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Simon Gershon, senior supervising sound editor at Videosonics
in Camden, London has embraced Steinberg's Nuendo Media Production
System and sees a great future in host based software for the
post production industry, with its flexibility, compatibility
and ease of use getting special mentions. Arbiter Group, the
UK distributors of Steinberg's professional products, paid Simon
(whose recent credits include Long Time Dead, Octane, Bright
Young Things and Dot the I) a visit to see how he uses Nuendo
and how in a very short period of time he has already come to
appreciate its power and elegance.
"I was interested in Nuendo since its early press, but
it wasn't until I actually saw a demo that I realised its potential."
He stated and went on to add, "I have to use a product
on a real production, rather than rely on the excitement created
from a demo. Immediately I put it to the test and was impressed
with the speed and ease of use. Particular functions which appeal
to me are the digitised picture facility, library software,
and ability to create complex sound design elements and mixes
very quickly."
So, not content with a demo Simon has decided to put Nuendo
into practical use. "Our next project is a TV drama that
will be shared between the AMS Neve Audiofile and Nuendo and
the project has a 12-day turn-around. The key here will be time
and the machines must absolutely respond with the speed at which
we think. I can already see how Nuendo will benefit us with
its user interface, its clear access to parameters and controls
and speed of editing."
When challenged about Nuendo's host-based nature Simon quickly
defended the case. "I'm not worried about using a host-based
solution like Nuendo and there are more and more suppliers of
audio specific PC's, so that's not a problem. What I particularly
don't like about some of the hardware-based systems is that
you need to buy everything from the same manufacturer, which
limits your choice.
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I even have Nuendo on my laptop and I can now go on the road
and do some editing, which can be crucial and in the future
I will probably even use it for location recording, which is
perfect. Recently we have been using HHB mini disk machines
for recording sound effects and atmospheres and transferring
directly to Nuendo via USB or SP-DIF for immediate editing and
compiling to CD. But if necessary I'll just take the whole laptop
and record and edit directly on that."
Simon's final words on ease of use speak volumes, "Some
systems almost seem to go out of their way to make things complicated
and Nuendo in comparison looks almost simplistic. You don't
have to open a million menus to get things done and subsequently
job turnaround times can be much shorter."
Opened in December 1984 in Camden Town, London, Videosonics
are one of the most advanced audio post companies in the UK.
During the past 19 years, the facility has grown from the original
three rooms to a total of six mixing studios (including three
THX film dubbing theatres), nine all-digital prep rooms, a dedicated
foley studio and nine editorial/production rooms.
www.videosonics.com
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