RECKEEN Rental

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Reckeen Rental is a new type of service that benefits resellers and distributors, giving them an opportunity for their business to grow and earn more money, without making big investments or undertaking risks.

What do we offer?

Reckeen Rental system offers a fully operational, ready-to-use TV broadcasting and video production system.  Our solutions are perfect for education, small video production studios, local TV stations, corporate TV and video productions, YouTube and Twitch video streamers.

Reckeen Rental package contains:

  • Virtual Studio – 2 versions of our virtual studios are included – Reckeen 3D Studio, and Reckeen Lite. Both of them are high-quality virtual TV studio systems that support 4K resolution and NDI compression formats. The systems come with a 3D Wizard editor that allows even inexperienced users to design their own high-quality virtual studio sets from scratch.
  • Over 50 ready-to-use, top-quality 3D virtual studio sets that can be fully customized, in an easy way, using our editor.
  • VKey-100 – specially designed control panel for our 3D studio, that gives you precise control over real-time video operations
  • MVP-100 – advanced, 4K quality video processor for universal use that mimics multicamera live production, using static cameras. It operates on 8 independent active areas that can be animated in real time
  • MVPKey-100 – control panel dedicated for MVP-100
  • ADB100 – an external audio module equipped with professional inputs and connections with the highest AES / EBU signal quality (AES3)
  • (optional) PC that meets the specifications to operate our solutions smoothly

The overall MSRP value of this package is over €20,000.

Additionally, Reckeen Rental service provides:

  • Free system updates and patches
  • Free full technical support
  • Free service
  • Free promotional materials (in digital format, print-ready)
  • License management system
  • Video tutorials and trainings

Finances, costs and investments.

Reckeen Rental finances focus on flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Flexibility lets the business partners define their own prize for the final customer. Cost effectiveness lets the customers define the rental period according to their needs.

  • Initial investments are based on a refundable deposit of €1,999 (option without a PC) or €3,500 (option with a PC). For that price you get all of the products included in the package.
  • The minimal monthly threshold that a business partner is required to hit is only €100 (if the package without a PC was chosen) or €200 (if a package with a PC was chosen).If there are not enough rentals in a given month to reach the threshold, the amount of €100 or €200 (depending on the package) will be deducted from your deposit.
  • Additionally, a commission to our partner is granted at any sales that result from the Reckeen Rental program.

Daily and weekly rental rates for the customers are defined by business partners.

Reckeen charges business partners the following rates:

Reckeen Rental Package 
ITEMDay rateWeekly Rate
MVP 100 4K switcher & scaler€30.00€98.00
4K Virtual 3D Studio & Lite€100.00€300.00

Note: ADB-100 is an addition to our solutions and can be added free-of-charge to any rentals, on customer’s request.

Comparisons of similar offers available on the market

ITEMInitial investment***Daily rate ** Weekly rate **
DATAVIDEO SE500– 4 Channel Digital Video Switcher $1,100$25$75
Blackmagic Design ATEM Production Studio 4K Live Switcher$,1695$50$150
MVP-100 with MVPkey-100
€3,500€60*€200*
3D Studio with VKey-100
€200*€500*
Streamstar X4 Production Switcher
$5,999$250$750
Live Stream HD 550 Production Switcher 4K edition
$9,999$375$825
Tricaster Mini SDI w/ Control Surface  $11,995$325$975
NewTek TriCaster 460  $14,995$675$2,000

How to join Reckeen Rental

  • Send us an email to sales@reckeen.com expressing your interest and providing description of your business.
  • We present you with a contract.
  • The contract is signed for 6-month period. We can extend the contract for another 6 months on your request. On renewal, you can acquire an additional license. Everything will be managed from your online account.

Responsibilities

Reckeen’s responsibilitiesBusiness partners responsibilities
  • Deliver fully working, tested Reckeen Rental broadcasting system.
  • Manage business partner’s online account and license system maintenance
  • Provide:
    • Free system updates and patches
    • Free technical support
    • Free service
    • Promotional materials
  • Pay a refundable deposit
  • Insure the equipment – in case of equipment’s theft or destruction you agree to repay full replacement value.
  • Take care of the equipment provided by us and its’ return at the end of the agreement.
  • Learn and gain experience about our products, e.g. by watching video tutorials.

