The Brit School were keen to ensure that the entire studio project was taken on by one organisation as opposed to a variety of contractors, which led Declan Cunningham, Music Technology Teacher at the Brit School, to contact Music Control, part of the FX group of companies. The Studio project involved a specialist team made up of members of the two relevant divisions of the FX group of companies, namely Music Control and Technical Services. The studio equipment was supplied and fitted by Music Control with additional re-wiring and cabling of patch bays and outboard undertaken by Technical Services.
Equipment for the studio included a Digidesign Pro Tools Mix Cubed system running through an Apple Mac G4 system with two built-in Digidesign 888 24 audio interfaces. The studio will operate using a Digidesign Control 24 desk. The editing suite also benefits from a Digidesign 001 system, which will complement the main studios pro-tools system and a substantial amount of outboard.
The studio facility is aimed at providing music students with a working knowledge of Pro-Tools and associated 'industry standard' kit. The new equipment will be used along with the school’s existing 36-track analogue studio to record among others, the annual BRIT CD which contains highlights of the best BRIT student work of the year.
(Ruth Rossington)
