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Amadeus Design for Creative Sound
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PARIS-BASED Amadeus has completed the interior acoustical and architectural design of the new Creative Sound studios – one of the largest full-service post-production facilities in France. Amadeus undertook sound isolation, noise and vibration control engineering, and acoustic treatments for each of the company’s 10 studios. Michel Deluc, director of research and development at
Amadeus and head of Amadeus Labs, an integrated research department for architectural acoustics and electroacoustical integration, said: “We designed some specific sub-areas in terms of acoustics for the Foley studio, allowing engineers to utilise sonic variations in recording. Each sub-area of the main Foley stage has more or less high-frequency sonic properties and works in harmony with the main stage through a natural decay of the reverb time. We created a proprietary variable-diffraction system, using a wave-shaped ceiling, designed to neutralise the standing- waves without using supplementary absorbent material.” Matching Amadeus’ acoustic architectural work are the audio peripherals chosen by Creative Sound, including a 72-fader C300 HD Master Studio System and 32-fader C10 HD from Solid State Logic – the first digital console from SSL used for Foley and overdubbing recording – and the first ultra-large-format Harrison MPC5 digital film mixing console in the world. The MPC5 is the centrepiece in a new 480-cubic meter film-mixing stage that also includes Dolby Atmos immersive audio technology. French mix engineer Jean Pierre Laforce is currently in the studio working on the Foley for upcoming film drama Gemma Bovery. It will be mixed using the Harrison technology at Creative Sound.
www.amadeusaudio.fr www.creative-sound.fr
ON 20 February Audio Media visited Soundcraft Studer headquarters in Hertfordshire, where the company introduced its Vista X digital console, Infinity processor, and A-Link audio interface system. The event included a technology overview plus review of the new product from Andy Trott, president, Soundcraft Studer, and Andrew Hills, product director, Studer. “In developing the Vista X and the Infinity Core, we needed to provide a suitable audio interface system to
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ENTRY FOR the inaugural InstallAwards, organised by sister title Installation, closes on 14 March. The event, which will be held on 12 June at Hilton London Wembley, will recognise the best AV integration projects in the following categories: public display/retail; education; sports and performing arts; corporate and industrial; and residential. Entry is free – simply visit
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to fit into the Infinity Core’s server board. This is fitted with 12 A-Link interfaces capable of over 5,000 inputs and 5,000 outputs offering the huge I/O interface counts required of this new processing engine. A new D23m high-density
connect the huge number of audio channels,” said Hills. “Out of this came the development of the A-Link digital audio interface.” A-Link is a fibre-based audio
interface that uses a 3GBit/s data rate to offer 1,536 audio channels per connection. A PCI express card has been designed
I/O system is used to break out these A-Link connections to standard analogue, digital, and video interfaces. The A-Link interface also provides direct connection to the MediorNet distributed router, allowing multiple Infinity Cores to be connected together.
www.harman.com
12 March 2014
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