“I am a one-man show. Studio owner, manager, composer, engineer, musician, technician, producer,” says Georg ‘Geo’ Schaller, who has overseen the recent upgrade of his ‘Weidenpesch Cologne Recording Studio’, which now includes an ASP4816 mixing desk. “I was on the hunt for a desk with great mic preamps, and the ASP4816 was ideal” […]
British manufacturer Audient raises the stakes once again with the release of its latest, and to date most powerful desktop audio interface, iD44, further cementing itself as a leading brand in the audio interface market. iD44 maintains a level of quality now expected from Audient, a company that strives to make professional gear available […]
Bridging the gap between the large and smaller studios Rimshot Productions recording studio took delivery of an ASP800 8-channel microphone preamplifier recently, and it fits in a treat sitting alongside a 1960s valve Decca recording console and SSL AWS900+ mixing console. Describing the Audient mic pres, Rimshot studio owner Mike Thorne says, “They offer loads […]
It was Greg Dixon of Aphek Studio, New South Wales who took delivery of one of the first ASP8024 Heritage Edition consoles to be installed in Australia, describing it as “an incredibly well built console” which “sounds fantastic.” “This comp is awesome. Really open and transparent” As with any new studio purchase, Greg […]
“Unless you are a Tibetan Monk you have heard of Audient!” laughs John Hanna, lawyer, musician, audio engineer, entrepreneur with a voracious appetite for ‘profitable opportunities’ and all round force of nature, describing his journey to finding the ASP8024 Heritage Edition console. After having “…used or owned a lot of different consoles” over the […]
Four Audient ASP8024 Heritage Edition consoles are now central to teaching brand new sound engineering courses to students at Massey University. Arriving at the New Zealand campus along with 26 iD4s and four iD14 audio interfaces, which boast the same mic pre technology from the flagship consoles, there is an assured consistency in sound quality […]
A huge 36-channel Audient ASP8024 desk with patchbay and producer’s desk has been installed at Livewire Youth Music, an independent charity which provides a musical hub and teaching platform for kids and young people in the local community. Offering free and open access to music lessons, (guitar, bass, vocal, drums etc) Livewire also uses its […]
An Audient ASP8024 has been installed in Nairobi studio, Supersonic Africa as part of a project to expand the facility, as its popularity with local and international artists grows. This boost was thanks in no small part to the arrival of Coke Studio Africa, a weekly music TV programme filmed at Supersonic earlier this year. […]
Having owned his iD14 for the best part of a year now, Northlane’s bass player, Alex Milovic finds he takes his bus-powered audio interface with him pretty much everywhere. “Playing in a heavy rock band and touring quite a bit, I found that nothing ever sounded quite right on the road compared to my small home studio. Nowadays […]
Audio-Technica has collaborated with Audient to deliver the AT2035-Studio ‘Essential Studio Kit’, a microphone/interface/headphone bundle ideal for budding producers and musicians in home studios or on the move. “The Essential Studio Kit delivers a significant saving on the RRP of the individual components when bought separately” Comprising Audio-Technica’s perennially popular AT2035 large diaphragm […]
