
Ovation Gold is an integrated Multi Media Player supporting all kind of Cues (except Video) with advanced Editing and Show creation and
rehearsal capabilities, typically for Theatres, Opera House or Theme Parks.
Ovation Platinum upgrades Ovation Gold with High Denition Video capabilities. By default, Ovation Platinum comes with one HD output;
additional video output channels can be added as an option.
Note that:
Ovation Platinum is currently supplied with RGBA, RGB, YUY2, DV25, MJPEG codecs and OMF is provided as a Timeline exchange
format. Please see below for optional hardware, codecs and exchange formats.
Items included with Ovation:
Installation Media with Ovation, Pyramix, VCube and Virtual Transport software. This Installation Guide.
Sentinel or HASP USB security dongle. The security dongle authorizes both the Ovation application and any optional features.
