20 l October 2013


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studionews FRANCE


Studio Omega opens new mastering room


By Guillaume Schouker


A NEWmastering facility has opened in the former Studio B at Studio Omega in the city of Suresnes, on the western outskirts of Paris. Studio Omega president and


managing director Veronique Pery explains: “The original Studio Méga Studio B, opposite Studio A, has been transformed into a mastering room for two simple reasons: its surface area and its acoustics.” “It did not correspond to our client needs anymore,” she explains. “We also made the


most of this opportunity to renew much of the audio equipment. Up to now, it is the largest mastering room to offer such equipment and such well- appointed acoustics. We wish to compete with the world best studios, service-wise.” The mastering room is based


around a Pyramix V digital audio workstation with Merging Mykerinos cards and Plextor burner. Pery adds: “Pyramix


efficiency has been tested by our former mastering engineer Rodolphe Plisson. Our present engineer Adel de Saint Denis


was trained on a Pyramix digital audio workstation and he continues to use it now. It is a dedicated system that offers an excellent sound quality and high-performance tools for all sorts of mastering tasks, such as DDP [Disc Description Protocol] creation, etc... “Our installation wants to be simple and efficient. The idea behind the new technical choices was to optimise the monitoring and the workflow so as to be more reactive to our clients’ demands.” Monitoring is through Bowers


Omega traces its origins to 1986 when it was just Méga...


& Wilkins Nautilus 801 with a Krell EVO 402 stereo power amplifier and Dangerous Music monitor. “The quality of B&W speakers doesn’t need to be proved anymore and a great number of mastering studios around the world are equipped with these loudspeakers. They offer an accurate and clear listening, as well as sound musical,” she adds.


The older mastering studio at Studio Omega (see PSNEurope June 2004) featured an SSL Duality console and was


UNITED KINGDOM All Day I Dream About Synths By Dave Robinson


NOVATION CELEBRATED ‘21 Years of Innovation’ at Red Bull Studios London last month. The newly released Bass


Station II analogue synthesiser and Launch controller range (Launchkey Mini, Launchpad Mini and Launch Control) were on show, along with other recent Novation favourites. Guest DJs XXXY, Micachu,


Toby Gale and Double Denim Records performed to an invited audience of artists, producers, managers, label staff and audio industry aficionados. Collaborating with footwear giant Adidas, Novation gave


Focusrite Novation’s Will Evans (left) looks on as the next DJ steps up


away 21 limited-edition pairs of branded Superstar II trainers in a prize draw. (PSNEurope’s Ryan O’Donnell was one of the lucky winners.) A preview screening of a new Novation documentary,


detailing the story of the company so far, was shown. The company has been owned by Focusrite since the summer of 2004. “With over two decades of unique and forward-thinking audio product design, we felt it was important to throw an event to celebrate Novation’s exciting journey. Our collaboration with Adidas to create limited-edition trainers, and the wonderful support of hosts Red Bull Studios London, helped to make this event a huge success for our colleagues, friends and supporters,” said Will Evans, artist and PR manager (Focusrite/Novation). n www.focusrite.com


equipped with a 5.1 monitoring system, but, says Pery, “we decided to remove it. The demand for 5.1 mastering was too small so that we could stand the costs of a 5.1 installation equivalent to our current stereo system in every respect.” This new mastering control


room is a real asset to Studio Omega, as it complements what is already offered within the complex. Pery explains: “We can offer to our clients the possibility to produce their full project under the same roof, from pre- production to mastering, including session recording and the final mixing.” A Dangerous Music Master unit, Dangerous Music Liaison, Dangerous BAX EQ, Focusrite Blue 315, GML 9500, Maselec MLA-2 and an AMS Neve 1073 DPA Preamp Stereo are just some of the outboard equipment available. A two- channel A-D/D-A Forssell


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The mastering room is based around a Pyramix V digital audio workstation


MADA-2 and Lavry Gold AD122-96 MkIII converters are also featured. The first project to have used this high-end mastering room was from Matthieu Mendès, an artist signed with EMI. More recently major French act Christophe Maé (Warner Bros Records) has used the facility. The history of Studio Omega


traces back to 1986 when recording engineer, managing director and founder Thierry Rogen created Studio Méga in Paris. In 1996, Studio Méga moved to new premises in Suresnes. After a buy-out in February 2006 by Véronique Pery, it was renamed Studio Omega. Pery ends: “We are one of the


last state-of-the-art Parisian studios and we want to keep going for a long time still. In the present economic environment, the only way to survive in music production is through diversification.”n www.studio-omega.fr


PARIS’ STUDIOS de la Chine – home to France’s only SSL 9072 J console – has installed a custom pair of Amadeus speakers inside its main control room. The monitors feature one 1” dome tweeter made of a 99% pure beryllium diaphragm, one 3” ATC soft dome mid-range driver and one 15” low-frequency TAD direct radiating woofer.


“Each customstudio monitor is built around a unique internal reinforcement structure, designed to neutralise any ‘standing waves’ and to suppress energy loss caused by vibrations. Each speaker’s multi- layer panels combine a subtle blend of woods, high-density bitumen, ‘elastomers’ (polymers) and mineral fillers,” said Amadeus’ Michel Deluc, who designed the loudspeakers. n www.amadeusaudio.fr


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