Meyer Sound and Fantasy Studios – both major forces in extraordinary sound and
recording – are pleased to announce a collaboration on the newly re-launched
Fantasy Film Centre. Featuring a state of the art Meyer Sound cinema system, the
completely refurbished historic Fantasy Film Centre now has a new 5.1/7.1
monitoring system comprised of three Acheron 80 screen channel loudspeakers, 10
HMS-12 surround loudspeakers, two 650-P subwoofers, and a Galileo loudspeaker
management system with one Galileo 408 and one Galileo 616 processor for system
drive and optimization.
Fantasy Studios’ Director Jeffrey Wood commented, “Fantasy Film Centre was
constructed like a musical instrument. The clarity and detail of the room is beautiful
and it’s perfect for precision mixing. We are proud to have achieved the re-build in
an exceptional way, so that it is compatible and comparable with all of the top mix
theatres.’
“The Film Centre stage has solid bones acoustically, so it was a delight to upgrade
the monitoring to a reference quality Meyer Sound cinema system,’ says Steve
Shurtz, Meyer Sound cinema group director. “The room has a great mixing history
and now a great future. Sonically, the room has never sounded better, in the league
of world class dubbing stages.’
One of the most esteemed full-service studios on the West Coast, Fantasy Film
Centre and Fantasy Studios have attracted the recording, film, television and video
game industries for decades. More than 200 films – including the Oscar-winning
classics Amadeus, The English Patient & The Right Stuff as well as the cult classic
Blue Velvet and the blockbuster Boogie Nights – were mixed onsite. The facilities
have been used for post-production work on acclaimed films including Apocalypse
Now, Good Will Hunting, Fellowship of the Ring, Sixth Sense, Moneyball and many
of Pixar’s films, such as Finding Nemo and Toy Story. The Bay Area landmark is
where platinum recordings by Green Day, Journey, Aerosmith, Creedence
Clearwater Revival, Santana and countless others have come to life.
First opened in 1981 as The Saul Zaentz Film Centre, the refurbished 1820 square-
foot mix theatre seats over 50 guests and now boasts the latest technologies while
preserving the pristine sound and feel of the original. Originally designed by sought-
after screening room designer Jeff Cooper, Fantasy Film Centre’s renovation was
overseen by Bay Area engineer Jim Austin along with Fantasy staff members
Alberto Hernandez and James Gangwer. Key involvement came from both Meyer
Sound and Avid®.
Fantasy Studios has installed the Avid Pro Tools | S6 modular control surface in the
revived mix theatre.
