Puerto Rico - An Audient ASP8024-HE console has recently been installed at the Universidad Profesional Dr. Carlos J. Borrero Ríos (UP University) in Puerto Rico in the new, on-site recording lab. Designed to be centred around an analogue recording console, the studio comprises a control room, live room and isolation booth.
Taking advantage of Audient’s modular console design, UP University was able to specify a console which aligned perfectly with their needs: a 36-channel console with dual layer control and patchbay.
Armando Sepulveda, an audio engineer professor at the university, outlines the decision: “The Audient console is a great fit for us here at UP University since it gives us the flexibility and capability to run big live sessions and mix in the console. It's also a great tool for teaching how to run a recording studio in the hybrid studio era combining the DAW with the analogue console and outboard gear.
“Thanks to this console we can better teach the use of an analogue console in a recording or mixing session and we can also help students learn signal flow, thanks to its built-in patchbay.”
Sepulveda himself is a musician, recording artist and audio engineer, therefore perfectly placed to teach the next generation of audio engineers in Puerto Rico. From the get-go he admired the features of the console, including “the clarity of the preamps and the flexibility of the signal flow. Also, the EQs have been a pleasure to work with. The ability to control the DAW with the DLC control has also been really useful,” he adds.
Students working towards an Associate’s Degree in Audio Engineering at UP University are exposed to sound theory, operation of Digital Audio Workstations (DAW), music theory, recording techniques, live sound, mixing and post-production, as well as entrepreneurship and ethics. All of this is being taught through lectures and labs with an emphasis on giving students a real-world experience of the working environment in this profession.
