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One of the post-production engineers at work at the new facility of Cinematic Media, located just north of Mexico City, employing Red and RedNet components from Focusrite.

One of the post-production engineers at work at the new facility of Cinematic Media, located just north of Mexico City, employing Red and RedNet components from Focusrite.

Martin Hernandez, the Sound Supervisor and Designer at Cinematic Media

 

 


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Focusrite RedNet Interfaces Chosen for the Mexico-Based
Post-Production Facility of Cinematic Media


At the leading edge of Mexico’s rapidly expanding television and film industry, Cinematic Media’s new facility is fitted with Focusrite Red and RedNet interfaces, keeping its planned six audio mixing rooms connected for ultra-efficient workflow


AES Convention, New York, NY, October 16, 2019 – Propelled by Netflix’s deep dive into Mexico’s media-content industry, Cinematic Media’s new post-production facility, part of GGM Estudios and located just north of Mexico City, is poised to contribute to the growth of Spanish-language prestige content. When completed by the end of 2019, the facility will house eight stages/cutting rooms, all certified for the Dolby Atmos® broadcast immersive-audio format. Keeping the workflow manageable at a high pace will be components from Focusrite’s (booth 632) RedNet range of Dante™-networked audio converters and interfaces.

When finished, the audio studios will have a complement of six RedNet HD32R 32-channel HD Dante network bridges (one per stage), 22 Red 4Pre 58-In / 64-Out Thunderbolt™ 2 and Pro Tools | HD™ compatible audio interfaces (three per Stage plus Edit Suites), six RedNet AM2 stereo audio monitoring units, and six RedNet X2P 2x2 Dante™ audio interfaces.

“The work is already here, so we had to get started as quickly as possible,” explains Martin Hernandez, the Sound Supervisor and Designer at Cinematic Media (and a two-time Academy Award-nominated supervising sound editor), adding that the new facility’s location in a commercial area about an hour north of Mexico City offered them the room needed to construct a large enough facility to address Mexico’s burgeoning media business. Six stages will be open by the end of the year, plus the editorial suites. Hernandez says that the RedNet interfaces provided Cinematic Media’s facility with the technology needed for a fast start to a reliable workflow. The equipment actually came before the space was done, set up in temporary studios even as the facility itself was being built. The high level of efficiency afforded by RedNet technology meant that they could immediately begin work as soon as equipment was installed. A speedy workflow was especially important in light of the fact that mixes would have to be transported to outsourced mixing stages temporarily while the new ones are built . “We are cutting all sound to picture in this temporary space facility, then taking those tracks to a mixing stage for the client to listen to, then back here for the pre-mastering and final mixes,” he explains. “It’s rather hectic to have to travel so much, but it’s the only way to keep up with the workload while we wait for the soundstages to be built here. But the RedNet interfaces let us meet deadlines that we might not otherwise be able to. The RedNet units are reliable and easy to use, and they are truly plug-and-play. The Red 4Pre and RedNet HD32R interfaces connect directly to the three Pro Tools HDX systems we have in each mix studio, so we have a fully Dante-enabled network for audio between all of the rooms. The speed and ease of the workflow is amazing.” And so, Hernandez, adds, is the sound from the Focusrite interfaces. “RedNet sounds fantastic, and combined with the efficiencies it brings us, it was the right choice for what will be Mexico’s leading post production facility. No other system could have provided the kinds of capability RedNet does at that price. It is an excellent investment.”

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Photo caption 1: One of the post-production engineers at work at the new facility of Cinematic Media, located just north of Mexico City, employing Red and RedNet components from Focusrite.

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Photo caption 2: One of the post-production engineers at work at the new facility of Cinematic Media, located just north of Mexico City, employing Red and RedNet components from Focusrite.

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Photo caption 3: Martin Hernandez, the Sound Supervisor and Designer at Cinematic Media

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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