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studionews UNITED KINGDOM Studio secrets go live By Erica Basnicki
A UNIQUE live stage show will reveal the secrets to some of the greatest records ever made. On 28 April, music producer Steve Levine and BBC Radio 2 presenter Richard Allinson (the team who created the radio documentary series The Record Producers) will be joined on stage at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire by legendary producer Tony Visconti, whose credits include T Rex, Sparks, Paul McCartney, Morrissey and, very topically, David Bowie. Using the original master
multitrack recordings, the three hosts will deconstruct classic tracks and illustrate recording techniques used to create them. The audience will also hear previously unreleased recordings from Visconti’s private collection.
SPAIN Sonoblok to close after 44 years
BARCELONA-BASED audio post-production facility Sonoblok is due to close after 44 years as one of the top European post-production and dubbing houses. Bernat Padros, managing director of the facility, confirmed the news to PSNEurope sister title Audio Media last month. The facility will continue to
operate for the next three to six months in order to complete current mixing projects. Sonoblok first opened in 1969 with a sound studio and film lab. In 1977 the studio moved premises as it took on bigger film dubbing jobs. In 2002 it moved again, to a 4,000sqm facility in the District 22 media development in Barcelona. To date, Sonoblok has produced more than 2,900 cinematic titles, and more than 10,000 hours of television. When PSNEurope visited the facility in 2003, Genelec monitors were in use throughout the facility. According to Ricard
Camprodon, AV consultant with KONEC Media Technology who designed the acoustics and
Sonoblok in Barcelona: closing soon
electronics across the Sonoblok rooms, the studios were facing “financial troubles” with a declining workload. “Big companies are cutting dubbing prices – up to 15% – and there was no local work from the Catalan TV company, TV3.” “The problem will not stop with Sonoblok. All studios are in danger,” he predicts. In March last year Sonoblok
created one of the first IMM Sound (objective/3D audio
format) mix rooms with a 23.1 monitor configuration, IMM Sound IAW, Pro Tools, and an AMS Neve Gemini console. Soon after, in July 2012, IMM Sound was acquired by Dolby Laboratories so that the technical expertise and property could be used to further its new ATMOS object-based format, meaning the end of the IMM Sound platform. At press time, Patros could not be contacted.n
www.sonoblok.com
“This evening will be a great opportunity to bring our award-winning radio show to a live audience and will enable us to do things that we can’t do in the confines of the radio studio.
“I think I speak for everyone
Steve Levine: “Looking forward to exploring the studio secrets behind the mixing desk”
“As a record producer
myself I have been an admirer of Tony’s incredible and varied production work over the years,” said Levine.
when I say that we are all really honoured to share the stage with Tony, I’m looking forward to exploring the studio secrets behind the mixing desk.” Following the demonstrations, an audience Q&A session will also feature guest producers who have been influenced by Visconti’s work including Bernard Butler (Suede guitarist and producer). There is also a potential for several members of the audience to get ‘hands on’ at the mixing desk. Tickets for the event are on
sale now via Ticketmaster. n
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