Another flagship TV Show opts for Harbeth
AT the centre of a 5 million TV studio refurbishment are Harbeth loudspeakers. When Britains commercial ITV channel, makers of the hugely successful weekday series Emmerdale, revamped its Leeds broadcasting centre they had to have the best possible monitors.
After a year-long project, the Emmerdale studios now have the latest high definition audio and video technology.
The audio team at Emmerdale know how important well balanced sound is to their hit TV show, says Harbeths Alan Shaw.
I am in awe of how much technical crafting goes into a mass-market daily drama like Emmerdale. Every camera angle, every microphone position, and the smallest detail of lighting is pre-planned, weeks ahead. Nothing is left to chance becaue the cost of re-filming is so great.
The entire cast and crew are working extremely long hours, and thats where Harbeths natural sounding monitors really shine. Even after a twelve-hour shift, talented sound engineers go home unfatigued, ready to do it all again the next day: rare nowadays as more and more studios cut corners to save costs, and inevitably compromise their monitoring.
Harbeth was chosen because experienced audio engineers must have complete confidence in their monitors when making artistic decisions, and know they can rely on the traditional, uncoloured Harbeth sound with its BBC design pedigree.
Well done again ITV Leeds, for investing in Harbeth monitoring, just like your colleagues at The X-Factor!