Club Rouge Choose Studiocare for Grand Opening

The former Nexus Club in St Helens is set to reopen on December 18^th after undergoing a £160,000 refurbishment and rebrand. Changing its name to Club Rouge, the 2000 person capacity nightspot was quick to call in the services of Studiocare to update the DJ booth.

Working closely with resident DJ Mike Lewis, Studiocare supplied and installed a pair of Pioneer CDJ1000 Mark 3 decks with a Pioneer DJM800 mixer. A Sonifex RB-DA6 distribution amplifier has been utilised to split the signal between several zones.

Having tried several speaker and amplifier combinations, Mike settled on a pair of 800W JBL SRX712M cabinets powered by a Lab Gruppen FP3400 as his preferred monitor rig.

Studiocare wishes Club Rouge every success for its opening weekend. If you would like any further information on how we can update or service your venue, please call 0151 236 7800.

STUDIOCARE RECORD LILY LIVE

Working in conjunction with TBI Media, Studiocare’s Live Recording team recently added Lily Allen to their client list. Having previously recorded artists such as Kasabian, The Enemy and Echo & the Bunneymen, Studiocare engineers Peter Fletcher & Kevin Toms employed a 48 channel Pro Tools HD3 system to capture Miss Allen’s show at the Manchester Apollo on Tuesday 17^th November.  The final results were broadcast the following day across Bauer Radio’s ‘Big City’ network.

For further information on live recording, please contact Andrew Culshaw on 0151 236 7800.

Live Pro Tools Engineering by P. Fletcher and K. Toms (Studiocare)

Produced by P. Critchlow (TBI Media Ltd)

Post Production by J. Adams using Logic 9 (TBI Media Ltd)

Beatles Story White Feather Installation Completed by Studiocare

Liverpool bound visitors can be prepared to be moved by the new White Feather: The Spirit of Lennon exhibition recently installed by Studiocare Professional Audio. Working closely with the Beatles Story, Studiocare’s Project Manager Tom Smith and System Designer/Engineer Peter Fletcher ensured the highest specification equipment was chosen within the budget to ensure safe and reliable performance and the highest standards of Audio & Video (see below).

The exhibition is housed at the Beatles Story’s 2^nd site at the Mersey Ferries terminal building and runs to December 31 2009, described as the emotional and intimate personal story of the life of the Lennon family… a unique and emotive insight into life with John Lennon that only Cynthia and Julian can give.

Signal Processing and Distribution by BSS

Speakers by JBL

Amplification by Lab Gruppen

Visuals by Optoma & Samsung

Cable & Connectors by Klotz & Neutrik

Project Manager – Tom Smith

Engineer & System Design – Peter Fletcher

Any customers wishing to gain further information or prices please contact me on 0151 236 7800 –  rick@studiocare.com

Jon Cohen – Music Producer and Remixer selects Euphonix Artist Series

Jon Cohen is the UK’s leading producer of Classical Crossover music, having sold over three million albums and earning several classical number ones, nine BRIT nominations, a Grammy nomination and a Brit award for Best Classical Album. Jon’s work has included projects with Vanessa Mae, Faryl Smith, and recently, the world renowned Kenyan Boys Choir.  As part of the super remix team, Moto Blanco, Jon has worked on records by Mary J. Blige, Leona Lewis, Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, George Michael and many more.

Love at First Touch
I love the Euphonix Artist Series. Once I’d got used to not reaching for the mouse, I found that my workflow was quicker and more efficient. The problem with mixing in the box with a mouse is that you can only do one thing at a time. With my MC Control and MC Mixes, I can have one hand on a couple of faders and another hand on an FX return or group fader.

Then I got into assigning layouts and custom macros and it just took off! And having hands on access to plug-in parameters at the touch of a knob is so much more intuitive than using a mouse – I now find myself trying ideas that I wouldn’t have thought of before. I love the ability to flip the faders. This is really great for automating sends or filters and setting up cue mixes.

Powerful Yet Simple
Setup was so simple and it really does work straight away. No complicated configuration is required for Logic. The Eucon integration is very deep and there’s almost nothing you can do in Logic that the Artist Series doesn’t understand. The build quality is excellent, and I love the bright, clear LEDs which provide all the info I need. I honestly don’t see myself going back.

I also have the Eucon software on my laptop, and when I leave my studio, I often take the laptop and one MC Mix unit for a very mobile pro setup. I used to mix everything I did on a large SSL but with the Artist Series, mixing in the box has now moved to the next level.

