Tailor-made for Massive Live Productions
Searching for a powerful 8K video switcher for massive live productions? If that's the case, the Blackmagic Design ATEM Constellation 8K checks all the right boxes. This feature-laden Ultra HD video switcher gives you 40 12G-SDI inputs and 24 12G-SDI outputs, plus balanced audio, Ethernet, RS‑422 control, and MADI digital audio inputs to the unit's internal 156-channel Fairlight audio mixer. You also get four M/Es, four DVEs, 16 keyers, four media players, four multi-viewers, two SuperSource, and standards conversion on every SDI input. You can take command using the ATEM Constellation 8K's front panel, which includes an easy-to-read LCD screen, or you can add an external hardware controller or deploy the free ATEM Software Control app. Built-in talkback is also included. To top it off, the ATEM Constellation 8K runs quietly and economically, thanks to its high-efficiency thermal system and low-speed cooling fans.
Enough I/O for large-scale productions
The ATEM Constellation 8K includes 40 independent 12G-SDI inputs, with each input featuring its own dedicated up- and cross-converter, enabling you to upscale any format to 8K. When used in HD or Ultra HD, you can connect up to 40 different sources in all formats up to 2160p60; when running 8K formats, you can connect up to 10 Quad Link 12G‑SDI 8K sources in all formats up to 4320p60. The ATEM Constellation 8K's 24 independently routable, fully customizable 12G-SDI outputs allow you to route any external SDI input and all internal sources to any of these outputs. Want to run independent program feeds, clean feeds, or outputs for onstage projectors or video walls? With the ATEM Constellation 8K, you can — it's like having multiple switchers all running at the same time with multiple custom feeds. What's more, all outputs contain embedded program audio, plus mix minus support, RP‑188 embedded time code, SDI camera control, tally, and talkback.
Multiple ways to take control
Here at Sweetwater, we appreciate how easy it is to take control of the Blackmagic Design ATEM Constellation 8K. For starters, its ATEM Television Studio-inspired front panel gives you incredible power with both PGM/PVW or cut-bus-style operation. You get the same premium buttons used on Blackmagic's full-sized hardware controllers, enabling you to take full command of transitions, upstream/downstream keyers, media players, and fade to black. Talkback is also on tap, and the ATEM Constellation 8K's LCD menus provide full access to all functions. Need more control? No problem. The ATEM Constellation 8K is compatible with the full gamut of Blackmagic's hardware control panels, including the ATEM 1 M/E, ATEM 2 M/E, and ATEM 4 M/E Advanced Panel controllers. You can also deploy the free ATEM Software Control application, which gives you absolute control via your Mac or Windows-based PC.
Comprehensive audio mixing
Mixing audio with the ATEM Constellation 8K is no problem, thanks to its built-in 156-channel Fairlight audio mixer. You get 80 mixer channels that are de-embedded from the unit's SDI inputs, while an additional 64 audio channels are input via MADI in. Each input channel boasts a high-quality 6-band parametric EQ, compressor, limiter, expander, and noise gate, plus you get full control over panning. Extra channels for the ATEM Constellation 8K's analog input, talkback mic, and media players are also included. And everything can be controlled via the ATEM Software Control application or a Mackie-compatible control surface.
Blackmagic Design ATEM Constellation 8K Ultra HD Video Switcher Features:
- 40 independent 12G-SDI inputs and 24 independently routable, fully customizable 12G-SDI outputs
- Balanced audio, Ethernet, RS‑422 control, and MADI digital audio inputs
- 4 M/Es, 4 DVEs, 16 keyers, 4 media players, 4 multi-viewers, 2 SuperSource
- Standards conversion on every SDI input upscales any format to 8K
- Route any external SDI input and all internal sources to any SDI outputs
- Outputs contain embedded program audio, mix minus support, RP‑188 time code, SDI camera control, and more
- Front panel gives you incredible power with PGM/PVW or cut-bus-style operation
- Front-panel command over transitions, upstream/downstream keyers, media players, and fade to black
- Built-in talkback right from the front panel
- Compatible with the full gamut of Blackmagic's hardware control panels
- Free ATEM Software Control application gives you absolute control via your Mac or Windows-based PC
- 156-channel Fairlight audio mixer with 80 channels de-embedded from the SDI inputs and 64 inputs via MADI in
- Includes additional channels for the analog input, talkback mic, and media players
- 6-band parametric EQ, compressor, limiter, expander, and noise gate on each channel, plus panning control
- Audio mixer can be controlled via the ATEM Software Control application or a Mackie-compatible control surface
