Any time gear can be multi-purposed, it tends to be a big win in the church market. Typically, churches have tight budgets, and it’s important to get the absolute most out of each piece of gear. On the surface the AJA Ki Pro Go looks like a piece of gear that serves one and only one purpose: to record four separate video inputs. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find a remarkable set of problem-solving features for both small and large churches.For example, all video production rooms have converter boxes. These little fail factories are a necessary evil in the video production world—either to convert format, convert connector type, sync, split, or distribute, somewhere along the way you are going to need converters. Unfortunately, when it comes to keeping a rack clean and organized, these little boxes are a nightmare. So imagine if you could remove those little boxes and replace them with a single 2RU ½ rack width box which functions as an 8x4 matrix router, can convert SDI and HDMI and vice versa, and genlock your free-run video cameras to the house sync signal. The Ki Pro Go solves all these issues, while doing its main function: recording.
Multi-purpose, multi-size solution
Of course, smaller churches often use video cameras from the local big-box electronics store in their weekend services. Typically, these are going to be non-timed HDMI sources such as small camcorders or DSLRs. Start switching between several of these consumer-grade cameras and you’ll quickly notice jumps and glitches. These are jarring changes that just look bad on your IMAG video screens or your live stream. Without genlock, something most lower-cost video cameras lack, switching between cameras will result in a distracting, unprofessional video production. So if your church is just getting started using live video, and you want to continue to use your untimed, consumer-grade cameras, you will need to incorporate genlock. Enter the AJA Ki Pro Go.
Just run a genlock source straight from your switcher to the Ki Pro Go, all your cameras passing through the Ki Pro Go would be genlocked without the need for a separate black burst generator or the hassle and cost of running extra cables to each source, many of which don’t have the necessary ports to handle genlock anyway.Also, for larger churches with more sophisticated streaming ministries, Ki Pro Go can be paired with Ki Pro Ultra Plus for additional backup recording. Customers using Ki Pro Ultra Plus for multi-channel, ProRes recording can add a Ki Pro Go to output two full sets of H.264 backupscaptured from the outputs. Versatility has a huge impact on value for church productions, and the new AJA Ki Pro Go offers an extraordinary set of features and capabilities for church video ministries.
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