Contract termination

If our contract does not satisfy you, you can terminate it at any time. We return your deposit (reduced by any outstanding fees or any costs associated with damage not resulting from equipment’s use, if any).

DISCOUNT

If your customer provides us the right to publish 1-minute video created with Reckeen® system – you and your customer are entitled to a discount.

Provided materials will only be used to promote Reckeen® products.

Reckeen 3D Studio and NDI CG and DSK

DOWNSTREAM KEY – DSK FUNCTION

DSK functions are placed in the area on the right side of the vision mixer. The Switcher allows you to decide which source or which image from the inside of a virtual studio V/C is aired. However, no program can go without graphics and text panels. They are put into the broadcasted signal in the final step, on separate layers, in the form of overlays on the main signal. They are commonly referred to as DSK (Downstream Key).

Usually, panels with captions, still graphics or short computer animations are used on DSK layers. For their preparation, video formats or graphic files with a definition of transparency (i.e. alpha channel/ alpha) should be used. In the case where a signal from a camera is used as DSK, it should be connected with keying. The Reckeen 3D Studio system is equipped to support NDI sources as 2 x DSK inputs. Thanks to that you can use your favourite application that generates text and graphics on your laptop and sent it via NDI direct to DSK in Reckeen 3D Studio.

4 x SDI and Genlock in Reckeen 3D Studio PRO!

Reckeen 3D Studio PRO is supported by a very strong hardware platform on which products such as MVP-100 are based. In the first version of firmware, this new platform will extend the capabilities with such features: inputs will support 4 x 3G SDI, 2 X 12G SDI, outputs will support 4 x 3G SDI and 2 x 12G SDI, Independent Program Out will be available on the HDMI output, and the new platform will also support Genlock REF in and Loop.

In the future, depending on the market demand, we plan to increase the number of inputs to 8 x SDI and additional 2 x HDMI v2.0 inputs. As for the outputs of the hardware capabilities, it will be extended to up to 8 x SDI and 2 x HDMI.

The platform is connected to a workstation via the IPass PCI express standard. IPass standard offers a full interconnect system that enables flexible speed and supports Reckeen 3D Studio applications.

Regarding analogue and digital audio, the new platform supports Audio Link interfaces, through which you can connect ADB-100. The use of RJ45 cable and Audio Link technology enables transferring all inputs and outputs stream to greater distances (with a single RJ45 cable). That is why this device can be placed either directly in a studio or on a stage, which enables a user to separate a recording studio from a closed and acoustically isolated control room in which Reckeen 3D Studio Pro platform is installed. The sound transferred digitally from ADB-100 device through RJ 45 connector maintains the highest quality.

Our extended version of Reckeen 3D studio – Reckeen 3D Studio PRO, will be the strongest version by far and it is dedicated to professional broadcasting market. Reckeen 3D Studio PRO will be available from May 2019.

Reckeen 3D Studio controls Blackmagic Design devices via IP protocol

By using our PRODUCTION module in Reckeen 3D Studio you can combine several functions creating a command sequence that can be programmed to be executed by one of the Trigger banks. A Trigger bank can be triggered automatically with a single button. The functions are then triggered one after the other, creating interesting sequences.

At present we are extended the number of functions with the ability to control external devices such as, for example, Blackmagic products via IP protocols or Reckeen MVP-100.

Therefore, a Trigger is a programmed sequence of preset functions, which can be connected with any device via IP protocols using a single button. Thanks to that you can control functions such as– Play, Stop in your Player or, for instance, control DSK in the PRODUCTION module.

Reckeen 3D Studio and additional 15 LCD keys!

Stream Deck puts 15 LCD keys at your fingertips for ultimate 3D Studio control. Simply tap to switch scenes, launch media or trigger any programming functions from a long list provided by 3D Studio. Personalize your keys with custom icons (image or animation) or choose from them from a library, and get visual feedback every time you execute a command.

