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do also have NS-10s . I ’ m also in the process of talking to Dolby about putting an Atmos system in here too , because that ’ s where everything ’ s going . Everybody from Netflix to Apple to Amazon Prime to Disney Plus , everything has to be mixed in Atmos now .”
Richardson has also added a new live room to the main house with the design assistance of Ron Obvious , who also helped design major spots such as Bryan Adams ’ Warehouse Studio as well as Armoury Studios in Vancouver .
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When asked if these latest upgrades were something that he had envisioned years back , Richardson makes it clear that The Farm ’ s consistent evolution is predicated upon not only his own needs or those of his recording clients , but other engineers as well . “ I got this place because I knew that if I didn ’ t , a bunch of us old school dudes who don ’ t have a home studio would still have to rent a place to work . But now that budgets are getting smaller and smaller , it ’ s getting harder for them to be able to do this . So , I spent |
the time to just make sure that I was able to keep going .”
Evidently , Richardson has been able to keep going for quite some time and shows no signs of slowing . He also recently added a Mac Mini to run the studio from , as well as a unique stereo rack of SSL 4000 series channel strips by Big Valley Audio . “ I ’ ve got the whole room wired up so that I have all of the new modern gear and I have all the old gear . With all of this stuff , I do love the fact that the RedNet has done a good job , because it all
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Richardson : You know what ? I ’ ve changed it a lot . If a real head works for the song , great . If you have a Kemper or Fractal and the sound works and fits the band , great . It ’ s kind of like when I teach my kids the difference between analog and digital ; digital would be a PlayStation 5 , analog is a pinball machine . The best sound wins . If you look at plug-ins too , the UA plug-ins sound phenomenal . The Waves stuff sounds great . So , while I do have all the old analog stuff , the question is how you ’ re going to use that going into the box . But when you ’ re just in the box , you can use the modelled stuff because it works .
PS : How has Nimbus School of Recording and Media , of which you ’ re a co-founder , been operating with COVID-19 at play ?
Richardson : Great — we ’ ve just completely revamped the whole school . We have a whole new program , which we started in January . We ’ ve also tied ourselves to Capilano University , where you can come to Nimbus for the year , then from there you can go to Capilano and get a degree . When COVID first hit , we shut it down for three days to get everything set up to teach online . Now , half the class comes in Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , then the other half comes in Tuesday and Thursday . Then the next week , the classes that were in on Tuesday and Thursday come in Monday / Wednesday / Friday and the other half is online . As far as class sizes , we do what the guidelines say , so 10 per class .
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