UUUM builds its RUUUM studios around Blackmagic Design solutions

Magie noire Constellation 8K and ATEM Mini Extreme ISO mixers, Smart Videohub switchers and HyperDeck Extreme 8K HDR recorders form the backbone of the production systems at UUUM Corporation’s RUUUM studios.

UUUM Corporation is a marketing and communications agency specialising in the promotion of events and companies with the support of a team of influencers. The firm has a creative division, which usually creates all kinds of content to be broadcast via streaming. However, the real differentiating element of its audiovisual production is its RUUUM complex, made up of eight studios and a central control room. Tomonari Miwa, technical director of UUUM, explains the philosophy behind these facilities: “This studio is available for use by our UUUM creators, who can bring in their own equipment. Or if they have equipment they want to use, we can rent it out for them to use. If they appear in one of our collaboration videos, we handle everything from setup to operation.”

The complex’s control room is equipped with an ATEM Constellation 8K mixer and an ATEM 2 M/E Advanced Panel 20 device, two Hub vidéo intelligent 40×40 switcher arrays, HyperDeck Extreme 8K HDR and HyperDeck Extreme Control recorders and a Blackmagic Web Presenter 4K for streaming and encoding, as well as UltraStudio 4K Mini et DeckLink 8K Pro capture and playout units that allow graphics and subtitles created in this room to be sent to specific studios.

In addition, each of the studios is equipped with a number of Video Assist 7″ 12G HDR monitors/recorders. These facilitate the monitoring of the signals transmitted from the cameras to the switching matrices in the control room via an ATEM Mini Extreme ISO mixer. These devices are also used to obtain SDI signals from HDMI sources or vice versa, which are often used for the purpose of capturing video game footage without skipping frames. According to Miwa, Blackmagic’s product diversity and affordability will allow them to “adapt to meet their needs as they grow”.

ATEM Constellation 8K, co-star of the UUUM studio

The UUUM workflow benefits greatly from the ATEM Constellation 8K mixer. With its 40 inputs et remote control function, this solution provides the opportunity to create a modular design that facilitates transmission from any of the eight studios, as well as from the central control room. At the same time, since all ATEM mixers have the same interface, staff and creators were able to train with an ATEM Mini Extrême ISO unit and master the dynamics of working with it to broadcast over the internet.

“In addition to live streaming work, the ATEM Mini Extreme ISO is used by editors for switching while recording and then fine tuning in DaVinci Resolve Studio. It’s very useful when we have a project that needs to be finished by the next day. Also, by recording through ATEM Mini Extreme ISO, we can batch record a multi camera feed onto a single SSD, which is very convenient,” adds Miwa.