Stream Deck puts 15 LCD keys at your fingertips for ultimate 3D Studio control. Simply tap to switch scenes, launch media or trigger any programming functions from a long list provided by 3D Studio. Personalize your keys with custom icons (image or animation) or choose from them from a library, and get visual feedback every time you execute a command.

Reckeen 3D Studio and 3D Animations

2 new features are coming soon in the next free update release of Reckeen 3D Studio:

Animations of any 3D object on a scene

Moving animations can be added to any object. For example, a graph or a monitor can suddenly appear in a form of moving animations.
Simple object can be animated in 3 phases (intro, maintenance, outro).

Intro:

  • set duration of a phase
  • rotate object around x,y,z axis
  • move object from x,y,z offset to current object position
  • zoom out from 0 to 100% size

Maintenance:

  • set duration of a phase
  • rotate object around x,y,z axis
  • move object by x,y,z offset and back to current position
  • zoom from 100% size, then 0 size  and back to 100% size
  • single animation
  • loop animation
  • ping-pong rotation
  • phase activated by a trigger or automatically when intro phase is finished.

Outro:

  • set duration of a phase
  • rotate object around x,y,z, axis
  • move object by x,y,z offset
  • zoom out to 0 size
  • phase activated by a trigger or automatically when maintenance phase is finished.

Import and play animated objects from 3D programs

(e.g. an airplane model can be inserted and spread into parts – if the animation is prepared in a correct way as stated below)

Reckeen 3D Studio enables you to insert 3D animations that are built based on position, rotation and scale modifications. Currently, we do not support bone animation yet (Rigid body). Any object that has the parameter “Animated Yes” in its specification means that such animation can be inserted. An object with an additional “Rigged” option (bone / skeleton animation) will be treated as an ordinary object. Reckeen 3D Studio supports and recommends animations in FBX format.

There are many portals with free and paid objects and animations, such as:

https://free3d.com/3d-models/animated-fbx

You can search for animations in different categories: Architecture, Vehicles, Characters, Furniture, Electronics, Animals, Plants, Sports, Food, and Anatomy and choose from ready animated objects.

Animations can be very useful for example in medical applications – we can animate a human body – e.g. animation of blood flow, animation of removing an organ to see what’s behind it, etc.

Both of these new features will help to liven up your 3D set design.

Reckeen 3D Studio – the new release

Regarding changes in the next version 1.3.20271:

  • Shadows in basic materials – Our Squat sets scenography, in the version with burnt textures, has now added shadows. To see the full effect in Squat sets, please download the current version of the scenography, from our website DOWLOADS/ RECKEEN 3D STUDIO / SYSTEM FILES / Squat sets
  • Dual gain & audio mono.
    Education market often uses wireless microphones, and that’s why we added a mono switch for rope inputs and additional gain in case of a lower level signal from the pre-amplifier. It is also important to use a correct cable – mono cable for Jack 6.3mm. Now you can connect four of such microphones, two to the input JACK 6.3mm and another two to the input of XLR.
  • Vkey-100 firmware update – T-bar position fixed
  • Support for new motherboards family Z390
  • Facebook plugin updated
  • NDI module updated

Mobile Reckeen 3D Studio in Edge from NextComputing

Reckeen 3D studio will soon be available in a powerful compact tower as a portable version of Reckeen 3D Studio.  Powerhouse Edge D100 by NextComputing  is streamlined, high-performance and optimized for portable version of our Reckeen 3D Studio.  All versions of hardware cards from 4 x HDMI up to 3G/12G SDI will be available with this version of Reckeen 3D studio.

This mobile studio does not have an internal audio panel, but it is offered together with our Audio Digital Box ADB-100.  Reckeen 3D Studio in portable version is equipped with integrated 17.3” Full HD LCD monitor. The weight of this system is only about 10kg, and that’s what makes it very portable.

Additionally, if you do not need the Audio Digital Box and/or VKey 100 control panel, the system can be also used without it, which further increases its portability.  The Portable Reckeen 3D Studio is available only for specific orders.