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In the HEART of the MIX
with
KJ & AT
Whether it’s Audio Technica’s amazing line of high
performance microphones or their impeccable
range of high performance headphones, users
across the globe rave nothing but praise for AT’s
astute sense of technology, quality and durability.
Several music professionals across India too,
religiously rely on AT products to faithfully
reproduce and enjoy their signature sounds. And
a stand-out member of this inevitably large list
of AT ‘followers’ in India is the globally recognized
national award winning veteran sound engineer
and record label owner KJ Singh, whose body
of work includes teaming up with a galaxy of
music superstars of the likes of AR Rahman, Lata
Mangeshkar and many more (apart from having
been a part of several Bollywood films, music
albums and pretty much the rest of the works!). You’re an award winning engineer who’s known to be in
touch with the latest in pro audio technology from leading
brands across the world. Please tell us a bit about your
association with Audio Technica (AT) products, and what
exactly about AT products do you like the most. Do you have
any AT products as a part of your personal tech inventory?
AT caught up with KJ to find out more about
these projects and the awesome experience he
(and the artists!) had in the studio with the range
of high performance AT products at their service. Please tell us a bit about the latest projects where you’ve
used an assortment of AT products. What were these projects
all about? Who were the participating artists? And how long
did the individual projects span?
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As an engineer I am always interested in new technology and tools
that help me enhance the sounds that I am recording or mixing. And
if you approach your work the way I do, then AT’s high standard of
quality and performance will pretty much get you hooked on to it
once you experience them in action. Over the years, I found myself
constantly coming across AT microphones in recording studios
around the world. On several occasions, I got to use their ever
popular AT4050 series vocal mics and fell in love with their overall
sound. I also got to experience the power and precision of the AE2500
as I used them in the live circuit for kick drums on quite a few gigs.
So in and out of the studio, AT was around pretty much everywhere
I went.
But my tryst with AT actually began in London over a decade ago
with their headphones. I had auditioned a pair of ATH-M30 and really
liked them over other brands of headphones. So I bought a pair from
StudioSpares, and on my next visit to the place, I picked up some ear
pads for the ATHM30 and consequently even picked up an ATH-M40
since I loved the quality and feel of the headphones. But when Pro
Visual Audio – the official distributors of Audio Technica in India,
sent me the silver 50th Anniversary addition ATH M50, I was over
the moon. And then these guys literally sent me to heaven with a
white ATH-M50X – that’s my personal baby and NO ONE gets to
touch that!
In my personal inventory, I have an ATH-M40, an ATH-M50 (50th
anniversary limited edition) and an ATH-M50X (white). And just
recently, a friend form London gifted me an ATH-M50x (blue/brown)
since he knew I liked good headphones! Now I am desperately trying
to get my hands on a red ATHM headphone!!
We recorded the new album for the popular Mumbai based
progressive/alternate rock band ‘SPUD IN THE BOX’. The 12 songs of
the album were recorded in India’s leading studio facility - Yash Raj