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Award winning sound designers Radium Audio have used the HHB PORTADRIVE Location Sound Recorder to capture the evocative sound of the new Ferrari California for the car’s pre-launch, ‘teaser’ website.
Travelling at speeds of more than 200 mph on a test track in northern Italy, Radium Founder and Creative Director Andrew Diey recorded the car throughout its rev ranges, using microphone placements developed over many years of experience in sound design for successful car-based Playstation and Xbox games, and other related projects.
“The project demanded eight channels of high definition recording in a portable package, so the PORTADRIVE was the obvious choice,” reports Andrew. “The PORTADRIVE was recommended to us by colleagues in the film and gaming industries and I have to say it did a brilliant job. It was very straightforward to use, and made it very easy for us to audition the recordings as we went.”
The results will certainly stir the emotions of every petrolhead, and can be heard at www.ferraricalifornia.com
Based in London, Radium Audio Ltd is a music and sound design company, supplying award winning audio for market leading agencies, cg and animation houses, digital companies, game developers, brands and manufacturers. Further information can be found at radium-audio.com
PORTADRIVE combines 24-bit/96kHz multichannel recording on a rugged, removable HDD with simultaneous multi-format recording to an external device. Session based recording using either AES31-3 ADL or Pro Tools V5 formats simplifies production workflow, with high-speed file transfer via a USB/FireWire docking station. Three fully equipped 6-into-2 digital mixers are built-in, along with comprehensive timecode and synchronisation facilities.
Editors' information:
Founded in 1976, HHB Communications is Europe's leading supplier of professional audio equipment to the broadcast sector, post production facilities, recording studios, film and TV sound recordists, and industrial and education establishments. HHB has also established an international reputation as a manufacturer of innovative professional audio technology and recording media, distributed by partner companies in more than 40 countries and relied upon daily by audio professionals around the world. Through its specialist division Scrub, based in London’s Soho, HHB serves the equipment needs of the film and TV post-production community while another specialist division, Source, operates as the exclusive UK distributor for many of the world’s leading manufacturers of audio recording products, supplying the UK market via a network of specialist retailers.
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Broadcast Sales
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Tel: +44 (0)20 8962 5000
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Photo caption: Radium’s Andrew Diey with the HHB PORTADRIVE location sound recorder