Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G

Blackmagic UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G

Get pocket sized 3G-SDI and HDMI video capture for your USB4 or Thunderbolt laptop or desktop computer with UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G. Featuring broadcast quality 10-bit video connections in both HDMI and 3G-SDI, it’s compatible with all popular video software such as DaVinci Resolve plus AI image processing and live streaming software.

This compact and portable family is designed for high-quality broadcast use and is compatible with Mac, Windows and Linux computers with USB4 or Thunderbolt 4 connections. The family includes two models, the UltraStudio Express Monitor 3G plays back to 3G-SDI and HDMI and the UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G captures from 3G-SDI and HDMI. The UltraStudio Express 3G family are pocket-sized and powered by their USB connection, allowing them to draw power from a computer battery. Both models work in all SD and HD video standards up to 1080p60.

The UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G is an input only model and captures from 3G-SDI and HDMI in SD and HD. It’s perfect for live streaming using software such as Open Broadcaster. Or archive from old broadcast decks into popular edit software or the free included Media Express software. Customers can even record from game consoles.

The UltraStudio Express Monitor 3G is an output only model, and plays back to 3G-SDI and HDMI in SD and HD. It’s the perfect solution for monitoring playback from popular edit software such as DaVinci Resolve.

UltraStudio Express models include fast USB4 with video capture and playback plus power, all over a single USB cable. USB4 provides massive data speeds, giving enough bandwidth to handle high resolutions, deeper bit depths and advanced frame buffer formats such as 4:2:2 and 4:4:4. UltraStudio Express 3G uses the DeckLink API, so almost all video software works.

UltraStudio Express is designed to support the highest quality video. Most software has support for capture and playback to all popular video formats such as Apple ProRes, DNxHD or even 10-bit uncompressed, so users are never locked into a single file format. 10-bit is the most commonly used television standard as colors can be represented with 4 times the precision of 8-bit video. This means customers get seamless VFX compositions and superior color correction.

UltraStudio Express 3G supports all popular video software, allowing customers to work with the software customers already know and like. UltraStudio Express Recorder 3G is ideal for live streaming with software like Open Broadcaster. UltraStudio Express Monitor 3G, meanwhile, is perfect for use with DaVinci Resolve for broadcast editing and color correction work. Or use other editing software including Final Cut Pro, Media Composer, Premiere Pro and more. Customers can even create stunning visual effects with Fusion, After Effects and Photoshop.

UltraStudio Express works with Fusion, which is the visual effects software integrated into DaVinci Resolve, as well as Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. Fusion Studio is a powerful node based compositing VFX tool with 2D and 3D environments, hundreds of effects and more. Plus customers can download and use Fusion free of charge in DaVinci Resolve. Customers can use the included Blackmagic Media Express software to capture and play back video into files that can be loaded into Fusion, After Effects or Photoshop.

UltraStudio Express 3G models all feature multi-rate 3G-SDI and HDMI connections that support all SD and HD video standards, making it ideal for worldwide broadcast video use. When working in SD, UltraStudio Express 3G supports 525i59.94 and 625i50 standards. In HD, it supports 720p, 1080i and 1080p standards, up to 1080p60. For working with 3G-SDI sources, customers can switch between level A and level B.