Hi my name is Mike Sinnott and I'm the
facilities manager at the ICMP.
We have a wonderful ASP8024 Heritage Edition.
We were lucky enough to be one of the first customers.
We spec'd it with two producer panels,
giving us a space to drop in the Avid S3.
We also have a number of Audient iD4 audio interfaces
in one of the tech suites
which have also been a big hit with the students.
All students have access to our fantastic
production facilities and we have this
amazing studio also number of
production rooms as well.
But it is in general the music production
degree students that will have time
and spend time here on their own or working in groups.
I think one of the things that makes the ICMP special
and differentiates us from a lot of
universities is that this institution
focuses primarily on music.
All the staff, the faculty, everybody lives and breathes
music so whether you're a performer or
songwriter, doing music business course,
or producing in a studio like this.
I think that the fact that music is
in the veins and runs through the
veins of everybody here at the ICMP is a big plus.
The reason we chose Audient here the ICMP
with the console, was the fact that we were able to
configure it to exactly how we wanted.
We were set on the Avid S3 so being
able to pop in the two producer panels
here allowed us some nice space to not
just put the S3, but also create a
nice working area for students.
The signal flow of the desk, the way that it's laid out
the inline architecture is important from an
educational point of view.
Teaching students this type of analogue of workflow
will not only get them used to using the
console like this but also other equipment
especially if you are using a Digital Audio Workstation.
Having this experience makes you look at the
DAW in a certain way, it's really important.
Some really nice flexibility that the
inline architecture will give you.
The way you're able to split the eq between
the bus faders and the monitor faders
gives you a lot more flexibility
whether you're recording or you're in a mix session,
I think that overall having
these options makes these desks a really powerful tool.
It sounds great it looks great and
ultimately as far as the overall... what it
brings to ICMP, the value for money it
represented was outstanding.
We've had some great feedback already for the desk
the tutors have been absolutely
raving about it, absolutely love it.
We've also been doing some training in here,
some master classes.
We have a pool of student engineers that have been
trained in here and they absolutely adore it.
They've been used to working on the smaller desk
so it's a big step up for them.
We've also had great feedback for the iD4s as well
The dual headphone output is really really
helpful from a teaching point of view.
For students working on a project the
tutor is very quickly able to go and plug in
and have a listen at the same time
as the students, so educationally that's a real result.
We see Audient as being one of our key partners
and have been thrilled
with the relationship that's developed.
The service has been excellent.
Simon has been really
supportive from with us with this desk.
For me I think building partnerships with
the industry is really important.
For a start it's important that we provide our
students with equipment that industry standard,
that's out there being used.
Educationally sound so for students
wanting to learn an analogue mixing console
it gives them some really good
basic knowledge for them to be able to
go out and translate that onto different desks.
Overall the workflow in this in the studio is very easy
and the Audient at the heart of it.
The inline architecture makes that possible,
the switchable EQ
very good students to learn the basics
of of an analog mixing console like this
but also interestingly being able to
integrate the digital audio workstation
side of things, the Avid S3.
So we're also able to touch on digital workflows
as well enabling students to get the best of both worlds.