With releases from artists such Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx, Underworld and others fueling its growth, Toolroom Records is venturing into other avenues of entertainment to position itself as more than a traditional record company. To do that, it sought a Harman Professional Studer Micro Series mixing system for its new performance space.
“I don’t know of any other independent labels with an in-house performance space quite like ours. The flexibility and power of the Harman system enables us to produce our weekly radio show, host live performances, film HD video interviews and more—all from Toolroom headquarters,” says Miles Shackelton, brand director, Toolroom Records.
Why they went with a Studer Micro Series mixing system
The label’s Toolroom Radio reaches approximately 13 million listeners through content that includes interviews and live performances. [related]
The label also offers Toolroom Academy, an educational initiative that is designed to help artists learn more about electronic music.
Toolroom Records is able to develop its array of programming with products such as a Harman Professional Studer Micro Series digital audio mixing system.
“The Studer Micro Series mixing system is the central unit of our facility and provides everything we need to produce Toolroom Radio,” notes Mikey Whyte, content marketing manager, Toolroom Records.
“It enables us to mix and stream performances and interviews to Facebook and YouTube, while also re-coding everything. Our radio producer later mixes down the audio assets on the Studer Micro and that becomes the radio show that is syndicated on over 70 satellite radio stations worldwide.”
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Additional solutions installed at Toolroom Radio:
- JBL Professional speakers
- AKG microphones
- Martin lighting products
More features of the Harman Professional Studer Micro Series (from the manufacturer):
Audio I/O:
- 4x HQ Mic Inputs
- 8x Line Inputs
- 12x Line Outputs
- 2x AES Pairs I/O (Input SRC)
- 8x DANTE I/O (AoIP)
- Dedicated DJ and Guest Headphone Out
- 2x USB Playback & Record (Stereo) Ports
Processing:
- 12x Fat Input Channels (Mono or Stereo with De-Esser, 4-band Parametric EQ, High Pass and Low Pass Filters, Compressor, Noise Gate and Ducking)
- VoiceMix Automatic Mixing on all Mono Inputs
- 2x Stereo Lexicon Effects Engines
- Stereo PGM & REC Buses
- 4x Stereo Aux Sends (configurable as N-1)
- Brickwall Limiter on Outputs
- Input & Output Routing
- Independent Stereo USB Track Player (Simple Internal Automation Playout System)/Recorder and Jingle Player
