Wounded Buffalo: Creating Soundscapes with the Avid S6

Productions such as 'Planet Earth III', 'Earthsounds' or 'Our Great National Parks' use the careful soundscapes of Wounded Buffalo, British company that uses the table Avid S6 in your daily workflow.

Located in the heart of Bristol, Wounded Buffalo Sound Studios they have made a gap in the industry for his work for nature documentaries. Just as it says Ben Peace, studio mixer, these formats plan great challenges When it comes to capturing sound: "Most things are filmed with very long lenses. You can film something 400 meters away, but it's not easy to capture sound from that distance."

This means that when your computer receives images, the accompanying sound is sometimes minimal or poor quality: "In the field, audio is rarely a priority, or not even available, as shoots often capture 'never seen' footage in extreme environments. If we're lucky, we get some atmospheric sound. Sometimes they leave a remote camera with a built-in microphone somewhere, and although the sound can be pretty terrible, it's really useful. It lets us know what to aim for," adds the technician.

The turning point for Wounded Buffalo came with control surface integration S6 of Avid: “When the S6 came out, we abandoned ship and switched to Avid.” Jim Jacobs, director of the study, highlights the effectiveness of the table, as well as its integration with Pro Tools: "Everything is in the same place. The integration is perfect and provides everything we need for a session."

Going forward, the studio will continue to take advantage of the Avid ecosystem to create soundscapes, but also to build immersive audio to movie theaters that benefits from technology Dolby Atmos. “We are constantly evolving,” concludes Jacobs.