Welcome AdoramaTV to Dublin.
We're going to AES 2019
and in this show
I wanted to bring in my favorite products
from the show,
some amazing stuff!
So come on,
follow me.
So here we are with Freddy,
from Nugen
and we've been applauding their plug-ins
for I don't know how long
because they are so awesome.
Well thank you.
Freddy key tell us a bit about them.
This is the Loudness Tool Kit.
It includes VisLM
which is our timecode locked
loudness meter with a history function.
It includes LM correct,
which is our quick fix Loudness Correction Tool
and ISL which is our True Peak Limiter.
All of these work in up to 7.2 Surround
but they also do stereo 5.1, 7.1 and so on.
The newest thing that I'm excited about
is the latest SigMod update,
so SigMod is kind of our utility belt plugin.
It has 12 different modules
that you can use.
They're all kind of a single process modules,
some of them do quite utilitarian tasks
like we have a left right switch,
sort of linear 100% wet delay,
Trim, Phase and Mono checking
and so on but the really exciting thing
we've just added is the insert VST 3 module
that allows you to use VST plug-ins
even inside a DAW like Pro Tools
basically any DAW that doesn't currently handle VSTs,
you can use all of your VST 3 plug-ins within that.
You can also use it
in conjunction with the other SigMod modules,
so for example I've got the mid
side encoder and decoder
either side of this here,
so that means that although I've got ISL
inserted here, at the moment that's actually working
in mid/side mode
even though ISL doesn't have mid side
functionality natively,
so you know really, really flexible.
You can use that with anything.
You could make a mid side reverb with that
which is obviously not something,
that you'd normally get
but it can sound really cool.
You can, you know, make a mid side Distortion
like any weird and wonderful thing
you can think of.
I was a messing around with some kind of tape
emulation stuff,
but in mid side not long ago
and that was getting some,
maybe not necessarily usable
but definitely interesting sounds I'd say
and so yeah that's the latest update of SigMod.
So here we are with Lee, from PreSonus
Hey, how you doing?
Really good to meet you.
You're with PreSonus.
Indeed yes we're here in the AES Dublin
which is great for me because I live here,
its only up the road.
So the one thing I did want to focus
on today or just have a good look at,
Yes
is Studio One.
Yes.
The free DAW
for everyone,
you just go on,
and you download right?
Well yes there's three versions;
there's prime which is free
which actually gives you an unlimited
recording and kind of allows
you to learn how to use Studio One,
the drag and drop and stuff like that,
so you'll see how easy it is use.
Then you can upgrade
to the kind of middle version
which is artist.
This like would allow you to do a full
professional production
for very,
not too much money
and then you can go up to the pro version
which is also,
it's around $399 euros
so it's pretty affordable
for a full professional software
with built in mastering and tons of features
but people are really liking
the ease of use with it.
Everything's drag-and-drop
and very, very easy to use
and you could pull up your own instruments
in there and your own VSTs.
Exactly so you can like build,
you get an empty page
which is I'll actually maybe show you a little bit.
Do you want to show us now?
Yes so the idea is that
it's a single window interface
so we're trying to keep it away from,
you know lots of confusing windows overlapping
and stuff like that,
so you got one window,
you can do audio recording,
you can do instrument recording,
so you know your drum machines
or your synthesizers
and stuff like that
which will be controlled by MIDI
and then you can put on effects,
compression all those sorts of things
so you get the mix really right
to balance the individual tracks
but drag and drop is really,
really the key here
so if I want to set up say
this synthesizer
just drag it onto the page,
it sets up the track and the synthesizer in one move.
Okay. That's really key.
So its a really simple interface to use.
It's super easy
and then you can do the same with effects.
If I want to put like a delay on something
just simply drag it on there,
that's it done!
Before you would have to do five or six steps
to do that. Yes. Then you're kind of bored,
but here you just drag it on
and it's done. You can move on, you know.
Do you have unlimited tracks?
Yes unlimited tracks, yes indeed
Both MIDI and Audio?
Yes exactly.
Wow, brilliant!
Now there are some features
that the lower versions
won't allow you to do VST and stuff like that,
or mastering built in and things like that,
what's really nice about Studio One Artist,
is you can buy individual features
from the PreSonus shop
which is built-in,
so while you are using the DAW
you can go into the shop
and maybe buy some string samples
or compatibility with VST's
and things like that
so you don't have to pay the full amount
for the Pro Version
just individual elements
as you build with the software.
