Five years of research, effort and dedication has seen music producer Varun Krrishna open the doors on his Mondosonic Studios in Kerala in Southwest India.
The sound of classic British recording has been a passion for Krrishna throughout his career, resulting in an his enviable collection of analogue gear, including a large-format Audient ASP8024 analogue mixing desk and a wealth of outboard equipment. To ensure he achieved the best possible results working in the new facility, he has added Genelec Smart Active Monitoring.
‘I have a sound of my own, so each gear selection is based on that particular sound and workflow,’ he explains. ‘Investing in all of that gear without a great sounding room would have been a failure, so I got to work. It took more than three years to develop my studio’s console room and recording hall. I designed the rooms using golden ratios myself, and I’m quite happy about the sound I’m getting there now.’
The 600sq-ft mixing space required monitors that would deliver both coverage and quality. Krrishna trialled between ten and 15 monitor speakers to try to find the best fit for the space, and as part of this process spoke to the experts at Sound Team – a company from which he has bought a large amount of equipment over recent few years.
‘Varun spoke to me around mid-2019 about setting up this new room, and we discussed a few Genelec monitor options to consider,’ recalls Sound Team’s Shiv Sood. ‘We finally locked on the 1238DF with the 7380A subwoofer.
‘He was looking at a high-powered three-way active monitor but didn’t want to flush mount the monitors. The 1238DF was perfect, as its cabinet depth is around ten inches, and coupled with the 7380A makes a perfect full-range monitoring solution.’
‘I couldn’t be happier about what it delivers,’ Krrishna reports. ‘It’s punchy, wide sounding, with great translation and offers an unbelievable accuracy in the low end.’
Tuning the space saw Genelec Loudspeaker Manager (GLM) software put to use. ‘I recollect that prior to ordering the system, Varun had questions about calibration, phase alignment, level matching and so on,’ notes Sood.
‘As a solution provider, you can so confidently explain to him how GLM effectively helps sort all these issues out, and provides the ability to set up all of this even by himself. I believe the sonic experience customers are getting is because GLM really plays a central part in the loudspeaker performance coming together.’ Krrishna agrees, describing the GLM integration as ‘flawless’.
The new monitor set-up is something that Krrishna is clearly very happy with. ‘Genelec made my mixes much greater by providing hyper-detailed monitoring,’ he confirms. ‘I thank my friend Shiv from Sound Team, who was a great help in choosing and getting the right Genelec speakers for my room.’
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