November 2021 - 38
RECORDING
STUDIO UPGRADES
W
elcome to our second annual studio upgrade show and
tell! Last year we reached out to our editorial staff
and our regular contributors to learn about some of
their favorite and most beneficial studio upgrades. This year
we asked some of our good friends in the engineering
world, many of whom have been featured in our
pages (and some who soon will be), the following
question: what recent upgrade to your studio
has made the most significant impact on your
workflow? Enjoy their responses!
Chuck Ainlay
(Peter Frampton, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, Emmylou Harris, Miranda
Lambert, George Strait, Travis Tritt) chuckainlay.com
COVID 19 has changed everything in our business, but for me, the biggest
change has been working from home almost 99% of the time rather than out of a
professional studio. That meant making my listening environment better than just
okay. My space has some good things going for it, but it needed to be tamed
down, so I built some frames to accommodate 2 " Corning 703 and 705 (the
inexpensive secret weapon... Copy Ed.) insulation panels, then covered them
with fabric. It's unbelievable how the bottom end from my speakers came to life.
Mary Mazurek
(WFMT, Fareed Haque, John Bruce
Yeh, Susan Merdinger, Bella Voce,
Jeffrey Siegel) marymazurek.com
I've recently acquired a long-desired
pair of DPA 4006 microphones. They
exhibit beautiful clarity and musicality,
which is applicable for any style of music,
but the 4006 is especially excellent
for classical music. If that wasn't good
enough, I also obtained two 40mm
Acoustic Equalizer Pressure Balls. I initially
thought that these accessories were
gimmicky-until I tried them. They make
the omni pattern slightly more directional
while adding a bit of brightness. I find
that the DPA 4006 with this accessory
makes for an excellent instrument or vocal
spot mic.
38 RECORDING November 2021
Charlie Clouser
(Saw/Spiral film franchise, American Horror Story, Nine Inch Nails, Rob Zombie,
Marilyn Manson) twitter.com/charlieclouser
I've made a couple of minor upgrades to my studio in the last year. One that has helped
me work faster and hopefully better is new acoustic treatment from GIK Acoustics. I installed
thirteen of their eight-inch-thick Mega Bass Traps to cover the front wall behind my speakers,
a ceiling cloud made from five of the Mega Bass Traps above my listening position, and four
of their Tri-Traps to fill in the corners of the front wall as well. This has really helped tame a
mean 100 Hz bump in the room's response and tightened up the sound in here quite a bit.
I got a bit crafty and installed LED strip lighting in between the panels in the ceiling cloud,
which added a bit of direct lighting over the gear as well.
2021 Edition
http://www.chuckainlay.com
http://www.marymazurek.com
http://www.twitter.com/charlieclouser
November 2021
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of November 2021
Fade In
Fast Forward
Studio Upgrade Roundup
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: A Crash Course in Atmos
Plugin Outlet: Slate Digital MetaTune
KRK Systems: KNS 8402
Southern Avenue and the Modern Memphis Sound
Plugin Outlet: Raising Jake SideMinder ME2
Shure MV7 USB Podcast Microphone
RECORDING Show and Tell: Studio Upgrades (2021 Edition)
Plugin Outlet: bx_console Focusrite SC
Novation Circuit Rhythm
Session Log: The AngelHeaded Hipster, Part 11: Home Mixing in Home Studios
Mackie: Onyx16
Alclair: Electro 6 Driver
Plugin Outlet: Arturia FX Collection 2
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: workflow-focused programs and plugins
RME Fireface UCX II 40-channel USB Interface
Readers' Tracks
Fade Out: Studio Feng Shui
November 2021 - Intro
November 2021 - Cover1
November 2021 - Cover2
November 2021 - 1
November 2021 - 2
November 2021 - 3
November 2021 - Fade In
November 2021 - 5
November 2021 - 6
November 2021 - 7
November 2021 - Fast Forward
November 2021 - 9
November 2021 - Studio Upgrade Roundup
November 2021 - 11
November 2021 - 12
November 2021 - 13
November 2021 - 14
November 2021 - 15
November 2021 - 16
November 2021 - 17
November 2021 - 18
November 2021 - 19
November 2021 - Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: A Crash Course in Atmos
November 2021 - 21
November 2021 - 22
November 2021 - 23
November 2021 - Plugin Outlet: Slate Digital MetaTune
November 2021 - 25
November 2021 - KRK Systems: KNS 8402
November 2021 - 27
November 2021 - Southern Avenue and the Modern Memphis Sound
November 2021 - 29
November 2021 - 30
November 2021 - 31
November 2021 - 32
November 2021 - 33
November 2021 - Plugin Outlet: Raising Jake SideMinder ME2
November 2021 - 35
November 2021 - Shure MV7 USB Podcast Microphone
November 2021 - 37
November 2021 - RECORDING Show and Tell: Studio Upgrades (2021 Edition)
November 2021 - 39
November 2021 - 40
November 2021 - 41
November 2021 - Plugin Outlet: bx_console Focusrite SC
November 2021 - 43
November 2021 - Novation Circuit Rhythm
November 2021 - 45
November 2021 - Session Log: The AngelHeaded Hipster, Part 11: Home Mixing in Home Studios
November 2021 - 47
November 2021 - 48
November 2021 - 49
November 2021 - Mackie: Onyx16
November 2021 - 51
November 2021 - Alclair: Electro 6 Driver
November 2021 - 53
November 2021 - Plugin Outlet: Arturia FX Collection 2
November 2021 - 55
November 2021 - 56
November 2021 - 57
November 2021 - Inside the Box with Joe Albano: workflow-focused programs and plugins
November 2021 - 59
November 2021 - 60
November 2021 - 61
November 2021 - RME Fireface UCX II 40-channel USB Interface
November 2021 - 63
November 2021 - Readers' Tracks
November 2021 - 65
November 2021 - 66
November 2021 - 67
November 2021 - 68
November 2021 - 69
November 2021 - 70
November 2021 - 71
November 2021 - Fade Out: Studio Feng Shui
November 2021 - Cover3
November 2021 - Cover4
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