Though not a name known to the ticket-buying public, ednet plays an important role in major entertainment productions. Recent Hollywood blockbusters Cars, the DaVinci Code, Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, and King Kong (which won the Oscars for best sound as well as sound editing in 2006), and such popular TV shows as South Park, Dr. Phil, Entertainment Tonight, 24, and The Medium all use ednet to accomplish key audio recording and post-production tasks. For 24 and The Medium, ednet set up synchronized audio links between mixing stages in Burbank and Santa Monica and the respective shooting stages in Chatsworth and Manhattan Beach, so that producers, editors, and directors could supervise mixes in between takes on the shooting stage. ednet can provide appropriate connectivity across town or across oceans.

On one of the earliest music recording projects to involve ednet – and one which demonstrated the exciting creative possibilities presented by reliable high-speed, high-quality digital networks – famed producer Phil Ramone used ednet’s services extensively to create the Grammy®-winning Frank Sinatra Duets album. ednet enabled Ramone to make musical magic without attempting the daunting task of getting each singer into the studio with Sinatra.
More recently, Bruce Springsteen used an ednet connection in his home studio to work long-distance with engineer Bob Clearmountain on Tracks, approving mixes and even adding new harmonica and guitar parts. And Santa Monica’s FX & Design has repeatedly used ednet on major film projects to link distant shooting locations with visual effects houses in Vancouver and its own offices in Southern California.

But the ednet connection is not always a long-distance one. In shades of things to come, some producers have found it more cost-effective to view commercial rough-cuts via ednet than to kill half a day traveling roundtrip from LA to Santa Monica or Long Island to Manhattan. Tom Ringo, chief engineer for film director Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black and others), recently remarked, "The ednet connection between his home studio and Magno Sound saved Barry enough time and grief to pay for itself in the first week."

"Top creative people want the freedom and power that high-quality digital communications can deliver, but they don’t want headaches – hardware, software, or otherwise," notes ednet's founder and Professor Emertitus, Tom Kobayashi. "I believe that’s why so many top creatives have put their trust in ednet. They know they’ll get the productivity boost and we’ll take care of the headaches."

ednet’s network has grown steadily since the company’s inception and today counts over 500 affiliates across North America, with another 200 associate facilities throughout Europe and the Pacific Rim. To find all the affiliates connected go to search.