National Film and Television School Enrolls Euphonix

UK’s Future Filmmakers to Learn on Three System 5 Consoles

Palo Alto, July 16th 2008

Euphonix, a world leader in large-format mixing consoles and control surfaces, announced today the National Film and Television School www.nfts.co.uk (NFTS) has purchased three Euphonix System 5 digital mixing audio systems for their newly expanded film mixing department. Each console will be a 24-fader, 78 channel system with DAW control of Nuendo Pro Tools and Logic Pro.

“The teaching and engineering departments at the School, and our external advisors, all agreed that standardizing sound consoles in our three theatres was beneficial to the teaching program and workflow,” said Jon Houchin, Head of Engineering at the NFTS. “The Euphonix System 5 consoles were selected in the face of strong competition. The desk layout is very friendly and accessible – ideal for teaching the craft of mixing. Euphonix have pioneered a design concept that fully utilizes DAW control, from the editing suites to the final mix theatre. The System 5 consoles will play a central role in delivering the school’s modernized sound and music post production work flow and training.”

The Euphonix System 5 is a high performance digital audio mixing system specifically designed for audio post-production and music applications. Intuitive and easy to learn, the System 5 provides integrated machine control and a remarkable mix-automation system making the console a best choice for any post-production facility. Euphonix’ EuCon protocol extends the control capabilities of the console beyond the dedicated DSP cores to the outside world, bringing any DAW tracks onto the console surface for full control during mixing. The DAWs communicate with the console via the EuCon high-speed Ethernet control protocol which can seamlessly connect any DAW format.

Located in Beaconsfield, UK, NFTS was established in 1971. With 180 full-time students and over 1,000 part time students, NFTS is the only film school in the UK with its own film and television studios. It is also the UK’s only Dolby approved film school, reflecting the high professional standard of work produced there.

“NFTS is a short 20 minutes ride down the road from both the Pinewood and Shepperton Studios, who now have four, dual-operator Euphonix System 5 consoles between them,” said Mark Hosking, UK Sales Manager for Euphonix.”Following the lead of such renowned film studios clearly shows that NFTS sees the future of successful film mixing lies with Euphonix. Having NFTS as a Euphonix customer is not only a great privilege but also allows Euphonix to be part of maintaining the future of the creative film business here in the UK.”

A growing student enrollment prompted NFTS to expand from a single 5.1 dubbing theatre and a smaller stereo theatre to three 5.1 theaters. The three System 5-equipped Theatres will offer NFTS total flexibility in scheduling and work flow efficiency for the sharp increase in mixing Graduation Films.

The first console will be delivered this November for a January start date while the other two desks will be installed in March 2009.