Jon Cohen Projects

Vanessa Mae, Faryl Smith, Kenyan Boys Choir, Mary J Blige, Lady Gaga, Leona Lewis, and many more

Software Apps:

Logic Pro & Pro Tools LE

Other stuff:

3 MC Mixes, 1 MC Control, Logic Studio, Pro Tools LE, Mac Pro 8 Quad 3GHz, TC Studio Konnekt 48, M-Audio FW410, UAD Quad, SSL Duende PCIe, Waves plug-ins, Vienna Sample Library, Focal Twin 6

Studiocare adds CDJ2000 to Hire Stock

 

Our Hire Department is pleased to announce the purchase of six Pioneer CDJ2000 professional multi players as part of its commitment to stocking the largest inventory of Pioneer Pro DJ equipment for hire in the UK. The CDJ-2000 is hoped to be available for hire within the next fortnight and is sure to be in high demand in Liverpool, and indeed the whole UK, as DJs want to be the first to get to grips with its new and unique features.

As well as the CDJ 2000, which will be priced at £50 per day, Studiocare is also able to hire the following Pioneer products:

SVM1000             £150

DVJ1000               £75

DVJ-X1                  £60

CDJ1000 Mk3     £30

DJM800                £40

DJM909                £40

DJM1000              £60

EFX1000               £30

CMX3000             £25

All prices are correct at the time of going to press and are exclusive of VAT

Any customers wishing to gain further information or prices for Live Event Consultancy and Equipment Hire please contact our Hire Dept on 0151 236 7800 –  hire@studiocare.com

Studiocare help make August Forest Party a success

Studiocare help make August Forest Party a success

Once again, Studiocare’s Hire Department were chosen to supply PA, lighting, staging and power for the 2009 Secret Forest Party, presented by Chibuku and Lake of Stars. As expected, all the tickets were hurriedly snapped up for the event, described as the kind of event that rarely comes up once in a lifetime, with clubbers being treated to a top notch party featuring DJs such as Alex Metric, Lewis Boardman and Six AM. The event helped raise funds to support the Lake of Stars Festival, held annually in Malawi, which promotes Malawian music and tourism as well as raising funds for local charities.

The PA system consisted of eight JBL SRX 718S subwoofers, four JBL SRX738 cabs and four JBL SRX715 cabs powered by four Crown iTech 6000 amplifiers to make sure there was plenty of volume throughout the event area. Two CDJ1000 Mk3s, two Technics SL1210 Mk5 G turntables and a Pioneer DJM800 mixer were specified with two SRX715 cabs acting as monitors. Various lights and effects were chosen including a Martin Lighting Atomic 3000 strobe and several Martin Lighting MiniMac moving heads.

If you would like Studiocare to supply equipment for your next event please contact our Hire Team on 0151 236 7800 or email hire@studiocare.com.

Further information about this year’s Lake of Stars Festival can be found at www.lakeofstars.org

Studiocare Appointed European Dealer for Cascade Microphones

We are very pleased to announce that Studiocare has been appointed Cascade Microphone dealers for the UK and Europe.

We have received excellent feedback on their performance from both our Professional and Home Studio customers. The Fat Head II Ribbon Microphone at £160 + VAT@15% (£184 Inc) represents unmatched value in the pro audio industry. This is typical of the reasonable prices, almost too good to be true!

Studiocare have most of the range in stock, available for next day delivery in the UK and two day delivery to Europe with the rest of the range and transformer options including Lundahl or a Cinemag available to pre order.

Some of the most popular microphones in the range include :

Cascade Fathead – Single Element Ribbon Microphone (Black/Silver) – £125 + VAT

Cascade Fathead Blumlein Pair – Single Element Ribbon Microphone (Black/Silver) – £255 + VAT

Cascade Fathead II – Single Element Ribbon Microphone (Black/Silver) – £160 + VAT

Cascade Fathead II Scoop Grill – Single Element Ribbon Microphone (Brown/Gold) – £150 + VAT

Cascade Fathead II Blumlein Pair – Single Element Ribbon Microphone (Black/Silver) – £285 + VAT

Cascade Fathead II Blumlein Pair with Lundahl LL2912 Transformer- Ribbon Microphone (Black/Silver) – £480

Cascade C77 – Award Winning Ribbon Microphone W/ Lundahl LL2913 Transformer – £325 + VAT

Cascade Gomez Microphone (Michael Joly Edition) Short Single Ribbon (Lundahl LL2913 Transformer) – £325 + VAT

Cascade Microphones ELROY – Tube Multi-Pattern Large Condenser – £210 + VAT

Cascade Microphones M20u Large Condenser – £85 + VAT

Cascade Microphones M39 Stereo Pair – Small Condenser, 22mm Bass roll off / Pad – Silver – £105 + VAT

For further information and pricing please go to :

http://www.studiocare.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=cascade

Or call or email our sales office on 0151 236 7800 or sales@studiocare.com

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life choose Studiocare for Live Event campaign

We are very pleased to announce that for the third year running, Studiocare Professional Audio have been chosen for Live Event Consultancy and Equipment Hire for Cancer Research UK’s highly successful Race for Life campaign.  In total seventeen races were supplied by Studiocare, including  Aintree Racecourse, Castle Donington, Chester, Derby, Lancaster, Manchester, Nottingham Holme Pierrepont, Sefton Park, Stoke, Tatton Park, Wirral and Wolverhampton. The events, which take place annually across the UK, aim to raise £60 million in sponsorship money to help CRUK beat cancer.

