Shredd Studio’s ASP8024 used for Bobby Beebob remix

Published: July 23, 2014 ASIA

AUSTRALIA: Following its recent installation at Melbourne’s Shredd Studios, producer and artist Bobby BeeBob has been applying his talents on an Audient ASP8024 console for his latest remix of One More Try.

The song was originally released independently by Bobby’s collaborative group, Saffron Groove, but after signing to US-label 50/50 Global Muzik, One More Try was remixed before being re-released internationally.

‘When I first released One More Try it was an independent release and I mixed it “in the box”,’ explained Bobby. ‘It came out pretty well, but I always knew it could have sounded better.’

Shredd Studios owner Michael Gonthier recently took delivery of the 36-channel ASP8024. With Bobby being familiar with the benefits that analogue hardware processors could provide, having started his studio career in the late 1990s, the union between the two was inevitable.

‘We decided to use a hybrid approach,’ Bobby continued. ‘All the reverbs, delays and modulation happened with plugins in the computer, but nearly all the compression, EQ, levels and summing happened using analogue outboard and the desk. It added a lot of clarity to the mix, we were all really happy with the result.’

‘The mixing process for One More Try was really interesting because I got to use all of my rack gear,’ explained Mr Gonthier. ‘The combination of that with the console gave us a sound that was really defined and flexible. We used a lot of plugins to shape and carve away some of the frequencies we didn't want, and we used the Audient desk to boost up frequencies via British EQs, to get a really sweet sounding track.’

‘When I work in my own home studio it’s a very digital environment,’ added Bobby. ‘Once I started working at Shredd, it’s really hard to go back. When I bring artists or producers into this environment – a lot of whom only work on laptops in bedrooms – and they start using the board and the analogue gear, they not only hear the sonic difference but they enjoy the process much more.’