Drop Ship Audio Furthers its Calrec Roster with an Artemis Beam for major TV Network Use

With 340 channels of processing and strong Bluefin2 and Hydra2 technology, the new Artemis console is being used on a successful reality show in its fourth season, built in a studio with a major U.S. network.

FREMONT, CA: Calrec’s Artemis Beam audio console is promising to be a hit for Sean Prickett, owner of the broadcast audio engineering business and leasing service Drop Ship Audio in Los Angeles, CA. With 340 channels of processing and strong Bluefin2 and Hydra2 technology, the new Artemis console is being used on a successful reality show in its fourth season, built in a studio with a major U.S. network.

Drop Ship Audio is not a stranger to Calrec. The organization owns two Brio digital audio consoles, the most influential and portable console in its class, and a Summa console. Concerning its new Artemis Beam, Prickett said, “We’d been looking for a larger, full size fly-pack console to replicate more of the experience you would have in a traditional TV truck. I mixed the previous three seasons of this reality show for a major network on an Apollo and the ability to have the same workflow and familiarity as the previous seasons made the Artemis an obvious and easy choice for our work on this fourth season.”

Prickett also uses Calrec’s Hydra2 networking features, which include scalable audio networking with other consoles and routers so that a wide range of inputs and outputs can be shared and managed independently of the location of the console. Five Hydra2 boxes for I/O are included in the existing setup of the console.

He continued, “As a company, owner reliability and support were at the forefront of the decision and we know that Calrec delivers on both fronts. Another big selling point is whether I am mixing a show or one of my colleagues is, I know they will be comfortable and familiar with the console, which saves a lot of time.” 

Dave Lewty, Regional Sales Manager at Calrec, said, “We’re always very pleased to see returning customers. Drop Ship Audio works with an impressive client base on some very high-profile productions. This is a testament to the excellent work they do, aided by the power and performance of this Artemis console with its flexible control surface and uncompromised overall quality.”