Stephen Emmer
I assist Stephen with all operational & technical aspects of his private project-studio:
- Solving software- and IT issues
- Making a flexible and patchable signalflow for all gear and instruments so they can be used to full extend during recording and mixing
- Backup and archiving of current and finished projects
Henjo live
Henjo Hielkema is a Techno-producer. He creates his own music & live-shows.
For the controlroom in his new house, he was looking for a serious improvement compared with his existing situation. I consulted Henjo with appointing the best acoustic construction company and choosing new gear
The room was built by EV Acoustics
Dealer Helios took care of the ATC-speaker-systeem, monitor-controller and master-clock.
Next Movement
This new studio was looking for consultancy and practical assistance in their last straight line finishing up the studio. I took care of cabling, custom printed 19″ panels, labelling, Audio over IP, IT-networking, monitor-mix-system, clocking, …
With the focus on creating own content, they were also in need of advise on datamanagement, naming convention and a solutions for backups and archiving.
Feels great to help them get rolling as soon as possible !
Mengwerk
This project fits perfectly in the category “operational relief”. Mengwerk is a fast-growing post-production-facility that stands for quality and likes to take part in pioneering in modern and growing technology for both audio and color grading.
I assist them in getting the small things done that they don’t get to because of the daily workload; such as cable management, labelling, …
Davina Michelle “My Own World”
Dutch pop artist Davina Michelle was supposed to play 2 sold out shows at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam in the week that COVID-19 put The Netherlands in a lockdown. The whole team was disappointed, but decided to get creative. They started a cooperation with AFAS Live & Pathé, played the show in an empty venue, mixed it in stereo and 5.1-surround so they could reach their fans in those difficult times. I was Audio Postproduction Consultant, and helped the team out with:
- the technical setup in their studio (placing & aligning the 5.1-surround speaker setup)
- communication with the dubbing stage where we make the sound Dolby-proof so it sounds good in the cinema’s
- figuring out the delivery specifications for the video-on-demand-platform
- answering all sorts of technical questions from the team
The project was screened in all Pathé-cinema’s in The Netherlands and it’s available on the Pathé Thuis platform
I had a lot of fun doing this !
Jaywalker Studio (Jay van den Berg)
Assisting Jay on deciding on a new workflow, including changing over from a large format SSL to a hybrid mixing setup based on hardware inserts and analogue summing.
Setting up contact with various acoustic designers to find the best fit for the job
Shebbe Klaasen – Studer 928 installatie
Shebbe got introduced to me by Jan Kooper with whom he worked together on a project a while ago. He produces his own music at home, where he also does production and mixing-work for other musicians. In his quest for a larger channel-count and better analogue summing, he bumped in to a Studer 928 that served as a “hot spare” at the Dutch Broadcast Center for many years. Quite an upgrade from his current setup with a Midas Venice 32, because also the AD/DA conversion is changed over to 2 Presonus Quantum 4848 interfaces.
The console is being revised by Jos van Zoest and we’re hoping to install it in Shebbe’s living room upcoming November.
I’m responsible for:
- the communication with all party’s involved.
- detailed design of the patchbay to make sure Shebbe’s workflow will work smooth.
- moving, installing & integrating the console together with the new audio interfaces and all (vintage) outboard equipment and synths Shebbe has
Can’t wait to lift the console 2 floors up !
Wouter Wierda
Optimalisation of the workflow the homestudio of saxophonist and producer Wouter Wierda. We made it possible to create hardware inserts in Logic Pro X with the existing hardware and extended the amount of in- and outputs to facilitate all the connections needed.
Dear World Studio
Thinking along in patchbaydesign and -layout to make the workflow as intuitive as possible. In this project I also did the the physical implementation (soldering, labelling & measuring). Thanks Fieke for the confidence !
Wisseloord Studio’s
Project management for the construction of:
– Studio 1 controlroom and recording space
– Studio 2 controlroom and recording space
– Mastering 1
– Mastering 2
– Studio 4
Overall facility and operations management
Galaxy Studios
(Re)construction of these rooms:
– Neve Capricorn to Neve MMC
– Neve VR to Neve MMC, which later on got modified to a Neve 88D including implementation of Auro3D
– Neve 88D to Neve DFC
– SSL 9000K to API Vision
– DVD/Blu-ray authoring room
Assisting sessions and facility/operations management.
www.galaxystudios.com