Fred Paragano
“I recently completed construction of a purpose built Dolby Atmos feature/TV dub stage in Los Angeles. Designed by Russ Berger Design Group, the project is paramount in its quality, equipment compliment and technical design. However, I never felt that I had a great solution for metering. I wanted a no compromise solution that gave me immediate visual feedback for each machine’s I/O in the room.
Finding the Post Production Metering Suite was one of the most exciting discoveries in the entire studio build. After working with a trial for a few days, I knew this was the solution I was looking for. It is elegant, functional, easy to use and interfaced seamlessly into the facility without additional expensive hardware.
In my room setup, the meters are showcased on a large ultra-wide monitor at the front of the stage just below the screen. At a single glance, I am able to see each of my four machine’s stem inputs, outputs and recorder print tracks with traditional style PEC-Direct metering. I can easily customize layouts, colors and scale to make it even easier to focus exactly on what I want and need to see at any moment.
Every project I work on is different. This means that each job may require an alternate set of metering from the previous. The Post Production Metering Suite makes it very easy to add, remove or modify on the fly without cumbersome routing headaches and setups.
This software is innovative and impressive in its design. It is functional, beautiful and easy to use. Truly one of the highlights of my new room.“
Bio
Fred Paragano, CAS is a Re-Recording Mixer & Supervising Sound Editor for television and feature films. He has been nominated for three MPSE awards, two Prime Time Emmy awards and has won one Golden Reel Award.
Fred began his career recording and mixing music for major label artists in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. His recording and mixing work has been featured on multiple Grammy-winning albums and live concert videos.
In 2003 he created Paragon Studios in Nashville, TN. The 22,000sf studio complex was a ground-up, world-class music and post-production facility designed by acclaimed acoustician, Russ Berger. The studios catered to artists and film/TV clients from across the country and around the world. For nearly 20 years, he maintained ownership of the facility until moving its current operations to a newly designed facility in Los Angeles in 2022.
In 2012, he relocated from Nashville to LA where he continues to remain active as a Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor & Music Mixer.
