Kahuna Production Switcher Family

4 M/E, 12 M/E and 24 M/E Multiformat Switchers with HDR Support

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With a worldwide heritage in live production switchers — from designing the first true multiformat switcher to the creative power and flexibility of switchers that offer all formats from SD to 4K UHD, and connectivity allowing you to mix traditional SDI and IP — Grass Valley brings you the Kahuna family of production switchers.

The Kahuna 4800, Kahuna 6400 and Kahuna 9600 offer more firepower and flexibility in the Kahuna family than ever before, including 4K UHD and HDR capabilities across all Kahuna switchers.

Together with Kahuna Maverik — Grass Valley’s Kahuna family switcher control surface — the Kahuna family provides a large feature set, including more power for M/E functionality and enhanced DVE resize engines.

The three switchers in the Kahuna family provide more power and flexibility than ever before.

Kahuna 9600
  • Up to 24 M/Es
  • 48 keyers
The most powerful switcher in the Kahuna family, the Kahuna 9600 is an enterprise-class switcher offering an unmatched feature set to meet the needs of the highest caliber of productions.

Kahuna 6400
  • Up to 12 M/Es
  • 24 keyers
The Kahuna 6400 delivers huge power and flexibility to the widest range of applications including regional news, sports production, houses of worship and magazine programs.

Kahuna 4800
  • Up to 4 M/Es
  • 16 keyers
Offering superb value for money, the Kahuna 4800 is an immensely capable and well-engineered mid-level production switcher.

 Key Features 
Creativity
  • Freedom in combining mixers, keyers and DVE effects to create any on-air style
  • Built-in intelligence allows the switcher to handle the mundane, freeing you to create great productions

Productivity
  • Dramatically reduce the overhead of show setup times
  • Advanced file workflow tools enable you to turn around content in seconds

Reliability
  • Designed for mission critical operations with a hot-swappable architecture
  • Innovative automated features provide even greater on-air confidence

Flexibility
  • Unique Make M/E technology allows users to select available switcher resources to create a tailor-made M/E for specific requirements
  • FormatFusion3 enables true multiformat operations, supporting any combination of SD, HD, 1080p (level A & B) and 4K UHD. This eliminates the need for external conversion, reducing capital outlay, removing system timing issues and saving engineering setup time
  • New FormatFusion4 technology raises the bar again, bringing seamless HDR capabilities to Kahuna. All inputs and outputs can independently handle HLG, PQ and SLOG3 for color spaced BT709 SDR and BT2020 HDR for workflows in 4K UHD and HD. The core of the switcher can also be set to the desired EOTF and WCG setting
  • Kahuna supports HD SDI, IP and 12 Gb/s SDI single-link across the entire range. For productions from 4K UHD through to HD, Kahuna has an unmatched feature set. Now all that switcher power can be deployed in the new and emerging IP workflows or 12 Gb/s SDI single link plants without any creative compromise
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 Specifications 
  Kahuna 4800 Kahuna 6400 Kahuna 9600
Number of M/Es & keyers 2-4 full M/Es each with 4 keyers 1-3 full M/Es each with 8 keyers 1-6 full M/Es each with 8 keyers
Max number of M/Es with Make M/E N/A 12 24
Number of inputs 48 or 60 Up to 60 Up to 120
Number of SuperKeyers 8 12 24
Number of eKeys (all with chromakey functionality) 8 12 24
Number of key layers 24 36 72
Number of outputs 24 as standard, upgrade to 32 Up to 32 Up to 64
3D DVE (Up to 4 channels per board) ✓ ✓ ✓
Internal ClipStore 10 outputs 10 outputs 20 outputs
FormatFusion3 on all inputs ✓ ✓ ✓
Fusion3 on all outputs (in groups of 8) ✓ ✓ ✓
Programmable outputs 1 per M/E 8 per M/E 8 per M/E
RGB Color correction (input and all outputs) ✓ ✓ ✓
Multipanel operation Up to 3 panels Unlimited Unlimited
Third-party integration ✓ ✓ ✓
4K UHD ready ✓ ✓ ✓

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Kahuna Production Switcher Family: 4 M/E, 12 M/E and 24 M/E Multiformat Switchers with HDR Support Datasheet
Kahuna Production Switcher Family: 4 M/E, 12 M/E and 24 M/E Multiformat Switchers with HDR Support Datasheet

Fully-featured live production at 4K UHD, HD and SD — for both IP and SDI operations.

With a worldwide heritage in live production switchers — from designing the first true multiformat switcher to the creative power and flexibility of switchers that offer all formats from SD to 4K UHD, and connectivity allowing you to mix traditional SDI and IP — Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, brings you the Kahuna family of production switchers.

The Kahuna 4800, Kahuna 6400 and Kahuna 9600 offer more firepower and flexibility in the Kahuna family than ever before, including 4K UHD and HDR capabilities across all Kahuna switchers.

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