16 l April 2014
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Edge Studios, home of recent projects by Plan B, The Script and New Order, has installed a Solid State LogicAWS 924 hybrid console/controller as its studio centerpiece. Edge says that since the console’s installation, the studio has been “booked solid”. John Delf, Edge Studios owner and studio manager, comments: “It’s the right size for us, it has a very sophisticated DAW interface – the best in the industry – and it has that magic SSL name on it.”
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The new album from Mercury Prize- winning alt rockers Elbow, The Take Off and Landing of Everything, was mixed and mastered usingPMC loudspeakers. Written and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Salford and Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, the mixing was achieved using PMC’s IB2S three-way monitors and the new Active twotwo.6 nearfields, which the band recently installed at their facility. Mastering duties were handled by Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering in London, who used PMC BB5 XBD-A large-scale monitors.
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Following a successful Musikmesse, speaker manufacturer Lipinski Sound has announced that German-based Digital Audio Service will distribute its products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The US-based analogue specialist, founded in 2003, celebrated its 10th anniversary at the 135th AES Convention in New York last October.
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The Studio People Ltdhas completed five new Sound Design Studios featuring 7.1 mixing capability, Foley pits and variable acoustic panels for Microsoft’s Lionhead Studios in Guildford. The Studio People Ltd was principal contractor and undertook all aspects of construction, also all mechanical and electrical work. The expansion follows the success of the FABLE games and the release of the Xbox One console, prompting Lionhead’s Steve Brown to create new facilities to house a larger audio team.
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Eurocam reborn as AED Studios
On 27 February, some five months after the AED group’s acquisition of the vast former Alfacam production site, the newly christened AED Studios opened its doors. Marc Maes reports
IN AUGUST last year, the Eurocam Media Center – formerly known, pre-messy bankruptcy, as the home of audiovisual titan Alfacam – changed ownership after its acquisition by Glenn Roggeman’s AED group. Two months later, the CEO and his team started the renovation and refurbishment of the studio facilities, and on 27 February, the ink on the contract barely dry, AED Studios swung open its doors for the first time. AED is clearly eyeing the
lucrative corporate and event market, positioning itself to move beyond traditional production and recording – and on its grand opening, Roggeman made time to guide his guests through the new studios, production areas, guest rooms and offices. “Today, less than half a year
since we bought the real estate, we have upgraded most of the studios,” Roggeman explains. “Seven studios are equipped with a full technical ceiling – trussing, hoists and controllers – four are ‘black box’, to be used and adapted for specific production assignments; and five others have been fully fitted with the most recent sound, lighting and video equipment.” AED is currently overhauling
and renovating the mains supply network and heating. “We’ve also adapted the emergency evacuation plans and placed over 280 units of emergency lighting,” says Roggeman. “The whole site will have LED lighting by June.” One of the new multiplex’s most impressive studio spaces is the 3,000sqm Studio 12, the home of Europe’s largest indoor underwater film stage. “In addition to the 1,500sqm pool area, which has a depth of
Green inside and out: The all-new eco-friendly AED Studios
3.8m, Studio 2 also caters for pre-production, rehearsals, arena stage test-builds and exclusive events,” Roggeman says. In Studio 11, known as
Barco Virtual World after the video tech company of the same name, up to 400 seated visitors can enjoy 360°, digital cinema-quality projection in a fully equipped studio with lighting, quadraphonic sound and a stage integrated into the video screen.
Studio 54 has a capacity of 1,200 and is kitted out with a “back to the past” lighting set and high-quality concert sound system, and features multiple bars, wardrobes and a separate VIP bar on the first floor.
“Both Studio 54 and Studio 14, an 800-capacity event hall, have a Midas XL4 or Heritage 4000 on board,” says Koen Conaerts, sound department manager at AED. “Studios 11, 14 and 54 are each equipped with 12 JBL VerTec VT4889 line array speakers, four VTX Series S28 subwoofer cabinets and a
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B2B bookings for AED Studios will be handled by Antwerp-based Music Hall, whose managing director, Geert Allaert, is pictured (left) with AED CEO Glenn Roggeman
Shure ULX-D wireless system, controlled by a Shure SCM820 Intellimix mixer.” In addition to the 11,000-
capacity production studios and event venues, AED Studios offers a dedicated backstage area with production rooms, dressing rooms and catering areas; a wide range of offices; 42 bedrooms and 17 apartments; and “flex rooms” which can be used for seminars, meetings, press conferences or as green rooms. “Studio 6 is our on-site
restaurant, and is a perfect venue for corporate presentations, parties and events and the production of TV talk shows,” Roggeman comments. “All this
was designed and conceived in the spirit of ‘ecology meets economy’ … the AED group is a pioneer when it comes to sustainability, environment and social responsibility.” “We particularly appreciate
Glenn’s approach and ambition,” says Wim Buyens, senior vice president of Barco’s entertainment division. “We [already] enjoy a positive partnership in the Virtual World studio, but with AED looking to Europe and playing a leading role in several territories we consider both this facility and the AED Group as being important for Barco.”
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