G&B Productions installs JBL Pro monitors
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G&B Productions is co-owned by producers G.Luck and BDon, who have worked with a variety of high-profile artists as well as local Houston musicians. With their business growing, the production duo decided to upgrade their studio with improved acoustical design, custom lighting and enhanced sound. According to Gavin Luckett (G.Luck), the goal was threefold: to upgrade the studio’s main monitors for more transparent sound, to satisfy artists with loud and bass-heavy playback, and to create a flexible monitor management system to switch between sources and speakers.
“We were looking for a speaker system that would impress our clients,” said Luckett, co-owner, G&B Productions. “Half the battle is bringing clients into the studio for playback, so that was the main thing we wanted to improve. Also, the quality coming through our speakers when it’s time to mix was just ‘okay,’ and we wanted to go beyond standard. The way we did our new studio, we wanted the sound to be incredible. So that's the reason we wanted to upgrade everything.”
To achieve extremely detailed and transparent sound for accurate mixing, JEM Productions Texas selected JBL 708P master reference monitors as the studio’s main mixing speakers.
“As an engineer, you want a clear sound in the studio that doesn’t fool you, but when you get to the car it should sound crazy,” said Luckett. “The speakers that we have now are extremely clear. You can hear everything; you can hear what you need to fix. Our previous speakers didn't give me that. They gave me a lot of colour, but they didn't give me true sound.”
To impress clients with extra-loud playback and enhanced bass output, the JEM team outfitted the studio with JBL SRX815P large-format passive loudspeakers, which are soffit-mounted in the walls behind the main monitors. Designed as a PA speaker, the SRX815P fills the room with up to 130 decibels of full-range sound. A 90-by-50-degree dispersion pattern ensures even coverage throughout the entire room.
For additional coverage and flexibility, JEM added a pair of JBL 308P monitor speakers aimed at an island toward the rear of the room which is used by producers working on laptops during sessions.
To complete the expansive speaker system with the full, powerful low-end that modern hip-hop and related genres demand, JEM installed JBL SUB18 and LSR310S subwoofers.
