When the Salt Lake City Mayor’s office decided to expand its campus into the block east of the library, Voices Online Now’s affiliate production studio, Metropolis Integrated Media, sitting directly east of the library, suddenly was at a crossroads. Owners, Brent Marshall and John-david Brewer, decided to see the city’s exercise of eminent domain as an opportunity to reinvent their business with a new location, a new building, and a new brand. The old Metropolis building has since been razed to make way for the city’s Public Safety Complex. And the former Metropolis Integrated Media is now Metcom Studios, Salt Lake’s newest resource for leading-edge creativity and development of digital media. Located just three blocks northeast of their home of 20+ years, Metcom is nearly double the size. And when you visit, you’ll quickly see that it’s poised to be one of the audio & video production jewels of the west.
Metcom Studios, the new home of Voices Online Now, will be located at 352 South 500 East. Centrally located in Salt Lake City, the exterior architecture and landscaping are traffic-stopping, ultra-modern, with a stunning interior that houses a most impressive list of recording studios, edit bays and sound stages. The last time a full-service facility was built from the ground up was STS Productions in the early 80’s.
In spring 2010 Marshall demolished the former Replicolor building and began an aggressive construction schedule. In early January 2011 Voices Online Now moved into the new Metcom Studios - custom designed from the foundation to the lighting grid. Their attention to design detail is not only striking but pushing the edge with the latest technology.
Metcom is a full-service production company with highly skilled directors, editors, recording engineers, producers, storyboard artists and animators, as well as strategic and creative resources. “I’m most excited about our new capabilities that our team now has to offer to our corporate clients,” Marshall stated. “These strategic relationships are producing great results and fueling some really exciting new work,” added Brewer.
Metcom is excited to continue their relationship with Voices Online Now as their affiliate production studio in the new facility. VON features over 400 voice actors from Dallas to Moray shire, Scotland. The company has found voices for local, regional and national projects for radio, TV, telephony, corporate and internet. Some of their clients include, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Bank, Plantronics, Verizon, Tellme Networks, Adobe and many other clients I’m sure you would recognize.
Voices Online Now also offers translation, localization, foreign language VO coaches and foreign language VO talents from their native countries. They have translated and recorded phone prompts for Merrill Lynch in 10 languages. Melaleuca hired them to translate and record VO in Spanish and Canadian French for 2 of their product videos. They also translated and recorded a Mandarin project for Verisign’s Chinese website.
Metcom Studios is one more jewel in the crown of Utah’s assets for attracting production business to Utah.
Metcom Studios Specs
Stage:
Sound Stage 36’ x 44’
2 Coved Walls with 8’ Corner Radius
Black Cyc Curtain
17’ Ceiling (floor to grid)
Acoustically treated for optimum sound quality
Large Garage Entry
Spacious Dressing Room
Visual:
3 Video Edit Bays
Film/Video Production Services
Video Switch Room for Multiple Camera Shoots
Animation and storyboards
Audio:
4 Recording Control Rooms
3 Studios
Isolation booth
C7 Yamaha grand piano
Foley Pits
Metcom Global:
5 Voice Booths
5 Language Coach ProTools Stations
Audio Master Control
2 ASL Green Screens
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