Harbor Picture Company has extended its partnership with Avid by becoming the first facility in the UK to install Avid’s advanced shared storage engines – Avid NEXIS | F2 SSD – for audio production.
The new installation features a two-media-pack Avid NEXIS | F2 SSD system, providing Harbor with 76TB of storage. This system can playback up to 10,000 audio tracks simultaneously via a 100GbE high-speed network connection. Integrating the NEXIS system helps Harbor meet production requirements across its five studios in London, including a theatrical Atmos suite, two Atmos Home Entertainment suites, and two ADR rooms.
Harbor’s Services and Facilities
Harbor Picture Company, established in 2012, is an end-to-end post-production studio specializing in feature films, episodic drama, documentary, and advertising. The company operates facilities in London, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. In the UK, Harbor’s recent productions include Eric, True Detective: Night Country, Star Wars: Acolyte, Scoop, Heart of Stone, The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, and Great Expectations.
Partnership with HHB Communications
In collaboration with Avid, Harbor has worked with HHB Communications, Avid’s pro audio channel partner, to ensure all product specifications meet the performance and workflow requirements of Harbor.
Statements from Harbor and Avid
Paul Sisley, Harbor’s Head of Post Technology, stated that the continued relationship with Avid and HHB allows Harbor to deliver content efficiently, even with demanding audio workloads and delivery schedules across different geographies.
Tom Evetts, Avid’s Chief Sales Officer, acknowledged Harbor’s longstanding relationship with Avid since its inception in 2012 and expressed satisfaction in providing Harbor with necessary equipment.
About Avid NEXIS
Avid NEXIS is a reliable shared storage solution for the media industry, offering flexible and scalable storage both on premises and in the cloud. Powered by Avid NEXIS | VFS software, the latest release enhances audio and video post-production workflows, allowing for faster project turnaround with integrated picture and sound processes.
The storage platform improves collaboration between audio and video creatives by providing easy access to audio clips, session files, and video sequences. This access accelerates sound design workflows and supports remixing, reissue, and music licensing opportunities. Avid NEXIS ensures the protection of sessions and audio files with reliable disk protection, automatic drive rebuilds, and high availability.
Additional Investments
Harbor’s installation of Avid NEXIS | F2 SSD storage engines follows their investment last year in an Avid dual-operator 48-fader S6 console, two single-operator S6 consoles, and an S4 console, all running Avid’s audio production software Pro Tools.
About Harbor Picture Company
Harbor Picture Company is a full-service production and post-production studio founded in 2012. Headquartered in New York, the company also has facilities in Los Angeles, London, Chicago, and Atlanta. Harbor provides a wide range of services, including live-action production, dailies, color grading, sound, ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement), visual effects (VFX), offline editorial, and final delivery.
About Avid
Avid Technology, Inc., founded in 1987 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, develops and markets software and hardware solutions for digital media content production, management, storage, and distribution.
News source: Avid
