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Euphonix System 5-MC
DAW Controllers Selected by Discovery Communications
Cable Network Buys Four System
5-MC Controllers for Ultimate DAW Control
Palo Alto, Apr 14th 2008
Audio Room 1 - One of four System 5-MC Integrated
DAW Controllers at Discovery Communications controlling
Pro Tools, Logic Pro and Nuendo.
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Euphonix, a world leader in large-format mixing consoles
and control surfaces, today at NAB announced that Discovery
Communications has purchased three 16-fader and one 8-fader
System 5-MCs for their in-house post production facility,
based in Silver Spring, MD.
The Discovery Production Center, which is responsible for
various post production and media creation processes across
multiple platform distribution mediums, specializes in sound
design, post mixing, and VO recording on a wide range of
program types and applications. The System 5-MCs will
be used for posting original programming, repackaging and
language re-versioning of Discovery programs.
“Even a simple re-narration, in which we just replace
the narrator, might mandate the creation of 16 or more auxiliary
configurations of the program – so any system we use
has to be able to be reconfigured quickly and easily,” said
Mark Edmondson, Manager of Audio Post Production Services
for Discovery. “The Euphonix System 5-MC will
allow us to take advantage of all the workstation offerings
available - Logic, Nuendo, etc. as well as our workhorse
Pro Tools systems - allowing us to create an environment
in which the re-recording mixer or sound designer can use
any platform.”
Euphonix’ EuCon Ethernet protocol
is the driving force behind the System 5-MC, offering simultaneous
control of both multiple applications and multiple workstations. At
250 times the speed and eight times the resolution of other
control protocols, EuCon elevates the System 5-MC to an unprecedented
level of integration with modern DAW’s. The control
surface itself features 56 programmable SmartSwitches, eight
touch sensitive knobs for plug-in and VST Instrument control,
and four touch-sensitive faders for accessing track levels & automation.
Because the Discovery Production Center runs a large Avid
ISIS-Interplay environment, there are not only Pro Tools
workstations, but also Pro Tools Media Station/Video Satellite
Workstations running in every Audio Suite in order to work
effectively off Discovery’s edit SAN. The Euphonix
MC Pro Systems have the ability to control all these applications
with the versatility of the System 5-MC. |
