16 l February 2014
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Pan Acoustics, the Germany- based advanced steerable audio specialist, has named AV-Huset as the company’s new Denmark distribution partner. Jan Leerschool, Pan Acoustics international sales manager, said: ”AV-Huset has the technical resources, experience and a strong portfolio of synergetic brands, combined with excellent relationships with key integrators and consultants in the Danish area.”
www.pan-acoustics.de
Funky Junk has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for microphone manufacturer Sandhill. Riku Pasanen, Petteri Taponen and Sammy Roiha, all sound engineers, founded the Finland-based company in 2008. “Funky Junk’s catalogue is exceptional and, being a high-end studio microphone, the Sandhill 6011A fitted nicely into their product range,” said Taponen.
www.proaudioeurope.com
The Waves Audio Schleps 73 plug-in is now shipping. The 3-band EQ has been developed in association with renowned mixing engineer, Andrew Scheps, modelled on the 1073 console and mic preamp module. “The 1073 is pretty much the gold standard for mic pres and EQs. This plug-in captures all of the character of the original, while adding a great extra midrange band from the 1078,” said Scheps.
www.waves.com
European data network, GÉANT recently converted NASA Voyager spacecraft data into a musical duet. GÉANT network services product manager, Domenico Vicinanza, who was responsible for the project, commented: “I wanted to compose a musical piece celebrating the Voyager 1 and 2.” “Data sonification makes it possible to get information about long-range regularities and correlations that are hard to spot just by inspection.”
www.geant.net
Art of Vinyl to bring longevity to lathes
Art of Vinyl (AoV) is a new business created to continue the niche work of Sean Davies, namely the maintenance of high-quality disc-cutting lathes and associated equipment, writes Dave Robinson
REVEALED JUST ahead of the Christmas holidays, Art of Vinyl (AoV) is a new business created by the former- Metropolis Mastering engineer Crispin Murray, and audio/video equipment repair specialist Duncan Crimmins. The duo aim to continue the niche work of Sean Davies –maintaining high quality disc-cutting lathes and equipment – as the veteran consultant looks towards retirement. “We set up Art of Vinyl to carry on a level of maintenance, dealing with problems and repairs,” Murray told PSNEurope at the December launch event, which was attended by mastering engineers, associates and friends. “Hopefully we will push
things forward too: remember that innovation called ‘quality’…?” Murray and Crimmins will
engage the help of Audio Related Technology’s technical staff Simon Griffett and Dimuthu Seneviratne when required, while Davies will
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remain an active partner in the initiative for the foreseeable future. AoV knowhow is available to anyone cutting vinyl, from dance music producers to audiophiles, said Murray.
what we can. We are driven by a passion. So in that sense, it’s not like a plumber. At the end of the day, you can always get another plumber. But you can’t get another guy to fix your lathe.”
machines for years, popular models still in operation include the Neumann VMS series, plus machines from Scully (US) and Lyrec (Denmark). The AoV team may eventually look to extend their skills into Europe and beyond. “We’ve already started making unobtainable parts for lathes – simple things like springs and nuts, bits that were made by Neumann but were incredibly over-engineered.” Does Murray think anyone
will build a brand new disc- cutter any time soon? “There are people who have discussed it, but if you scale up the tools required, [a machine] would cost three or four hundred thousand pounds.” Very little chance of that then. And as maintaining current
(L-R) Crispin Murray, Sean Davies and Duncan Crimmins at the Art of Vinyl launch
Will Art of Vinyl charge a call-out fee for its services, like a plumber might? “It will be so much a day, and
we will endeavour to fix things. It will cost money, but we will do
Murray said there are “more than 30 but less than a 100” lathes in the UK (though Davies was quoted elsewhere, a decade ago, as saying were “about 50”). While no one has built new
machines becomes increasingly critical, it looks like Art of Vinyl’s 2014 desk calendar will soon be crammed with appointments.
www.audiorelated.com/ art-of-vinyl
LA-based mix engineer Tony Maserati (pictured) worked on eight of the 14 tracks on the recent surprise album releaseBeyoncé at his own Mirrorball Studios in Burbank, California, using PMC BB5 XBD Actives at the request of the singer’s long-term A&R representative, Teresa Labarbera Whites. “I never used large monitors,” said Maserati. “I’ve always said most of them are only in studios to impress the clients. Sure, they’ll go loud, but more often than not they’re painful to listen to, especially over extended periods. But the BB5s are large speakers you can actually mix on, use as a reference, and get work done.”
www.pmc-speakers.com
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