In the market for an audio interface as part of evolving the 5.1 set-up in its Soho office into a 7.1.4 immersive room, The Voiceover Gallery’s Lead Audio Engineer, Max Russell, ‘stumbled across’ Audient’s Oria audio interface/monitor controller.
With four studios at its London office and a further two in Manchester’s Castlefield area, The Voiceover Gallery is set up for a variety of audio production workflows with a focus on voice over and dialogue recording. Russell quickly realised that Oria would meet all of the needs of the upgrade planned for the London, Soho, studio. ‘With the ease of access to immersive monitoring as well as the Dante capabilities, it was a no-brainer,’ he says. ‘It could fill all our requirements now and for the future.’
The studio’s workflow has improved beyond measure, following the adoption of an Oria with an optional Dante card. ‘As we do a lot of recording and mixing in surround, the Oria has helped massively as we no longer need to switch any cabling in our set-up between sessions,’ Russell says. ‘Instead, we can just press one button and we’re back in stereo for recording.
‘Prior to getting Oria we were running our 5.1 system straight out of our old interface. Honestly, the difference between this and the speaker calibrated set-up we now have is incredible. We cannot wait to set up our full 7.1.4 system with Oria.’
‘One thing I noticed straight away is how clean and transparent the mic preamps are, which is perfect for our work in voiceover and dialogue recording,’ he continues. ‘Having the ability to mute on all outputs is handy, but having the mute option on inputs in particular has been great. Not having to worry about finding channels within a Pro Tools session but instead having a tactile option to mute a channel helps when playing back takes without having any spill. The reference level function is also a welcome addition to quickly get to a consistent volume so as to not be fooled by just turning things up and thinking they sound good.’
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