Thornton comments, "Eight years ago we came to replace two split analogue consoles in our studios. We wanted something intuitive, clear and simple - yet flexible. Fortunately, that was just after the Audient ASP8024 had been released. What attracted us was the clarity of the desk, which is ideal for training purposes. It has a nice big centre section, so you can get four students around it comfortably and they can all see what's going on."
Audient is an established player in the education market, with Thornton explaining, "In teaching basic principles - signal path, equalisation, signal routing - analogue is easier and better to teach on than digital consoles. We decided to stay analogue at the console end and it's been borne out as a good decision. It's a straightforward inline design, so it is very hard to get yourself lost despite how flexible it is."
(Jim Evans)
