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EP Productions > Tavares, Technical Director of Audio Designer, a Portuguese-based operation. The main recording space is a multi-faceted lesson in almost every kind of recording environment. Every wall, or virtual space created by the walls has a variety of treatment, with resonators, diffusers, wood panelling, and more. It would take a Recording Engineer some time to explore every nuance of this room, but it may well be the most fun you can have in a space, with microphones. And the area is big enough that you can explore sonic possibilities – point your mic one way and you have a reflective space – point the other way, and you don't. I may have painted the picture as a little too chaotic. It isn't It's a very carefully considered and creative space. The sort of room where upon entering you feel the need to call for immediate delivery of a guitar, a microphone, a headphone feed, and a chair on wheels. The sofits have custom built vibration isolation and even more impressively, it seems that they built the wall around the speakers, with three stages of testing and listening. In the end, though they had the facility of the Genelec DSP room correction, it wasn't used. The room did everything required of it. EP Productions opened on May th, though Pinto had bought it two years previous to that and has been planning and testing ever since, with the constant guidance and knowledge of M onitoring By Consensus Marcelo Tavares. EP Productions started up some Back in the control room, the console is a Solid time before that with the studio build being a State Logic AWS +, accompanied By SSL project to augment the services the EP provides. X-Logic X-Rack, Alpha Link, and Delta Link into It even took six months to decide on the building, Pro Tools HD – amongst many other things. after seeing more than potential premises. He MORETON Genelec The monitoring is dominated by IN MARSH SSR to get things right. likes 16/10/08 8:18 pm Page 1 s and the A sub-woofer system, chosen The company reckons the about a quarter after much consultation. "We care a lot about the of the recording space's clientele are external musicians, technicians, engineers, and producers," bookings, just for the studio. The rest is EP explained Pinto. "So we asked different people Productions business. Overall, international clients what they thought of this and that " The studio make up around percent of the business. consulted more than engineers in Spain, My main impression of the EP Productions Ukraine, China, UK, and Portugal. "This was the studio was one of quality, care, and real empathy consensus It is important to understand what with the needs of both musicians and engineers. people need." Whether the business plan is sound only time To Work will tell – I'm not sure how many musicians are rich before they start their career, or have a good enough credit rating – but there's no doubt that the studio is one of the best there is. ∫ ∑ www.ep-producoes.pt The Institute of Broadcast Sound Residential Training Weekend 16 to 18 January 2009 The Fire Service Training College Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire If you want to continue your professional development in sound, the annual IBS CPD weekend is the place to be. This year the subjects covered will include communications systems, recording in surround, drama and Foley, production workflows, monitoring and metering, digital radio mics and RF. All accommodation and meals are included. To book online and for more details go to www.ibs.org.uk You can also book by phone by calling 0300 400 8427 (Option 1) AUDIO MEDIA NOVEMBER 2008 57 http://www.ep-producoes.pt http://www.ibs.org.uk http://www.ibs.org.uk http://www.richmondfilmservices.com http://www.richmondfilmservices.com

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