The Roland VR-5 is an all-in-one solution greatly simplifies production, recording and streaming of these live events. The VR-5s innovative design incorporates a video switcher, audio mixer, video playback, recorder, preview monitors and output for web streaming all in a single unit. As a USB Video/Audio class device, web streaming is effortless by simply connecting to a computer running a live streaming service such as USTREAM and Stickam, as well as any video call service such as Skype and iChat. The reduction in hardware equipment, setup time and connection complexity ensures a worry-free, easy to use solution for any event.

The VR-5 is ideal for school meeting, churches, council meetings, corporate events, live web broadcasting - any live event.

Intuitive operation with Dual Touch Monitors
The Program and Preview monitors are operated by touching the screen such as when selecting video sources and PinP position changes. The sound from the sources can be monitored using headphones.

Simple video compositing
In addition to Transition effects, Picture in Picture (PinP) and SPLIT are also available. Simply select an effect and the respective video sources.

Audio and video from a PC
Connect a PC to the RGB connector for various applications such as presentation, slide shows and movie playback.

Full digital audio mixing
Two mono and five stereo audio inputs (total of 12Ch) are mixed with full digital audio processing. This results in a high quality sound with effects such as "Noise Gate" for reducing background noise, and a "Mastering Tool" to ensure consistent output volume. The "Audio Follow" function enables the audio to fade from one source to another as the video source changes.

Record to SD memory card
The built-in recorder can record the final output of the VR-5 to SD memory card. Up to four hours of recording is possible when using a 4GB card. The MPEG-4 capture format enables easy sharing of recorded video. The VR-5 can also playback video, still image, and audio files from SD card.

VR-5 Image Converter (Win/Mac) Software for preparing data to be played back from the VR-5 will be available from this website. Supported Formats: AVI, MPG, MOV, WMV, MP4, DV

Features

• - 5-Channel Video Switcher (3 video sources, PC input, video playback)
• - 2 Mono and 5 Stereo Mixable Audio Channels
• - Built-in scan converter for PC input
• - Built-in dual LCD monitors with touch control for easy video source selection
• - Three video layers for 2 video sources plus DSK (downstream keyer)
• - MPEG-4 player/recorder
• - USB video/audio class device for web streaming