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studionews UNITED KINGDOM Abbey Road adds mastering suite By Erica Basnicki
ABBEY ROADStudios has expanded its mastering facilities, adding former Metropolis mastering engineer Miles Showell (Jessie J, Eric Clapton, Faithless) to its roster. Showell, along with Abbey Road engineer Frank Arkwright (Arcade Fire, Oasis, Primal Scream), will take up residency in a new suite developed by the studio’s in-house technical department.
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The expansion represents a significant investment following Universal Music’s purchase of the studios as part of last year’s EMI deal.
Acoustician Nick Whitaker and Miloco Builds collaborated with the studio on the design and build of the room, which included a substantial reconstruction of the floated space to improve isolation and acoustic treatments throughout. The new suite features two
Miles Showell and Frank Arkwright will take up residency in Room 30 at Abbey Road Studios
SADiE 6 systems, with outboard gear including a highly coveted custom-made Shadow Hills
Mastering Compressor as well as units from Manley, Prism Sound, Waves, Avalon and GML.
Monitoring is provided by
Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus 801 and PMC AML2 loudspeakers. The studio’s famous EMI TG modules are available on request. In addition to attended mastering sessions in Room 30, both Showell and Arkwright, can now be booked for online projects via the new ‘named engineer’ feature on Abbey Road’s online mastering website. Lucy Launder, head of mastering and post production at Abbey Road Studios, commented: “We’re delighted to be expanding our facilities, team and services. We look forward to working on projects of all sizes in this fantastic new room.”n
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LIAM HOWLETT of the The Prodigy has installed Unity Audio Boulder active 3-way monitors and a new Avalanche active 12” sub-woofer at his new base in Tileyard Studios near King’s Cross. The Boulders have custom discrete E.A.R designed amplifiers in a sealed enclosure with two ELAC 6.5” woofers and a 5” dual- concentric midrange, plus a 50kHz folded ribbon tweeter for “fast, tight and brutally honest detailed reproduction”, says Unity’s
UNITED KINGDOM Lewitt supports Open Mic UK By Erica Basnicki
LEWITT HAS signed on as the sole provider of microphones for Open Mic UK 2013, the biggest music competition in the UK for singers and solo artists. In addition, the Austrian
microphone manufacturer – distributed exclusively in the UK John Hornby Skewes & Co – will provide an LCT640 vocal mic as a prize to the winner. Open Mic UK’s Dave Payne said: “Open Mic UK is very excited to team up with this young mic brand as we ensure
we use the best equipment on all of our shows across the UK. We feel that the Lewitt microphone range will get the very best sound quality from the thousands of singers who enter.” Open Mic saw more than 9,000 acts audition last year. This year’s auditions began in August, and regional finals are continuing throughout October and November. The Grand Final takes place at London’s O2 Arena in January 2014. n
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Kevin Walker, who has a long-time association with The Prodigy. The Avalanche has a downward firing woofer for low centre of gravity to reduce vibration and movement. As for Howlett, never one to mince his words, he says: “These Boulders and Avalanche fukin rock it for me... No technical bollox needs to be said here... I like to write loud and these deliver what I need for this new Prodigy record.” n
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