As always, Studiocare’s main brief was, whether there are 2,000 or 10,000 people at the event that everyone needs to be able to hear the PA system clearly. As such, Studiocare has invested heavily into Live Events equipment with their preferred rig consisting of  JBL VRX932 Line Array, hung from two of Litestructures’s LiteMasts, and JBL SRX718S Subwoofers. Amplification of choice is Crown iTech6000 and Lab Gruppen FP3400/FP2400Q amps.

The full system is able to fit into one vehicle and can be set up within two hours of arrival on site. Studiocare is able to offer site visits and risk assessments and has public liability insurance of £2 million.

Any customers wishing to gain further information or prices for Live Event Consultancy and Equipment Hire please contact our Hire Dept on 0151 236 7800 –  hire@studiocare.com

Now Available: MassivePack™ 8 and MassivePack Pro™ 8

Digidesign’s Massive is back

These special plug-in bundles will be available for a limited time from July 21st, 2009 through December 22nd, 2009

Details
Designed exclusively for Pro Tools|HD®*, the new MassivePack™ 8 features a revered set of plug-ins used by leading studios and pros to create mixes for albums, TV, and film. The bundle includes 11 of the top Pro Tools® Development Partners™ plug-ins, plus your choice of 12 more from Digidesign®.
All of this is available at extraordinary savings of around £6,700 off retail (when purchased separately). Need more processing power? MassivePack Pro™ 8 provides even greater value, offering a performance-boosting PCIe HD Accel card (worth £3,390 just on its own!) and the same set of MassivePack 8 plug-ins at savings of around £8,500 off retail (when purchased separately).

The Plug-in List
MassivePack 8 and MassivePack Pro 8 come with these 11 plug-ins:
• Abbey Road/Chandler Limited TG Mastering Pack — Emulates EMI TG12410 console EQ and filter
• Brainworx bx_boom! — Enhances kick drum sounds through attenuation and boost
• Brainworx bx_control — Offers quality listening controls, with M/S matrix and stereo width control
• Brainworx bx_hybrid — Provides world-class mixing and mastering EQ
• McDSP FutzBox — Offers a collection of creative EQ, distortion, and filter effects
• Softube FET Compressor — Emulates the most famous solid-state compressor
• Sonnox Inflator — Produces louder mixes with warmth and character
• SPL EQ Rangers Vol. 1 — Provides three distinct EQ plug-ins for complete sonic control
• SPL Transient Designer — Versatile mixing tool shapes dynamic response
• TC Electronic VSS3 Stereo Source Reverb — Ported from the legendary System 6000
• URS N4 Series — 6-band parametric EQ re-creates that vintage British sound

Plus, choose 12 more from these Digidesign plug-ins:
• Classic Compressors Bundle — Offers emulations of five renown compressors/limiters
• Cosmonaut Voice™ — Unique vocal processor creates special effects
• DINR™ — Digidesign Intelligent Noise Reduction helps silence noise
• Eleven™ — Produces hyper-realistic tones of the world’s most coveted vintage guitar amps
• Impact® — Provides console-style mix bus compression
• JOEMEEK Bundle — Includes emulations of the VC5 Meequalizer and SC2 Compressor
• Moogerfooger® Bundle — Four audio effects and vintage synths re-create the Moog sound
• Pultec Bundle — Includes emulations of three Pultec analog EQs
• Reel Tape™ Suite — Offers a set of three analog tape emulation and effects plug-ins
• Slightly Rude Compressor™ — Custom compressor helps un-digitize sounds
• TL Drum Rehab™ — Drum sound replacement and enhancement tool optimizes drum tracks
• TL EveryPhase™ — Produces classic analog phaser sounds and effects
• TL Space™ TDM — Delivers the ultimate convolution reverb for music and post
• Tel-Ray® Variable Delay — Provides unique, space-age echo and delay effects
• Voce® Bundle — Includes effects emulations of the rotating speaker and B-3 organ vibrato
• X-Form® — Natural-sounding time- and pitch-stretching tool

In addition, MassivePack Pro 8 includes:
• HD Accel card for PCIe — DSP accelerator card provides more power for Pro Tools|HD

Fulfillment Details
MassivePack 8 and MassivePack Pro 8 are available as special order items. Customers must have a registered Pro Tools|HD system or purchase a new one to purchase either Massive Pack 8 bundle. Only one bundle may be ordered per registered Pro Tools|HD system.

July Special – While Stocks Last – Buy an Audio Technica AT4040 Microphone Get SE Electronics Reflexion Filter – FREE

On a limited special offer while stocks last we are offering a free SE Electronics Reflexion Filter worth £165.95 + VAT (£190.84 Inc) when you purchase an Audio Technica AT4040 Cardioid Condenser Microphone inc. shockmount for £312.17 + VAT (£359.00 Inc VAT@15%)

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