When the Central Campus of Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) wanted to add another control room to the three studios used for its Sound Recording & Music Technology Program (SRT), it called in John Storyk of Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG) for the design and construction and fit-out.
With a combination of digital and analogue equipment – including an SSL 9000 mixing console and Studer 24-track and Ampex two-track tape decks – the spec included speakers from Genelec in-line with other three studios. The facility, which came on line in April, has five Genelec 8351 Smart Active Monitors – part of Genelec’s The Ones line – configured for a 5.1 surround monitoring design, as well as a Genelec 7370A 12-inch powered subwoofer.
‘This is the ultimate mix room, so it had to have Genelecs,’ says David Ivory, Director of the SRT Program. ‘The other three studios each have Genelec 8050A Active Studio Monitors, so we’re still an all-Genelec facility, and everyone likes it that way.’
That includes the students and instructors of the SRT, as well as the steady stream of visiting engineers from Sigma Sound and elsewhere who come to the MCCC to use the studio and share their expertise and experience.
The room’s surround capability will be useful for the MCCC’s broadcast studio, whose 35-by-40ft dimensions also allow it to be used as a tracking space. For Ivory, there really wasn’t any other choice.
‘I’ve been using Genelecs forever,’ he says, citing the 8351’s dual woofers and wide sweet spot. ‘I didn’t even have to hear the 8351s before we bought them. We knew they’d be perfect for surround. I just think that Genelec makes the most accurate speaker in the world to listen to and to trust. Other speakers you have to get used to; Genelecs are spot-on from the first moment you turn them on. We’ve had a lot of great engineers in here, and they all say the same thing – Genelec is it.’
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