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FAMA opens studio retreat in Dominican Republic
A forward-thinking music company and boutique record label based in the Dominican Republic, FAMA has a strong focus on artist development – a priority that has seen the company open a recording complex to accommodate creative retreats and songwriting camps.
The facility occupies three-storey luxury premises in Santo Domingo’s historic Colonial District with acoustic and aesthetic studio design by John Storyk’s World Studio Design Group (WSDG).
Eurovision, lockdown-style
The EBU’s Eurovision Song Contest 2021 (ESC) in Rotterdam promises to be a grand event despite social distancing regulations. Although usually a single, shared by millions of television viewers in Europe and beyond, this year kicked off with a Turquoise Carpet event, where the semi-finalists were introduced Cannes-style.
The ‘be open, be positive’ slogan used by Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, was taken to heart by host broadcasters NPO, NOS and Avrotross, as well as OB companies NEP and United (EMG), which covered the event.
To ensure high-quality and reliable sound, NEP equipped its twin UHD1 and UHD2 OB trucks with 64-fader Lawo mc²56 consoles, Nova router cores and VSM for intuitive control of the broadcast chain. The two OBs set up as main and backup for seamless protection switching.
Cornwall’s Cube Recording installs SSL Origin console
A short distance from Truro in England’s west country, Perranporth’s Cube Recording Studio has opened a new room, brining equipped a 32-channel Solid State Logic Origin analogue in-line mixing console to the Cornwall recording community. Opened in early 2021, Cube Recording’s new Studio B includes a live room and vocal booth, with 48 analogue tielines connecting the control room to the larger Studio A live tracking space.
‘I decided to build a studio during lockdown – which was hilarious,’ says studio facility owner, Gareth Young.
Mr Firechild lands Sweden’s first Neve 8424 console
Sweden’s first Neve 8424 console has been commissioned in a private studio belonging to artist and producer Pontus Hagberg – man behind the Mr Firechild synthesiser video review channel on YouTube.
‘I have been using a classic in-the-box studio with some hardware synthesizers for 25 years, but it was only recently that I discovered how much of an edge real analogue outboard units have over plug-ins,’ he explains. ‘It is similar to comparing virtual instruments with real analogue synthesisers – the difference is very apparent.’
LA’s historic Evergreen Stages enters new era
The latest chapter in the 40-year history of LA’s Evergreen Stages and Enterprise Studios recording facilities is their acquisition by a group including producer Harvey Mason Jr. Following extensive ‘renewal’, both have newly installed Solid State Logic Duality Fuse 72-channel SuperAnalogue mixing consoles able to handle a wide range of recording, film and TV projects.
Evergreen Stages building started life as a movie theatre in the late 1940s before being repurposed as a multi-room music recording complex in 1979. The studios, will also serve as the new home of Harvey Mason Media, which offers a wide range of services for record, film and television projects.