Awesome!
Yeah, yeah its cool.
So here we are with Jim Dunne
of Smart Studio Inc
and he's just going to tell
us a little bit about this amazing system
that you can get
and walk into a building
and have yourself a studio before you know it.
Jim what's the story?
Okay Keith it's something we've been working on
for quite a while,
coming from a background
in the recording studio business.
I've seen the process was
a quite a long irrigated elongated process
to get from an idea,
to a build
to a finished studio.
So we decided to rebuild
really focus on the story
and actually come up with a new way of doing it
and it meant taking it away
from the hands of the builder
bringing it back into the workshop,
working out how we bit design it first of all,
who works acoustically?
Then working at how we actually manufacture that
and then putting a team of guys together
who can now go out in the field
and install it on-site.
So we've kind of,
we've kind of taken the Builder out of the picture
whether he likes it or not,
but because,
the main reason is because
this is such a specialized area.
There's a lot of moving parts in the studio
and you need the skill set
that understands how all the bits come together
and my experience working in the audio industry
has you know for good or for real
given me that kind of a background
so here we are with Smart Studio Inc
and Jim tell me I'm right in saying
it's for want of a better term,
a Lego studio, it's a modular system
that comes together
and ultimately builds you
a perfectly acoustic room?
Absolutely Keith yeah
it's all about the modularity
there's a couple of reasons behind it,
first of all we use regular material,
building materials so therefore
we don't want to be taking material in
and cutting into pieces,
we take it in modular sort of format
which means it's a modular size,
which means we build the rooms on blocks
of 1.2 meters.
Now we can do smaller sections
too for custom sizes
but generally speaking
we're working on 1.2 meters
and that way if every every wall module
is identical to every other wall module.
We have window modules and door modules
but we're the only company
to say that we've got half of your studio
in stock because your conditional build
requires you to arrive on site with all the materials
and the job starts the day you get to site.
We actually have our warehouse
full of materials all pre-manufactured
so therefore when we talk to you
we can talk about starting your job
we're 50 percent of the way
to having your studio built
when we agree the contract.
Because going and building your own studio,
finding an existing building,
trying to make it isolated,
you know put your studio in
an existing building it's really incredibly hard.
Absolutely.
Because the amount of stuff
that you have to do just to isolate the room
and you guys can just walk in,
well first off,
you guys can talk to me
and say listen this is going to be the price trade-off.
Yes.
No hidden costs or anything?
Absolutely not, you know,
price only changes if you change the speck.
Wow what happens with the wiring
and that sort of stuff?
Is it all catered for?
It is all catered for.
We we know that there's
the room in its own right is not an end,
the room is in,
it's a host space
it's got to accomodate equipment.
It's got to accommodate people,
so therefore within the modules
we make accommodation for all of the wiring
in fact we'll be asking you
where your speakers go
and where's your desk going
because we want to make sure
that the points are on the floor,
the points are on the wall
where all the cables come out
so therefore when you get your installer guys in
they just simply put the cables on the ends
on the cables and put in the gear
and go to work
and ultimately if I don't like the area,
I can just move and bring my studio with me?
Absolutely, key feature especially in this modern-day
world where you may come across
a building on a 20 year lease
and five years into the lease
next thing the landlord wants
to double, treble the price.
What's the options?
Suck it up or hang on a second
let's move it to another location as such.
We have an online Cost Estimator
so you can log on to the website
give us your name
and give us your email address
and that will let you into a page
which lets you look at various options
in terms of room size
and room costs
so therefore when you're putting your plan
together along with your equipment
and your installation budget,
now you can get an accurate cost
for your studio.
This has often been a very slow point
with a traditional build,
where you have to engage a team of people
to work at a budget,
well with our situation
you can actually get a budgetary cost
immediately so therefore
it helps you with your planning process
helps you with your budgeting process,
we can go anywhere in the world,
we take care of Ireland obviously
from Ireland and the UK
and Western Europe
and then we have allied partners
where we use companies
who have got CNC equipment
in remote locations,
at the moment we're talking to people
in New Zealand and in LA.
We won't be building the modules for them as such,
but we are selling them a license
and giving them the know how
to build a module themselves
in their own location
and then we will go out to site
and help them install it.
Awesome, awesome good one Jim.
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