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Avid Pro Tools | HDX: Empowering Jesper Eriksson's One-Man Studio

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Sensors - Acoustic Sensors

Applicable Industries

Electrical Grids
Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Procurement

Use Cases

Immersive Analytics
Virtual Reality

Services

System Integration

About The Customer

Jesper Eriksson is a self-defined one-man band, operating Jesper Eriksson JE-Digital in Värmdö, Sweden. His Nordic broadcast clients include HBO-Nordic, Ericsson, C More Entertainment, TV4, Kanal 5, SBS Discovery, and more. Other output from his Värmdö studio includes Blu-ray and DVD masters for brands such as Sony DADC, Dicentia Nordisk Undertext. Eriksson has always worked on all incarnations of Pro Tools and has been on Pro Tools | HD Native since 2012. He is part of a worldwide user community of thousands and considers Avid Pro Tools as a cornerstone of his business.

The Challenge

Jesper Eriksson, an audio production engineer, operates a one-man studio, JE-Digital, in Värmdö, Sweden. His clientele includes major Nordic broadcast clients like HBO-Nordic, Ericsson, C More Entertainment, TV4, Kanal 5, SBS Discovery, and more. He also produces Blu-ray and DVD masters for brands such as Sony DADC, Dicentia Nordisk Undertext. The challenge was to stay competitive and take on large post-production projects for TV, film, and commercial clients that required more I/O and processing power. Working in the Nordics and in the 4K/UHD broadcast domain, Eriksson had to deal with a complexity of output formats on a daily basis. Moreover, working with audio in the 4K/UHD broadcast domain, with big surround formats, required a lot of I/O. His existing setup was running at 95 percent of the native system, which limited power for large-scale projects.

The Solution

To overcome these challenges, JE-Digital built a powerful customized audio infrastructure based on Avid’s comprehensive tools for audio content creation powered by the industry’s most open, tightly integrated and efficient platform designed for media, Avid’s MediaCentral Platform. To add even more power and flexibility to his workflow, JE-Digital became the first Avid customer in Scandinavia to purchase the very first HDX system in the region – currently the largest and most powerful HDX system available on the market. With Pro Tools | HDX, Eriksson was able to process, fix and QC over 2,300 television episodes from one major broadcast client. The power offered by Pro Tools | HDX is also being used for immersive audio at his studio. With Pro Tools | HD software at its core, Pro Tools | HDX offers a CPU-saving dedicated DSP, plus the power of the computer, to handle highly demanding sessions.

Operational Impact

The adoption of Pro Tools | HDX has taken Eriksson's production facility to new heights and has future-proofed delivery methods with the flexible license options offered by Avid. The integration with Avid Media Composer is seamless in Pro Tools, which is a great benefit with any video work that accompanies certain projects. The power offered by Pro Tools | HDX is also being used for immersive audio at his studio. Eriksson plans to work a lot more in Dolby Atmos and VR, another factor that prompted him to expand his Pro Tools infrastructure. The stability of the system is crucial for Eriksson, especially when working on major projects that involve converting an enormous amount of files in Pro Tools.

Quantitative Benefit

Eriksson was able to process, fix and QC over 2,300 television episodes from one major broadcast client in less than 10 months.
A single HDX card system can handle up to 256 audio tracks.
Users can run up to 192 physical ins and outs, and have the power to run many more plugins than a computer could process natively.