Sound design and music production company String and Tins has installed two Avid Pro Tools S6 M10 control surfaces in the facility at its Fitzrovia, London base.

Installed by Scrub (the post-focussed subsidiary of HHB Communications) the S6 surfaces enable the company to carry out premixing up to 7.1, and Dolby Atmos and final mixes for TV/online. The facility also handles voiceover recording, ADR, dialogue editing, sound design, music direction and composition, as well as conducting music research.

String and Tins is made up of sound designers and composers. ‘The studios and team at String and Tins are unique, particularly in the musical approach to their projects,’ says Head of Scrub Sales, Ben Scully. ‘This is reflected in the design of the custom StudioRacks furniture, with the inclusion of outboard synth modules and other toys, as well as the layout of the S6 modules.’

The String and Tins team has found Soft Keys to be one of the S6’s best features, because they provide quick access to regularly used controls that would otherwise be nested in a menu. VCA Spill enables access to channels and settings in a short time, which is useful since the team group tracks with VCAs as standard.

‘We chose the S6 as it provides the most detailed control of Pro Tools and also seamlessly switches between other EuCon-based applications, which is important for our workflow,’ says sound designer and composer, and String and Tins Director, Will Cohen. ‘Working with Scrub has been excellent. They have given us incredible technical support.’

String and Tins has mics from Neumann, Schoeps and Sennhesier; Neve and API preamps; Pro Tools HDX systems with Apogee Symphony converters; custom Munro Acoustics/Dynaudio C3 monitoring; and Pro Tools S3 control surfaces in its smaller composition suites.