Metric Halo helps Audioguy win Korean Music Award
Published: ASIA
SOUTH KOREA: Jung-Hoon Choi – of South Korean recording studio Audioguy & Partners – was recently presented with the 2013 Korean Music Award in the category of ‘Best Jazz and Crossover – Performance Album’, and also received six other nominations in the jazz and crossover category. All seven of the KMA-nominated and winning works were recorded and mixed using Metric Halo ULN-8 and ULN-2 preamp/conversion interfaces.
Audioguy is both a Metric Halo user and a Metric Halo dealer, and recently opened a state-of-the-art recording facility that includes an SSL console, over 70 microphones and multiple Metric Halo interfaces. According to Audioguy, between 30 and 40 per cent of South Korea’s jazz recordings have taken place at the facility since it opened. In addition to studio work, Audioguy provides location recording services throughout South Korea, China, Japan and Europe.
‘I always strive to make recordings that are timeless,’ explained Mr Choi. ‘I don’t want to be part of a trend. I want my recordings to be as engaging decades from now as they are today.
‘All of the Metric Halo hardware is great, but I especially love the ULN-8,’ he explained. ‘The ULN-8’s microphone preamplifiers are outstanding, and the conversion is pristine. I also love Metric Halo Mio console – it can do anything! Whatever a producer, engineer, or musician can dream up, Mio Console can do.
‘Our identity is strong because we handle all of our own planning, producing, recording, mixing, mastering and promotion,’ he continued. ‘Metric Halo is a part of most of those stages, and all of our Korean Music Awards nominations and winning work were recorded, mixed and mastered using the ULN-8 and ULN-2.’
Those nominations include three for ‘Best Jazz and Crossover – Jazz”’ (Sorefa, Soar, and Ascetic) and four for ‘Best Jazz and Crossover – Performance Album’ (Sorefa, Reverberation, Discover Myself and Ascetic).
‘All of our staff are recording engineers,’ said Mr Choi. ‘They understand the real-world performance of our products, and they accordingly offer our customers proper suggestions and service. They know more than the manual or the sales pitch – they know how our products operate in the field. Working with the people at Metric Halo is great. They are timely, competent and always very friendly.’