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    • OVERVIEW

    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.

    In addition to FormatFusion I/O conversion for mixed format production environments, the Kahuna 6400 and Kahuna 9600 offer a large feature set, including powerful M/E functionality with enhanced DVE resize engines and 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 many new operational modes. Of particular interest to users of at-home/remote production is Maverik's ability to remotely control more than one Kahuna switcher.

    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.

    • 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
    • FormatFusion4 technology raises the bar again, bringing seamless HDR capabilities to Kahuna. All inputs and outputs can independently handle HLG, PQ and S-Log3 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

    • SPECIFICATIONS

      Kahuna 6400 Kahuna 9600
    Number of M/Es & keyers 2*-3 full M/Es each with 8 keyers 3-6 full M/Es each with 8 keyers
    Max number of M/Es with Make M/E 12 24
    Number of inputs Up to 60 Up to 120
    Number of SuperKeyers 12 24
    Number of eKeys (all with chromakey functionality) 12 24
    Number of key layers 36 72
    Number of outputs Up to 32 Up to 64
    3D DVE (Up to 4 channels per board) ✓ ✓
    Internal ClipStore 10 outputs 20 outputs
    FormatFusion3 on all inputs ✓ ✓
    Fusion3 on all outputs (in groups of 8) ✓ ✓
    Programmable outputs 8 per M/E 8 per M/E
    RGB Color correction (input and all outputs) ✓ ✓
    Multipanel operation Unlimited Unlimited
    Third-party integration ✓ ✓
    4K UHD ready ✓ ✓

     

    * 1 M/E Kahuna 6400 available on request

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    • PRODUCT DOCUMENTS

    Kahuna Production Switcher Family: Multiformat Switchers with Maverik Control Surface Datasheet
    Kahuna Production Switcher Family: Multiformat Switchers with Maverik Control Surface 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 brings you the Kahuna family of production switchers.

    The 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.

    Posted Sep 01 2020 (DS-PUB-2-0703D-EN) File Size: 8.1 MB

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