Category | August, 2009
BIG GUNS ROLL OUT FOR INTEGRATE 09
Posted on 12 August 2009
It’s hard to believe so much could be packed into three days. If you were lucky enough to make it to Integrate 09 in Sydney and if you’re anything like me, well, you’re probably still buzzing. Some of this country’s and, indeed, the world’s brightest audio brains came together for the show, joining the biggest audio manufacturers and developers for Australia’s audio event of the year.
Leading the charge was legend of the industry, George Massenburg. It was George’s first trip to Australia and he hit the ground running (and didn’t stop) – what with his headline presentation, his two marathon mixing masterclasses, as well as appearing on AT’s Remote Mixing & Mastering and Tech forums. George is an extraordinary individual: he’s the mix engineer’s mix engineer, the tech’s tech, the audio designer’s audio designer… in other words he can happily dance between just about every audio discipline – creative and technical – with panache. He’s passionate, he’s gracious, he’s super knowledgeable… and he was an absolute inspiration to all who met him and heard him speak at Integrate.
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Spark1 Studios
Posted on 04 August 2009
Mark ‘Sparky’ Paltridge isn’t someone fortunate enough to own his own home, but lucky enough to own his own studio. Mark managed this feat by building a complete recording studio within an old refrigerated 20-foot shipping container about four years ago, with the interior being designed by acoustics luminary, John Sayers. He primarily built it within a container, not only because he needed a space that inspired musicians and allow him to capture great sounds to hard drive, but also so he could pick it up and land it at the next house he rented – priorities prevail! Mark now has a number of albums under his belt, primarily by Sunshine Coast artists, with nearly all clients recording their following albums and projects with him for the second time around. Recently Mark enlisted Mr. Sayers to design a dedicated tracking room, again within a shipping container. Construction was completed a couple of months ago, with extremely encouraging results; one of the reasons behind the success being John’s slot resonator designs (basically Helmholtz resonators). These correct most of the low-mid problems one tends to find within a square room, or indeed most untreated rooms. The resonators are specifically designed for the room’s dimensions, and every resonator has been built and routed to particular specifications. Mark has now built another dedicated control room and tracking room, (again through John and within another hi-cube container), having sold his original container. Mark reckons, maybe one day he may even get a house for himself, within which he might just build a permanent studio. Now there’s a concept!
Contact Mark via www.spark1studios.com or 0416 262 319
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Pink's Funhouse
Posted on 03 August 2009
AT was invited along to Pink’s Funhouse when she toured Australia back in June, and it wasn’t just the PA that was flown from the rigging.
Kat-in-the-back’s guitar and keyboard rig.
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