SKAARHOJ Color Fly fader-based camera shading and audio controller

SKAARHOJ Color Fly

SKAARHOJ Color Fly is a universal fader-based broadcast controller. Powered by the Blue Pill platform, it handles multi-camera shading, audio control and DMX lighting with motorised faders, four-way buttons and tactile encoders in one compact panel.

As a shading panel, the motorised faders can adjust the iris of up to four cameras at once, with instant switching to another group of four, while buttons and encoders give access to the menus and parameters of each camera. SKAARHOJ supports hundreds of broadcast, PTZ, specialty and cinema camera models from brands such as Sony, Panasonic, Canon, BirdDog, RED and ARRI.

For audio, Color Fly provides 4 channel strips with motorised fader, solo/mute/select buttons and OLED screens with live level meters, plus an encoder per strip for pan, gain or sends; channels from different devices can be mixed on the same layer. It can also control DMX through ArtNet-compatible lighting systems. Every button, encoder and fader is customisable in the Reactor web UI, and Color Fly can be combined with Wave Board and Wave Board Mini for more channels.

Key features

• 4 motorised 60 mm faders for iris, RGB, audio levels or DMX lighting
• 8 RGB backlit encoders
• 18 four-way buttons with display for camera selection, layers and presets
• Dynamic OLED displays for visual feedback
• Fully customisable via the Reactor web UI
• 1G Ethernet with Power over Ethernet (PoE)
• Expandable with Wave Board and Wave Board Mini
• Designed and made in Denmark

Compatibility

• Hundreds of camera models from Sony, Panasonic, Canon, BirdDog, RED, ARRI and more
• Audio devices and software such as Yamaha, Grass Valley AMPP Audio Mixer, vMix and Waves Cloud MX
• DMX lighting through ArtNet-compatible systems
• SKAARHOJ panels such as Wave Board, Wave Board Mini, Master Key One, Air Fly Pro and PTZ controllers

Notes

• Ethernet cable not included: SKAARHOJ recommends Cat 6 S/FTP or better.

In the box

• Controller
• 12V power supply (PHIHONG PSA15R-120P, 12V/1.25A, 1.5 m cable, EU/GB/US/AU plug depending on the destination country)
• Getting Started Guide

Specifications

• Controls: 4 x motorised 60 mm fader, 8 x encoder, 18 x elastomer four-way button with display, 12 x elastomer two-way button
• Displays: programmable OLED tiles on buttons, encoders and channel strips
• Networking: 1G Ethernet with Power over Ethernet (PoE IEEE802.3af/t)
• Power: 12V DC jack (5.5 x 2.1 x 10 mm, centre positive) or PoE IEEE802.3af/t
• Service port: Micro USB for setting a manual IP address
• Peripherals: USB-A 2.0 (500 mA) for Stream Deck, X-keys, additional network adapters, frame grabbers etc.
• Platform: Blue Pill (Reactor, Device Cores, skaarOS Linux), full Reactor and Device Core licenses included
• Weight: 1394 g
• Dimensions (technical drawing): 258 mm wide, 178 mm deep, height 46 to 72 mm
• Country of origin: Denmark