Case Study

Data wrangling at 200mph

“I expected offloads to take 3-4 hours. They finished in minutes. I brought the whole crew over to watch it happen.” 

Producer, AdAM Horner

On a high-speed shoot with limited crew and zero downtime, Just Hands producer Adam Horner needed a workflow that could keep up. With iodyne Pro Data, his media offloads went from hours to minutes—transforming sleepless nights into smooth wrap days.

“A production pit crew”

Led by producer Adam Horner, Sonic Gods is a versatile studio blending original TV, documentaries, and commercial work. With their latest project Just Hands, a new docuseries premiering on Amazon Prime Video, Adam and his team followed quadriplegic race car driver Torsten Gross on a mission to defy the odds in high-performance GT racing.

Each shoot day took place in active pit lane environments where space was at a premium. Every corner was spoken for—between crew gear, track operations, and race cars, there was barely room to stand, let alone wheel in a full DIT setup. “A DIT cart would’ve been a luxury,” Adam says. With a five-to-six person crew, they had to be mobile and efficient. Everyone was wearing multiple hats, and for Adam, that also meant handling all the data wrangling himself—on top of producing and working with camera and editorial teams.

Key ingredients

  • Main Cameras: Sony FX6, FX3, A7S

  • Car Cams: 7x GoPro (5K RAW), GoPro 360

  • Drone: DJI Maviq3

  • Resolution: Mixed 4K–5K RAW

  • Shoot Days: 5–6 days per episode

  • Data Load: 2–3TB per day

  • Computer: MacBook Pro M1, 14″

  • Ingest Drive: iodyne Pro Data

Before iodyne: Long nights and constant risk

Founder and producer Adam Horner is used to adapting to the demands of small to mid-sized productions—juggling creative, technical, and logistical roles on set. So he is familiar with data nightmares and sleepless nights.

“Spinning drives always cause issues on docu-series type projects.” 

2-Bay drives died on Adam multiple times. On top of that, the support process, products in stock did not deliver for him. Shooting the first 3 episodes of Just Hands, Adam was running production while wrangling data solo. With 4–6 cameras rolling and spinning drives for storage, every offload was a slow-motion endurance test. “I’d be lucky to get an hour of sleep,” Adam says. He was often still clearing cards while prepping for the next day’s shoot. Hats off to our partner Rich Merritt at Filmtools, who recognized Adam’s pain points and pointed him toward a better answer.

After Pro Data: Hours brought down to minutes

“When Gitig at iodyne told me the read/write speeds, I had to give it a try.” On the first night using it, he offloaded two CFX cards and multiple GoPro SDs—and Adam had to double-check what he was seeing.

“I expected it to take 3 hours. The progress bars were moving in seconds.”

On the second day—a full endurance race shoot—the ingest speeds were so fast, he brought the rest of the crew over just to watch. No drama, no delays, no failed hardware.

The smaller footprint made it ideal for cramped locations, and the speed meant media management no longer ate into rest time. Instead of pulling all-nighters, Adam was getting full sleep and heading into each shoot day ready to go.

The drive that made it happen

⚡ Real-world speed gains: Multi-terabyte offloads finished in minutes, not hours.

🎒 Compact and mobile: Replaced bulky DIT carts with a single unit.

😌 Fewer risks, more sleep: No spinning drives, no failures, no backups holding up production.

🎛️ More focus on story: Freed up time and attention for creative and technical direction.

👥 Crew-tested: Small teams benefited from faster turnaround and less friction.

Ready to level up your workflow?

iodyne Pro Data helped Just Hands stay light, fast, and reliable—even in the high-stress environment of endurance racing. See how it fits into your own production setup.

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