Prelude Control Solution

Bringing big benefits to small and mid-size environments

Prelude™ brings you the many benefits of affordable control for simple routing switcher systems.

The Prelude embedded control system is a key part of Grass Valley's solutions strategy to support small and mid-market facilities.

Amazing anywhere: Prelude is ideal for small studios, sports arenas, as well as corporate and university media centers. Thanks to its compact size it can comfortably hit the road even in a tight mobile production truck.

One outlay: With no separate hardware controller required for operation, the Prelude embedded routing switcher control system is a smart investment focused on giving you a great return.

Do the math: Audio and video output is the most important thing, and the Prelude's numbers make it happen. With up to eight levels supported, a maximum of 256 sources and destinations, and eight-character alphanumeric name support, Prelude is a great deal.

Where to Buy

Controls Concerto™ routing switcher
Up to eight levels supported
No separate hardware controller required
Offers four different hardware control panels (48B, XY, BPS,PMB)
Up to 256 sources and destinations
Eight-character alphanumeric name support
Configuration via Prelude NetConfig™ plug-in

Control Panels
PRE-48B
48 button control panel (1RU)

PRE-48B-GPI
48 button control panel (1RU) with joystick override

PRE-BPS
32 button per source control panel (1RU)

PRE-BPS-GPI
32 button per source control panel (1RU) with joystick override

PRE-PMB
Paging Multi-Bus control panel (2RU)

PRE-UCP-XY
Universal XY control panel (2RU) ½ Rack

PRE-XY
Universal XY control panel (1RU)

Configuration PC
PRE-PC-4000
Configuration computer, Pentium 4 rack mount (1RU) No keyboard, mouse or monitor included

Software Options
PRE-SOFTPAN1
Prelude Softpanel license: 1 license required for each active Softpanel. Licenses are individually node locked to each PC.

PRE-SW
Prelude Software CD and single system license

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