Studio upgrade.

octatonic

I've changed things around in the UK studio, which is the addition of an Avid MTRX.
This thing is a beast.

It is primarily a Pro Tools HDX interface but it does so much more than that.
For those that aren't familiar the MTRX is a rebadged DAD AX32- DAD being Digital Audio Denmark.
It has the best conversion quality I've heard and a plethora of analogue and digital interfacing options.

It is also a 1500x1500 channel digital patchbay, speaks Dante, MADI (optical and coax) and there are options for sample rate conversion of incoming digital signals.

I am in the process of moving to a Dolby Atmos workflow so it can easily deal with quite high channel counts for 9.1.4 or higher speaker configurations.
It also acts as a monitor controller- so all my preamps, outboard and speakers attach to it (although still via the analogue patch bays) and I can use an application called DADman to control all the IO.

I'm writing this up for Production Expert sites and reviewing the MOM (Monitor Operating Module) as part of the process, which is a freely configurable controller with multiple layers and lots of scope for customisation.

I've only had a couple of days with it so far but it is pretty positive thus far.

Musicwolf

Very impressive, but does it pass the ultimate studio test?  If you switch off the studio lights and set the music playing, do the flashing lights mesmerise the band? (brings back happy memories of evenings with the band doing exactly this)

Stuckfast

What sort of Atmos stuff are you doing? Do you think it'll take off as a format for music mixing, or will it be mainly film, games, TV etc?

octatonic

Stuckfast said:

What sort of Atmos stuff are you doing? Do you think it'll take off as a format for music mixing, or will it be mainly film, games, TV etc?

I start post-grad studies in a month and there are game audio and immersive audio modules as part of my degree.
The university has that capability but given studio access restriction due to covid and I have a studio that can be tricked out to do it, it seemed like a good time to go down that route.

Honestly I don't know if it will take off for music but I want to be able to do it and I'm trying to move a bit sideways into post production too.

octatonic

I wrote an article about the install- if anyone cares to read it then it is available here:

https://bit.ly/30HGqPv

Blaendulais

octatonic said:

I wrote an article about the install- if anyone cares to read it then it is available here:

https://bit.ly/30HGqPv

I was interested and its a very well written informative article.  It is however clear that my journey into recording has only just started.

Thanks James

octatonic

Blaendulais said:

octatonic said:

I wrote an article about the install- if anyone cares to read it then it is available here:

https://bit.ly/30HGqPv

I was interested and its a very well written informative article.  It is however clear that my journey into recording has only just started.

Thanks James

Thank you- that is very kind.

kjdowd

Blaendulais said:

octatonic said:

I wrote an article about the install- if anyone cares to read it then it is available here:

https://bit.ly/30HGqPv

I was interested and its a very well written informative article.  It is however clear that my journey into recording has only just started.

Thanks James

Yes. Excellent article. 

octatonic

Thanks chaps.