the recording process to give an insight to people on the kind of work we do here at Cadence Studios .
A lot of new recording studios are popping around Bangalore . What does your studio bring to the table and what kind of work would you like to focus on ?
I ’ ve come across a plethora of studios / production houses coming up , which in my opinion is a great thing to be happening in Bangalore .
I look to concentrate on producing artists and bands , working with them from the ground up , production wise , and to promote the organic workflow .
What I ’ m really targeting here is trying to get artists to understand the importance of having a good signal flow and for them to not have to think twice about it not fitting in their budget .
A lot of bands tend to shy away from live drum tracking due to the magnitude of work that goes into it and the monetary aspect which tends to pile on from it . I plan to work out a discounted rate for bands wanting to do a live drum tracking to persuade and push more bands to go ahead and do it .
Apart from this , the facility will also be open to commercial work , such as ADR , foley and playback .
Can you run us through your recording workflow and the set-up ?
Yeah , the core of the studio sound is the Universal Audio Apollo Quad , which is the audio interface and where the main A / D ( Analogue to Digital Conversion ) is taking place . Followed by the Dangerous Music D-Box .
This then goes into a pair of Neumann KH310 ’ s for my main monitors , with a pair of ADAM Audio A7 ’ s for my secondary source of monitoring .
Coming to the Hardware Mic Pre ’ s , we ’ re running a Manley Force , which is a 4-Channel Vacuum Tube Mic Pre . Empirical Labs Distressor , which is a single channel compressor , which is a blended flavour of all the sonic qualities of the Vintage UREI 1176 and LA2A .
Separately , We have a unit of the Audient ASP880 , which is an 8 - Channel Mic Pre for any extra inputs and for all my reamping requirements , we have a Fractal Audio AXE FX II .
In the live room , we have the industry standard , Neumann U87 Ai ( large-diaghram condenser ) and a SE Electronics Voodoo VR1 ( ribbon microphone ).
For the Dynamic Microphones , we have another industry standard , the Shure SM7B . Along with this , a pair of SM58 and SM57 , and a Sennheiser e906 , which is primarily used to mic speaker cabinets .
For all direct input requirements , we offer a Rupert Neve Designs RNDI , along with 4 more Vacuum Tube DI Inputs with the Manley Force , as well .
Do you think that one needs a formal education to have a career in sound ? If so , which institutes would you recommend to people who are planning on taking up audio engineering as career ?
That ’ s a bit of tricky question , with a very long answer with multiple ways of looking at it .
I did my Diploma in Audio Engineer from SAE , London which definitely shaped these last 5 years for me , without a doubt . But what impacted me the most there , was the exposure it gave me into the real world , and the luxury of having some of the most experienced engineers and lecturers at our disposal .
To the audio engineering institutes available in Bangalore , Audio Academy and AudioLife are two institutes I look up to for the kind of work they are doing .
Can you name some of the bands that you work with ?
I ' ve worked with artists like Thakara , 83 Miles Per Hour , D ’ s Kitchen , Brodha V , Mohammed Salahuddin ( Singer Songwriter ), Aldrin Dominic Alex , Kenishaa Francis , Switcheroo , Best Kept Secret , Vasu Dixit , Pineapple Express , Space Is All We Have , Quarantine , Flittermaus , KA19 , Prajwal Pai ( Singer Songwriter ), Edwin George , Out Of Office , The Majolly Project , Eswara , and Sulfurcloud .
I ’ ve also worked as a Co-Music Director , and engineered the music album and movie score , for the Kannada movie , LIFE 360 , which was released in 2017 .
I ' ve also been working on a very ambitious collaboration project , with some really awesome artists , which I ' m engineering / mixing , for the better part of the last year . Won ’ t mention details here . Will be coming out very soon , so do stay tuned .
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