Crosscreek Television Productions Embraces Bittree Audio

Crosscreek Television Productions is continuing to upgrade its fleet of mobile production vehicles with Bittree’s state-of-the-art programmable audio patching systems. Crosscreek’s newest project with Bittree is Voyager 11, an all-HD, 53-foot expando trailer that offers the largest production area of any truck in the company’s fleet.

“Our partnership with Bittree goes back to the 1990s, and every truck in our fleet depends on Bittree patching systems,” says Butch Mueller, director of engineering, Crosscreek. “Since live sports production is our primary focus, there’s no room for error and equipment changes often have to be made on the fly. The Bittree patchbays are highly reliable and we have complete confidence that they will always perform as specified.”

Mueller adds that Bittree’s unique programmable patching means Crosscreek’s team can quickly change the normalling with a single jumper, “a highly valuable capability as we adapt our trucks for different types of productions over time.

The latest addition to the Crosscreek lineup, Voyager 11, is a complete rebuild of one of the company’s original SD trucks to equip it for full HD production. Voyager 11 features a Grass Valley Kalypso switcher, eight Sony HDC cameras, a Calrec Artemis Light audio console and PESA Jaguar routers. The audio production chain is tied together with 24 Bittree high-density TT Bantam patchbays with an E90 rear interface.

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