SoundStation hiring range boosted by new Fostex digital recorders

SoundStation, the company that specialises in post-production sound equipment dry hire for film and TV productions, has invested in another five Fostex DV40 digital recorders.
Twickenham-based SoundStation, which now has 15 Fostex DV40s in their hire stock, will send a number of the new recorders to New Zealand, where 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' is being shot.
The film, which stars James MacAvoy, Dawn French and Tilda Swinton, is due for release next year. The DV40’s will be used for the magless dailies system in conjunction with both film and HD projection.
Sound Production Mixer and SoundStation director, Oscar-winner Chris Munro, has notched up a first with Fostex PD6 in his recent project, the blockbuster 'Van Helsing'. This was the first film to be recorded on PD6.
Chris, who has just finished recording 'Sahara' (starring Mathew McConaughey and Penelepe Cruz) on PD6, said: “Van Helsing is the first film to be recorded entirely on the Fostex PD6 with DV40’s used for replay in the magless dailies process. This system has revolutionised audio for film.
"In the past, doing the daily rushes meant that the entire day’s recording had to be digitised in real-time, which obviously took hours, before it could be used by the editor. Now the whole days work can be imported in about six minutes, a tremendous saving in time. The is added bonus is the valuable metadata stored along side the audio for all the file information such as slate and take numbers, track identification etcetera. This greatly reduces the mundane housekeeping chores normally required of the editorial crew."
The SoundStation dealership have supplied a number of PD6 and DV40 machines for film and TV productions and have just delivered a second PD6 with the internal HD upgrade to sound production mixer David Crozier. He will be using this for the latest Harry Potter film – 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire', scheduled for release early next year.
The latest Batman film, directed by Christopher Nolan, is also being recorded on Fostex PD6.
(gmcg)