Although his new studio in the suburbs of Los Angeles is much larger than its predecessor, producer, engineer and founder of Produce Like A Pro, Warren Huart took the opportunity to move on from his large, high-end console to Audient’s compact ASP4816 Heritage Edition.

Still going by the name Spitfire Studio, Huart’s new space was originally designed by studio designer, Jay Kaufman, and offers rooms that ‘sound phenomenal’. The studio comprises two control rooms – one of which he sub-rents to a high-profile client ‘because it sounds so good’ – and two live rooms. It is the hub of all his production, engineering and mixing, and attracts a steady stream of artists from all over the world. ‘Having the Audient desk means I get the same sound that I did from my old desk at a fraction of the cost,’ he says.

The inline, fully analogue recording and mixing console from Audient provides everything expected from a large-format recording console in a space-friendly footprint, also including Vintage Mix Bus Processing and John Hardy op-amps on the mix bus output.

Huart’s Spitfire Studio is not short of audio gear, which he has collected over his years working in the industry. ‘I have a whole lot of outboard,’ he admits. ‘I need access to all the hardware and I need the console to be quiet. I need the EQs to sound great but not so coloured that I can only use it on certain things.

‘The ASP4816 Heritage Edition does it all – it’s super-clean and has a really low noise floor. The EQ is incredibly usable. And I have the ability to insert tons of EQs and compressors.’

‘It’s a console I can use for mixing in a hybrid fashion – because that’s how I like to mix – with the “detailed stuff” inside of my DAW and then “global stuff” on the console. Also, it has 16 beautiful mic pres, so I can track full bands.’

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