Harrison Audio Consoles
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| Harrison Consoles | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975 |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Employees | ~50 (2005) |
| Website | www.harrisonconsoles.com |
Founded in 1975, Harrison Audio Consoles is an international company that manufactures mixing consoles for the post-production, video, broadcast, sound reinforcement and music recording industries. Harrison is currently based in a 32,000 square foot facility in Nashville, TN, USA.
Over 1,500 Harrison consoles have been installed worldwide.
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[edit] Notable Achievements
The company has gained numerous awards for technical superiority and innovation including the company’s founder, Dave Harrison, being inducted as a Fellow in the Audio Engineering Society for his contribution to "in-line" design of audio consoles. This design is now incorporated into the architecture of virtually every large format audio production console, regardless of application. Also tehy were well known for their excellent fully parametric equalizer and their powerfull warm sound (MR-Series).
In 1985, Harrison introduced the SeriesTen™, the world's first totally automated console. The SeriesTen used a series of buttons to allow 3 knobs to control dozens of audio parameters. The SeriesTen was the first console to introduce "layering" of console strips to reduce the size of the console control surface. These features are now ubiquitous among digital and analog consoles. A later revision, the SeriesTenB™, added a graphical display and control touch-screen which is another feature that has become ubiquitous.
More recent innovations include motorized joysticks for panning, realtime waveform displays from any source, and using open standards to achieve tight integration standards between playback, editing, mixing and recording for 'enterprise class' users.
Harrison consoles are modular in design. This allows clients to update older consoles to take advantage of new technology. There are many Harrison consoles that have been in continuous use for over 12 years, but are functionally equal to Harrison's state-of-the-art products.
[edit] Selected Clients
Universal Studios - Jurassic Park, U-571, Law and Order
Sony Pictures Entertainment - Pearl Harbor, Spiderman, The Simpsons
Westlake Audio Studios - Michael Jackson 'Thriller' Flyte Tyme - Janet Jackson 'Rhythm Nation'
Power Plant Mike Pela - Sade, Fine Young Canibals
Polar (Stockholm) -ABBA, Led Zeppelin, Genesis
[edit] Company History
1971 Company founder Dave Harrison, creates the "in-line" audio console 1975 Harrison Systems established 1975 3232™, the world’s first 32-bus, in-line recording console introduced 1979 The PP-1™ film console introduced 1981 MR-2™ music recording console introduced 1982 MR-3™ music recording/TV-3 broadcast console introduced 1983 MR-43™ music recording/TV-4 introduced 1983 HM-5™/ live performance SM-5™ house monitor and stage monitor introduced 1983 Raven music recording console introduced 1984 Air-7™/Pro-7™ on air radio broadcast and production consoles introduced 1984 HM-4™/SM-4™ live performance house monitor and stage monitor consoles introduced 1985 SeriesTen™, the world’s first totally automated console introduced. 1986 AIR 790™/PRO 790™ on air radio broadcast and production consoles introduced 1986 "Real time" interactive graphics offered as an option for the SeriesTenB™ 1987 AP-100™ on air micro processor controlled radio broadcast console introduced 1987 MR-20™ music recording introduced 1989 Harrison is acquired by GLW Incorporated 1989 SeriesTenB™ with new Mac based automation 1990 VIC – "real time" interactive video graphic display/control introduced for SeriesTenB 1991 Harrison implements remote, digitally controlled audio 1992 MPC™, Motion Picture Console introduced 1994 SeriesTwelve™ multi format introduced 1995 TV-950™ broadcast console introduced 1995 Pro-950™ production console introduced 1996 TV950™ honored at NAB as Editors’ Pick of Show for new product introductions 1996 Automated, motorized joystick introduced (now patented by Harrison) 1998 TV 5.1™ TV broadcast console with surround capability introduced 1998 LPC™, Live Performance Console introduced 1998 digital.engine™ introduced, supporting 512 channels and 160 buss mixing at 40 bit 1998 digital.engine™ MADI router introduced, allowing up to 2240x2240 audio routing 2000 Harrison is awarded the patent for automated motorized joystick innovation 2001 TVD™, Digital Broadcast Console introduced 2001 LPC™, Digital, Live Performance Console introduced 2001 MPC2™, Motion Picture Console introduced and honored with nomination for TEC Award 2002 TVD-SL™, Introduction of the Digital Broadcast Console featuring heads-up displays 2002 Pro950EX™ Production console introduced 2002 IKIS™, Introduction of the Harrison IKIS™ Digital Automation Platform 2002 MPC3-D™, Digital Motion Picture Console upgrade to the IKIS™ Automation Platform 2004 MPC4-D™, Introduction of the Digital Motion Picture Console with heads-up displays 2004 PreView™ displays introduced, displaying live audio waveforms from any source (patent pending) 2004 DTC™ Introduction of the Digital Tools Card with Film specific plug-ins 2005 Trion™ introduced, a Digital Audio Console with an analog feel and heads-up displays 2005 IKISdirect™, DAW controller introduced for ProTools and Pyramix 2005 Serial Supervisor™, redundant control system introduced 2006 X-Range™, Stand-alone, Native, 64-bit Digital Processing Engine introduced 2006 Air 24/7™, Small format On-Air console introduced 2006 X-Dubber, a film dubber (recorder) based on the Ardour open-source workstation introduced.
