Based around a Digidesign Pro Tools HD | 2 Accel system, the company aims to work in two main areas. At its base, out post will concentrate on utilising its vocal booth and 5.1 Genelec surround monitoring to record and mix voice overs, audio for film, television and gaming as well as supporting podcast creation and hosting in-house. Additionally, out post's extensive sound effect library will allow it to design audio for theatre and, "anyone else who wants it!" says Speight.
out post's Pro Tools system is fully road-ready - flexible and expandable enough to record any event, mix it overnight and have it online and available for download the next morning. Alternatively, removable drives on the system mean that any band can simply take the session away after the gig and mix it to their heart's content. The company can also host the downloads on its high bandwidth servers, and offers a PayPal-based e-commerce system to deal with the cash, says Speight.
"With our experience of gigging and touring as well as our understanding of the market, we became aware last year that this kind of service and facility was something that people were crying out for. The advantage we have is that we can send an engineer down with the system to ensure everything goes to disk perfectly, without the front of house or monitor engineer having something else to worry about - or learn for that matter. I addition we don't have need for the large numbers of staff, space and equipment that other, more traditional, OB recording companies need to provide," said Speight.
"With this business model we are confident that our investment will not end up sitting in a darkened room waiting for a client to book it. We can go to the client as well - so long as they have decent catering of course," Speight said smiling.
(Lee Baldock)
