Having established Alacran Group Studios in Miami Beach in 2020, co-founders and sisters Alessandra and Giorgia Lo Savio recently installed a Augspurger Duo 8-Sub 12-SXE3/3500 System for its main studio monitoring system.
Serving as a production hub for the organisation, the studiio used by a team of in-house artists and engineers, as well as a growing clientele that includes artists from Warner Chappell, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Atlantic Records.
‘Alacran Group Studios was designed for our artists where anything and everything would be possible,’ says Alacran Group Studio Manager, Franklin Socorro. ‘The space was created with acoustics and A/V technology consulting and design firm WSDG with the brief that it should possess a level of production modularity that enables us to record, mix, host and film performances, and showcase live presentations all in the same facility.’
At the time Socorro joined the team in September 2025, the studio was looking to upgrade its monitoring system to better reflect the taste and sensibilities of its core business. Coming from a background in hip-hop, reggaeton and Latin music, Socorro led a campaign to invest in Augspurgers.
‘There were elements of the previous monitoring system that weren’t doing what we needed, so I was asked to make a recommendation as I was first coming in,’ he says. ‘I came from studios that used Augspurgers and I’ve always seen them as a piece of gear that is reassuring to clients in those genres – they know that sound, they know they can rely on it, and they know that a studio with them is a serious place.
‘Once we had a chance to demo them in the studio it was an obvious choice – let’s get a real pair in there.’
Alacran Group Studios purchased Duo 8-Sub12s and Augspurger SXE3500 power amplifiers chosen for clarity and detail at low volume – essential for using it across different production styles. ‘The sound is incredibly clean and precise, which makes it easy to make decisions quickly on these various recording and audio production projects,’ Socorro says. ‘You can get all that detail at low volume, but then at the same time you can really crank it up and get that low-end kick that is immediately inspiring to artists and gets them excited about what you’re making.
‘Something I had never done before but tried recently with the Duo 8s was leaving them on for the whole session without checking translation on other monitors,’ he continues. ‘It was amazing how confident I could feel doing that, and when I did finally bring mixes elsewhere, it translated exactly how I wanted it to. The ability to trust those results was a major upgrade for us, and knowing that the team dialled them in specifically for our needs is a big part of that.’
Augspurger and Pro Audio Design President Dave Malekpour came into the studio for installation and final tuning. In addition to painstakingly colour-matching the loudspeakers to the room, he ensured that the new set-up would be fit for the long haul. ‘Dave came down and got them installed and tuned just ahead of the Winter Music Conference in March, which was ideal timing for us,’ Socorro says. ‘A lot of international products and DJs got the opportunity to experience them first-hand during the conference and we found ourselves immediately bombarded with sessions after the fact. People noticed right away that we had them and that absolutely impacted our business and bookings.
‘We wanted the OGs, and now that we have Augspurgers it makes us all feel like we can do our best work.’
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