Half-ton Studios in the UK has chosen PMC6 monitors to accompany its 24-channel Audient ASP8024 mixing console, Pro Tools and extensive range of analogue outboard.
‘We looked at most of the options around this price point and were taken with the low-end extension and all-round clarity of the PMC6s,’ says studio owner, Neil Rogers. ‘The onboard DSP options were also a selling point for us – and we liked the idea of using a company near to us with a good reputation for reliability and customer service.’
Located in Cambridge, Half-ton Studios is a purpose-built studio space with a large live room designed by acoustician Douglas Doherty. The space is flexible and well suited to recording acoustic instruments and drums. Using acoustic gobos, it can also be adapted to provide smaller, controlled recording areas for vocals and voice over work.
The studio control room has been designed as an acoustically accurate listening space and, his previous monitors came to the end of their working life, Rogers made the decision to make the change. ‘We felt our old monitors didn’t suit our control room’s size and acoustics, so we needed an alternative,’ he says. ‘What we like most about the PMC6 monitors is their low-end extension, which means we have a compact monitoring set-up without having to complicate matters using a subwoofer.’
Suited to smaller control rooms, the PMC6 monitors feature a 6-inch bass driver that integrates with the company’s ATL bass-loading and Laminair airflow technologies.
‘Fellow Half-ton engineer Matty Moon and I are really pleased with these monitors,’ Rogers continues. ‘They just seem like a great fit for our space. It feels much more satisfying getting artists into the control room to listen back to takes now as well. The biggest compliment I can pay them is that I just don’t think about them. From the day we had them set-up we’ve just been able to get on with music production without questioning what we’re hearing.’
Half-ton Studios attracts a diverse range of clients, from singer songwriters and indie/rock bands though to 12-piece jazz bands, podcast sessions and voiceovers. This year has been busy with recording and mixing projects including Captain, The Grey and Darlings, as well as numerous local acts.
