Darren Gould-Martin, owner and principal sound engineer, was responsible for persuading the show's producers that the performances should be filmed live. "The producers originally booked into the studio to film the bands miming," he says, "but I convinced them to record the performance live. They were suitably impressed with the results, and adopted the live format for the series."
The live sessions required an expansion of the studio's microphone inventory. The newly re-engineered and extended Artist Series from Audio-Technica offered a one stop solution. A total of 16 mics supplied to the studios, includes low profile ATM350 condenser clip mics for use on kits, ATM650 and ATM250 hypercardioid dynamic instrument microphones, ATM450 cardiooid condenser instrument models, ATM410 and ATM610 dynamic vocal mics, and ATM710 condenser vocal mics.
(Jim Evans)
