From its Nashville, Tennessee, facilities, Harrison designs, manufactures and markets large-format, professional audio mixing consoles for international film and television production, post-production, broadcasting, sound reinforcement and music recording markets.
Over the last thirty years, Harrison’s consoles have earned an enviable and well-deserved reputation for technical superiority and innovation. These innovations started in the early mid-seventies with the introduction of the Harrison 3232. The Harrison 3232 was the world’s first 32 bus "in-line" console. Accolades and awards recognizing Harrison’s technical achievements have continued ever since, culminating with the recognition of Harrison’s digital.engine™ as the largest console digital engine available, with up to 762 fully resourced channels available in a single console configuration. If the need should ever arise for applications requiring more than 762 fully resourced channels, then the system is designed to be linked in multiple units with a corresponding increase in the number of digital channels, all fully resourced with complete facilities on each and every channel.
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.
In 1979 the company introduced its highly acclaimed PP-1 film console which became the "Hollywood standard" for modern film console designs. In 1985 Harrison introduced its SeriesTen™, the world’s first totally automated console.
In 1989 Harrison Systems, was acquired by GLW Incorporated. GLW retained the Harrison brand name because of its reputation for superior products and a loyal, worldwide customer base. GLW's first product introduction was the release of the SeriesTenB™, an updated version of the SeriesTen™ utilizing a powerful Mac-based automation system coupled with new video interactive graphics for display of console information and the control of console functions through the use of an interactive video screen. The company's technological advances accelerated in the 1990's as additional resources were dedicated to research and development. The engineering team grew significantly as new, leading-edge work was commenced. The first fruits of these efforts was the introduction in 1992 of the fully automated Harrison MPC™ (Motion Picture Console) followed shortly thereafter by the debut of its sister console, the fully automated Harrison SeriesTwelve™.
The Harrison SeriesTenB™ with its new automation system and interactive video graphics was recipient in 1991 of the coveted Mix Foundation Technical Achievements Award for Console Technology the "TEC Award." Shortly thereafter, the first MPC™ was installed at Sony Pictures in Hollywood on Valentine's Day, 1992, resulting in the MPC™ being considered for a Technical Achievement Academy Award for its many innovations as the first truly fully automated large format film re-recording console. The ongoing relationship between Harrison and Sony Pictures Post Production Facilities in Hollywood has resulted in the installation over the last ten years of ten, massive, fully automated MPC™ consoles. The most recent MPC™ in the premier Cary Grant Theater was upgraded to fully digital with the addition of a 288 channel, 560 input Harrison digital.engine™.
The MPC™ and its sister console, the SeriesTwelve™ for Film, are considered the "world's standard." Both are repeatedly requested by technically sophisticated clients, worldwide, who require large, complex multi-operator film console systems. These consoles typically offer 200+ fully resourced, fully automated audio channels. Both the MPC™ and the SeriesTwelve™ are available as digitally controlled analog or as fully digital consoles or as an analog/digital hybrid configuration. This ability to be analog, fully digital or hybrid is unique to Harrison.
Although Harrison introduced the world to digitally controlled attenuators (DCA's) in its SeriesTen™ to effect digital control of analog sound as a replacement for antiquated VCA's, the technology was advanced in the MPC by coupling this technology with the concept of remoting the console control surface from the audio processing racks. This separation of the control surface from the audio racks allowed the audio processing racks to be placed in the machine rooms, thus allowing for sleeker, more acoustic console control surface designs tailored to fit the needs and applications of each individual user. This design concept was further refined with the introduction of the SeriesTwelve™. The SeriesTwelve™ modular concept allows different variations of the SeriesTwelve™ to be uniquely tailored for film, broadcast, video post or music recording. The first two SeriesTwelve™ consoles were configured specifically for broadcast applications and were delivered to WFAA in Dallas, Texas, a top ten market ABC affiliate. This is, in fact, the same technology which has since evolved into the TVD™, Harrison’s latest product – a digital broadcast console.
The MPC™ and the SeriesTwelve™ console systems offer a totally different approach to traditional consoles. This unique approach is achieved through two distinct differences: 1) control surface flexibility allowing a vast array of configurations; 2) the same flexibility coupled with the most advanced and sophisticated console automation in the world. Both the MPC™ and the SeriesTwelve™ are fully automated and are capable of controlling vast number of channels and even greater numbers of inputs. Both systems were quickly adopted as the benchmark standards for the worldwide film console market.
Harrison continued its
technological advancements and was awarded another TEC Award in 1999, this
time for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Sound Reinforcement Console
Technology. This award was granted to the groundbreaking Harrison LPC™
(Live Performance Console). The many, many audio innovations emanating from
Harrison over the last thirty years are almost too numerous to list.
Included in those innovations are the following:
•
Pro audio’s first 24-and 32-mixing bus consoles (to address the rapidly
escalating multi-track tape recording format requirements of the past three
decades);
• The first snapshot console automation system ("Autoset"
introduced in 1977);
• The first cinema sound multiple panning modes on each channel (to
fulfill client needs for complex multi-channel film sound formats);
• The first automated, multi-channel graphic equalizer (to retain and
instantly recall complex settings);
• The world's first "modern" film console, the PP-1™;
• The first "real time" interactive graphics offered with
the SeriesTen™;
• The first application of a motorized joystick for automated audio
panning. Harrison was awarded a U.S. patent for this innovation;
• The first digitally controlled attenuators – DCA's – to
effect digital control of analog sound to replace VCA’s;
• The first implementation of digitally controlled audio via the use
of a computer and a remote control surface separate from the analog audio
processing rack.;
• The first with truly large-scale digital engine (up to 762 fully resourced
channels in a single digital.engine™) with even larger systems available
by coupling individual digital.engines™;
• The first console manufacturer to utilize multiple, large format,
control surfaces controlling a single core of digital processing.
While Harrison’s
engineering efforts continually result in industry leading innovations keeping
the company at the forefront of console technology, Harrison by has always
placed great emphasis on customer relationships and extensive post-sale support.
Harrison’s prestige clients provide a continuous stream of ideas for
refining the company’s products as well as valuable input for developing
new product solutions.
This "application base" customer orientation provides a vehicle
for leading edge technology along with unique and useful feature sets incorporating
technological implementations not found in competitive product offerings.
In the fall of 2000 the
company moved into its new 35,000 square foot
facility. This purpose-designed facility allowed Harrison to incorporate under
one roof its administrative, sales, engineering, R&D and manufacturing
arms. To this day, Harrison continues the tradition of forward thinking that the company's foundation was built on.
Products and feature
Innovations:
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. The SeriesTen™ was the first
console to introduce "layering" of console functions to reduce the
size of console control surface.
1985 Digitally controlled attenuator
(DCA) used to effect digital control
of analog sound to replace VCA’s
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
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 introduced
2004 MPC4-D™ Introductions of the Digital Motion Picture Console with heads-up displays
2004 DTC™ Introductions of the Digital Tools Card with Film specific plug-ins.
2005 Trion™, Introduction of the Digital Audio Console customized for Film, Broadcast, or Live applications with heads-up displays
2005 IKISdirect™, DAW controller introduced
2005 Serial Supervisor™, Redundancy Control System introduced
2006 X-Range™, Stand-alone, Native, Digital Engine introduction
2006 Air 24/7™, Small format On-Air console introduced
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