Audient inspires youth through music
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The charity offers free and open access to music lessons and its facilities are also used as a teaching space for 10 to 21 year-olds interested in live engineering and studio recording.
The arrival of the professional quality Audient console has brought a significant upgrade in sound quality along with a more enriching experience for those on both sides of the glass.
Manager Andy Rance has been running the youth centre for the best part of three decades, and was pleased to welcome local three-piece band, The Flying Saucepans as the first to be recorded using the analogue console last month. “Our long-time studio and venue engineer, Will Rodgers led the session with support from two of the older trainee studio engineers,” says Andy. “It went perfectly. The young band preferred analogue - as does our engineer; this also meant we got the full benefit of the Audient’s superb preamps and EQ from the off.”
Will adds: “What stands out for me is the fact that you can choose any input to your soundcards simply by pressing a button. This makes life so much easier. Also, the sheer number of outputs and routing options. The highlight however, is the clarity and transparency of the musical EQs making it so easy to get the sound you want with minimal effort.
“The preamps in the ASP8024 sound exceptional and clean, even at a high gain and if used with good quality mics, the signal can be sent straight to the recorder without the need for any added processing/effects.”
“Our young trainee engineers are absolutely over the moon and have immediately fallen in love with the desk,” confirms Will, who admits he is also in his element. “I am loving using the Audient and as I get more used to its functions the experience will only get better and better, I feel proud to promote our new studio now we have such wonderful equipment.”
(Jim Evans)
