Lights, Camera, Mackie! Mackie Helps Film Students Take Control at Whistling Woods International
Whistling Woods International in Mumbai, home to Bollywood, is India’s premier educational institution for film, television and the media arts. Whether their focus is in acting, directing, scoring or something else, people come from all over the country—and the world—to study at this acclaimed institute. And thanks to Mackie gear, including the Mackie Control Universal, these students are getting crucial hands-on experience.
MCU and MCU Pro Control Surfaces are used to facilitate editing, audio mixing and even color correction; Whistling Woods has close to 60 of them installed.
“The MCU is a fantastic tactile control surface which our students use to control [Digidesign] Pro Tools, Apple Logic and Apple Final Cut Studio,” says Chief Technology Officer, Neelesh J. Bhatia. And thanks to the control surfaces, he adds, “students are able to do their projects more precisely, easily and quickly.”
The MCU controllers not only benefit students, they were kind to the budget at Whistling Woods.
“Considering the fact that we wanted to provide the most advanced technology possible to the students and stay within budget, the Mackie MCUs worked out great!” Bhatia says.
Whistling Woods features a full multi-track production studio, and several strictly audio-focused recording rooms as well as editing and mixing suites. All have state-of-the-art equipment, and Mackie gear features prominently. Besides the Mackie control surfaces, Whistling Woods boasts a Mackie 24.8 Console, Big Knobs, a pair of HR824 High-Resolution Studio Monitors, and as Bhatia says, “loads of SRM350s and 450s.”
We here at Mackie are happy to be playing a role in producing the next generation of filmmakers... Mr. Demille, we are ready for our close-up!
