Specialising in short-form TV content, Envy Advertising has recently opened a new facility on Mortimer Street in Fitzrovia, London. Scrub, a division of HHB Communications, supplied the audio kit for the new facility, which concentrates mainly on commercials, trailers, promos, channel branding and web content.
Envy’s team of audio mixers operate three audio studios with large voiceover booths. All studios are 5.1 and 7.1 capable, and run the latest Avid Pro Tools HD 12 software controlled by 24-fader Avid Pro Tools S6 M40 modular surfaces. Scrub was on hand to help with training for the DAD AX32 converter systems, which provide high-resolution signal summing and low-latency routing of monitor signals.
The largest studio is licensed to mix Dolby for cinema and premix Dolby Atmos. In its other sites, Envy has a number of studios running Pro Tools software with Avid Icon control surfaces, so upgrading to the S6 was a logical step forward. ‘One of the first things that we liked about the S6 was the modular set-up,’ says Envy Senior Sound Designer and Dubbing Mixer, Ian ‘Arge’ Hargest. ‘A lot of our work is very edit-centric, so it’s great to be able to create a wider edit area with the modular system.’
Envy has been one of Scrub’s customers since the postproduction house was established more than ten years ago. ‘From day one, Scrub has been excellent,’ Hargest says. ‘There was no reason to use anybody else, they’ve been on hand all of the time. And especially with this new build at Mortimer Street, they’ve just been all over it. It’s pretty incredible really.’
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