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Being based in an old Victorian school, some of our studio spaces can be pretty quirky.
 
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Clients & voices often comment that Studio 3 is unpretentious and has a homely feel - being disillusioned by the clinical look and ambience of so many studios currently. Other clients say it has a 'creative magic' - who are we to disagree? "Hi Dave, I just wanted to say thanks very much for your expert direction of the ***** audition days last week, as ever your insights, judgements and notes were fantastic and completely invaluable; the days felt like a great success and threw up some very exciting options" At one time this was Advision's dubbing theatre, but when we arrived in 1993 it was just a huge empty space. So MD & founder Geoff Oliver built & designed this large production studio with bags of natural light and an extremely generous ceiling height - refurbished fairly recently to what you see now. Studio 3 voice booth has enough room for large multi-voice sessions and group wallah. The booth is also large enough to light and film in - very important for those DVD extras. The almost cavernous control room can accommodate about 10 to 12 people and is large enough for true 'fly on the wall' filming. Over the past 10 years Dave Peacock (Studio Manager) has found himself specialising in animation dialogue recording & mixing - becoming the engineer of choice (as well as the preferred voice director) of many of the top animation companies throughout the world. Scroll down - this is a long page!The studio can lock to DigiBeta or MOV files as well as most other formats by arrangement - all displayed on a 50" plasma in the control room with a 42" plasma in the voice booth . The studio is also equipped with a full ADR cueing system - and not forgetting Dave's slightly esoteric ever-growing microphone collection. Naturally AAF's and OMFi's can be taken in. Complicated repair work is one of Dave's fortes. Neumann microphones & Focusrite Green Pre-amps running directly in to the digital desk create a very clean signal path into Protools. The best post supervisors are kept very happy! Since moving from Studio 4 to this studio 10 years ago, Dave has developed a fantastic reputation and has a loyal following in the animation industry, with literally hundreds of hours of award-winning material coming out of the studio. Usually three or four shows he's recorded can be seen everyday on British TV. Dave also provides additional casting and voice direction services for many, many productions. If you have an audio related problem Dave can normally solve it - or knows someone who can! Whether a simple straight voice record - or a last minute ADR session via ISDN to the States - or a full dub for a series, you can be assured that Dave and Studio 3 will provide not only a superb product but a pleasant journey arriving at it. Keep scrolling! Having learnt the technical aspects of the business at Ravensbourne College, Dave was originally employed at RadioTracks Studios as a Transfer engineer and runner. RadioTracks served many broadcast and corporate clients and Dave very quickly found himself in the studios running sessions for a multitude of products. After 4 years at Radiotracks Dave took an opportunity to manage the in-house studio of a publishing company. However, in 1994 he was asked to join the team at the recently established The Sound Company. Together with MD & founder Geoff Oliver, Dave has played a pivotal role in helping The Sound Company grow from 2 to 7 studios and become one of the bigger players in London's busy audio facilities market. Dave's vast experience makes him a safe pair of hands (and ears!) for pretty much any job. 
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