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Main workstation at Before Noon Post, featuring Red and RedNet gear from Focusrite

Main workstation at Before Noon Post, featuring Red and RedNet gear from Focusrite

 

 


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Focusrite RedNet Employed by Peter Cole at Before Noon Post


This one-man Studio City audio post-production facility is emblematic of Hollywood’s new post model that emphasizes high-quality boutique shops that offer efficiency and productivity and can focus intensely on creativity. RedNet helps EMMY Award-winning Before Noon Post do exactly that.


Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 2018 – Peter Cole first encountered networked audio systems while helping a client assemble a setup to review mixes in the client’s office. Cole saw networking as the ultimate in efficiency for audio workflows, so he applied it to his own facility, Before Noon Post, a 5.1-surround mixing suite built around a large Pro Tools | HD™-Icon mixing system. At this facility, located in Studio City, Cole has done projects over the last two decades for some of the leading animation titles and companies, including Fox’s Futurama, Comedy Central’s Kid Notorious, TBS’s Tarantula and Netflix’s F is For Family, while racking up three EMMY Awards and two additional nominations for Film Sound Editing, and four Monitor Awards for Film Sound Mixing and Best Audio Post Production Children's Programming.

At a moment when television and film have placed new premiums on quality productions at the same time that budgets are under pressure, Cole decided that networked audio was the way to go and has invested heavily in Dante™ infrastructure and Focusrite’s RedNet range of Dante-networked audio converters and interfaces to help achieve that. Together, these RedNet components have helped make Before Noon Post competitive by streamlining Cole’s throughput and workflow, and increasing productivity and efficiency.

“My entire signal flow is now all Dante, thanks largely to RedNet,” he says. “I’ve eliminated patch bays and tons of spaghetti wiring — placing the [RedNet] A16R near the speakers has eliminated about 50 feet of wire to the speakers,” he estimates. “It’s cleaned up my signal path and studio workflow immensely.”

Cole says the flexible [RedNet] X2P is able to sit out in the studio when he needs to record a quick voiceover and offers him remote control over all of its parameters while locking out the controls on the unit itself next to the voice talent, leaving them able to control over their volume and free to concentrate on their delivery. “They can hit a button or knob accidentally, and I still have full control over it,” he says. Focusrite really did think of everything when they designed these units.”

Currently, Before Noon Post is working season three of Netflix’s animated sitcom F Is For Family with Sound Designer Chris Trent and re-recording mixer Shaun Cunningham, and Cole says his workflow has never been smoother or easier. “I couldn’t imagine building a studio without networked audio, and it would be hard to imagine doing it without RedNet,” he says. “It’s made all the difference for me.”

Focusrite gear setup for Before Noon Post:

  • one RedNet A16R 16-channel analogue I/O interface;
  • one RedNet X2P 2x2 Dante audio interface
  • two RedNet AM2 stereo audio monitoring units
  • one Red 4Pre 58-In / 64-Out Thunderbolt™ 2 and Pro Tools|HD compatible audio interface

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Photo caption 1: Main workstation at Before Noon Post, featuring Red and RedNet gear from Focusrite

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Photo caption 2: Main workstation at Before Noon Post, featuring Red and RedNet gear from Focusrite

For further information, head to http://pro.focusrite.com or contact:
USA: Dan Hughley +1 (310) 322 5500 // dan.hughley@focusrite.com
Robert Clyne  +1 (615) 662-1616 // robert@clynemedia.com

About Focusrite Pro
Focusrite Audio Engineering has pioneered professional audio recording technology spanning almost three decades. Focusrite Pro, the company’s Professional and Commercial division, meets the demands of recording, post-production, live sound and broadcast professionals. It consists of RedNet, a fully modular audio-over-IP solution, and the Red range, Focusrite’s flagship multi-format interfaces, along with the heritage ISA range of microphone preamplifiers and analogue signal processors. Focusrite Pro products have been developed to meet the needs of the most demanding applications through a relentless focus on ease of use, quality and reliability. Focusrite is based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, with offices in Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
















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