Audio Animals Studio B - 2024 Studio Tour

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Paul co-owns and works at Audio Animals as the lead mixing and mastering engineer. With over two decades of experience mixing and mastering for some of the world’s biggest artists and films, Paul has become one of the industry’s go-to engineers across all genres.

The centerpiece of Paul’s studio is his 9.1.4 PMC Dolby Atmos speaker system, featuring 15 speakers meticulously positioned to create an immersive 3D audio experience. His unique approach to mixing in this fully immersive space delivers a sound that is truly unparalleled.

Paul’s studio is also the world’s first to be fully digitally recallable, integrating 104 channels of analogue processing for both stereo and Dolby Atmos mixing. This cutting-edge setup combines the warmth and character of analogue gear with the convenience and precision of digital recall, making it an engineer’s dream workspace.

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PAUL ASHMORE - STUDIO B EQUIPMENT LIST

SPEAKERS / MONITORS
4x PMC Ci30
4x PMC Ci65
5x PMC Ci140
2x PMC Ci140 Sub
Tantrum Audio Angry Box

CONSOLE
Avid S4 Console

COMPRESSORS
Hum Audio LAAL
Wes Audio NG Bus Comp
Wes Audio Rhea
Wes Audio Dione
2x Wes Audio Mimas
Bettermaker Mastering Compressor
Bettermaker Bus Compressor
Bettermaker Limiter V2

EQ’S
Hendy Amps Michelangelo XL
Wes Audio NG Tube EQ
2x Wes Audio Hyperion
2x Wes Audio Prometheus
Bettermaker Mastering EQ
Bettermaker VSPE
Cranborne Audio Carnaby HE2
Cranborne Audio Carnaby HE2 Legacy

OTHER PROCESSING
5x McDSP APB 16
McDSP APB 8

AMPS / CONVERTERS
Avid MTRX Studio (TB)
Burl B2 Bomber ADC
Burl B2 Bomber DAC
Ferrofish Pulse 16 DX
Trinnov MC-Pro Dante 16
Martin Logan MDA16
Martin Logan MDA8
Rupert Neve RNHP
Flock Audio Patch

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[LaFaMiMusic]

Impressive !
What a dream studio, congratulations 👏🏽

[huberttorzewski]

Can't wait to hear what you'll do in mastering on my song with all that incredible gear!

[MartinArchea]

Digital recall is the way to go in 2024. Congratulations to great setup! Is there any chance we are having demo of Bettermaker compressor in the future? There is like 1 demo in total online.

[peterbondmusic]

The crazy thing is, you have everything I do (and more). I could literally go into your studio with my own Mac and recall my analog mixes with a few tweaks in terms of your physical routing and the Patch settings. Wild!

[loveMusic]

I remember a little while back you were talking about going full digi recall and man you did that fast. You don't mess about!

[egyptdancemix]

Great job I think with those gears you can get the sound you want without needing all that other non recallabale hardware gear and. you can relay on your creative side without any heasle.

[kagaro]

Hey Paul!!! I really enjoyed your mixing EDM drums tutorial 🙏 It was great to see some of your workflow using your new fully digitally recallable setup. You have convinced me to follow suit!!! I was wondering what your current mastering chain order was with this new setup. Thanks for all the great content!!!

[Chaos-Dynamics]

Nice, you definitely created your dream studio and it’s pretty freaking awesome 😎👌🏼

[sgfdancecompany]

when a video about the mc DSP AP16 and 8?

[Joe_Rainey]

How good is the Ferrofish Pulse 16? It must be very good for you to have it there.

Would you say is good enought for use for the whole mix, if necessary?

[gunluv]

I see you still have the bettermaker gear even with the wes audio. Which do you perfer more and why? I'm leaning toward the bettermaker aide because i like a clean sound on my mastering gear.

[azoteapost]

Wow!😮
Just asking, what conversion do you use For Your hardware inserts?
Another question: how do you handle your USB hubs for the amazing number of hardware that needs to be recall?
I have a few of those and I struggle a little to feed 12 or more USB plus all the drives etc to my MacPro.

[JohnWuMastermind]

Do you built those racks yourself? They look beautiful you should start manufacturing and selling them as a new business. Many would wanna buy

[gwsound]

Great studio Paul, congrats. You mentioned Dante. How is that incorporated in this studio?

[jhorconguero]

if your studio was a woman, she would probably be Miss Universe. Very impressive.

[dougleydorite]

The empty Wes slot. Something new from Wes??? Wish their comps were all dual mono

[artifactingreality]

how can you possibly have a good sound with all those different sources causing all kinds of comb filtering