The Studio, Royston

The Studio is the beating heart of our work at Studio Holder, housing a complete finishing suite for end-to-end post production across broadcast TV, film, content creation for social media, and emerging formats.

Based in leafy Royston, North Hertfordshire - It serves as a peaceful alternative to the hustle and bustle of London’s Soho whilst offering the same functionality and tech found in a high-end facility.

The Studio is adjacent (1 minute walk away) to Royston Railway Station, and we have an allocated parking space. This suits clients who wish to drive to the studio directly or take the train. The train takes just 37 mins (fast) or 50 mins (semi-fast) from London Kings Cross or St. Pancras International, respectively.

Technical Highlights

All equipment/facilities is regularly checked and kept up-to-date. Grade Monitoring is calibrated on a bi-weekly basis.

  • Apple Mac M1 Studio Ultra (128GB Ram / 64-Core CPU / 32-Core GPU - Highest-Spec Model)

  • Windows 11 Pro (Virtual Machine via Parallels Desktop on the Mac Studio)

  • Colour Calibrated: Full UHD 4K 100% DCI-P3 (Cinema) and 100% Rec. 709 (Broadcast TV) Picture Monitoring.

  • Dual-Screen Monitoring (Grade Monitor + Secondary Monitor)

  • Internet: Gigabit Fibre Optic Broadband Connection (1000mb/s speeds)

  • Stereo Audio Monitoring

  • HD Blu-Ray / DVD / CD (+ M-Disc) Authoring Deck - for Authored Discs + Data Backups on Disc.

  • Microphone for Voiceovers/ADR: Rode NT+ USB-C Mic (24-Bit/48kHz) with Pop-Shield and Revolution PreAmp for High-Quality VO/ADR Records. Mic is patched to the suite.

  • 20TB of Dedicated NVMe SSD (40Gb/s Connection) Online Storage for Live Projects, Camera Raw/Rushes and Deliverables from HD/2K, all the way up to 4K, 6K, 8K and beyond.

  • 80TB (RAID5 Configuration) of Dedicated Network Attached Storage (NAS) with SATA III HDD - Offline Storage for Project Files, ‘Cold’ Rushes Backups and File Sharing between online suite + client computers.

  • Card Readers/Cables to access media on all kinds of cameras, hard drives, external devices

Software, Hardware & Toolkit

  • Avid Media Composer Ultimate 2024.1

  • DaVinci Resolve Studio 19

  • Topaz Labs: Video AI and Gigapixel AI

  • Adobe Creative Suite CC 2024 (Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Lightroom, Photoshop, After Effects etc)

  • Logic Pro X

  • Final Cut Pro X

  • Microsoft Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

  • Google Drive Suite of Apps (Docs, Slides, Sheets)

  • VLC, QuickTime, OffShoot (formerly HEDGE), Compressor, DCP-O-Matic 2, WonderShare

  • Plug-Ins/LUTs for all the latest (and legacy) cameras and external hardware.

  • WeTransfer Premium - Unlimited Uploads/Downloads + Unlimited File-Sizes

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