Neve Community

AMS Neve AudioFile editing system has played a pivotal role in the making of a new award winning animation “The Astronomers sun” – a 6 minute stopmotion film about a young man who visits an abandoned observatory to confront memories of his past and follow his father on a journey into the unknown.

The film was produced in the North of England. The audio track-laying and editing was carried out by Dave Aston at The Digital Audio Company using AMS AudioFile. Dave explains why he chose to use AudioFile for this project:-

“I used my trusty Audiofile for the track lay, despite having access to a PC
based DAW. I find the trim page so quick to use, particularly when I am
experimenting with overlapping non equal fades. The varispeed record
function also came in very useful for the speeding up and slowing down of
the orrary.  I also find it useful at times to drop tracks on top of each
other which, of course, is non destructive in an AudioFile.”

So far the film has won 3 awards – The Northern Futures Award, Rome International Film Festival and the Russian ISAFF Open Cinema and is currently being shown at film and arts festivals around the world.

More information about the Film can be found at http://www.astronomerssun.com/

German broadcaster ZDF has added another AudioFile SCX to their existing multi-site arsenal of systems.  ZDF have long been advocates to the AudioFiles editing capabilities and bought a number of upgrades last year.  This new system will increase the throughput of their post production department and massivley increase the capacity of work that can be handled.

ITV have ordered five AudioFile SCX upgrades and a 24 fader DMC console to equip their London Studios facilities for HD / 5.1 capability.  The DMC has been installed in a brand new dubbing room and the SCX upgrades are being integrated into their existing Logic 1 and Logic 3 consoles which are still going strong after over 15 years use.

The SCX upgrades will give ITV compatibility with the latest Avid and Protools software via AAF interchange. In addition, they have been specified with Blu-ray burners and Solid State Drives as well as SCSI drives. The 4 bay housings  enable up to 4 x 2 1/2″ SATA drives to be mounted. These can be super-fast Solid State Drives or 300Gb 10000rpm hard drives. The SCSI housing will enable ITV to still use their existing hard drives during the change-over period.

VGIK – Moscow State University Film School has recently taken the plunge into new technology with a large AMS Neve installation.  This new installation comprises a Dolby Premier dubbing theatre equipped with DFC Gemini console and 4 96 track CineFile recorders, A foley / mixing room with a DMC console and AudioFile SCX, A music recording room with AMS Neve Genesys console and 5 editing rooms each equipped with AudioFile SCX editor. Workflow for the new facility is provided by AMS Neve Starnet software which enables work to be moved freely between rooms.

Moscow film school was founded in 1919  and is, according to the institute, the oldest film school in the world. Students from all over the world come to Moscow to attend this famous school.  The competed installation was visited by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The AMS Neve systems are to be used to produce commercial films as well as teaching students.

Click here for the full story