“This kit not only keeps all the audio and studios perfectly connected, but it allows me to mix here in 5.1, while the rest of the team do their jobs in their respective spaces. “We have DiGiGrid IOS, DLS, DLI, IOX, MGO, IOC… pretty much every DiGiGrid product you can think of,” laughs Cifelli. It really is a fantastic piece of hardware.”Īfter the show, with “115 tracks of pristine audio” in tow, Cifelli headed back to base to begin setting up the mix sessions. I used one computer to run MultiRack, and one for the recording. For example, at the show, DiGiGrid was doing a double job: we used it to record the show and then I used the DSP from a DiGiGrid DLS unit to run the Butch Vig Vocals plugin on Sir Tom’s vocal via the MultiRack plugin host. The preamps are excellent, so the quality of audio is extremely good, but what I really love about DiGiGrid is the flexibility it offers, which gives me so much opportunity. “It gives me capacity for 128 tracks, and all I need is a laptop with a single hard drive.
BUTCH VIG VOCALS PLUGIN STOPPED WORKING MAC
“For live recording, two DiGiGrid IOX interfaces have essentially replaced the Mac Pro, three HD cards, and the monitor,” Cifelli says. You don’t necessarily see it, but it’s everywhere it’s basically our audio backbone.”ĭiGiGrid was also used to record the Sir Tom show at the SSE Arena, and Cifelli recounts how it considerably reduced the footprint at the front-of-house position. There is at least one DiGiGrid interface in each of our production rooms, which allows for seamless connectivity throughout the studio. “What we need here at La Boutique is integration, and we achieve this through DiGiGrid. “I have always loved trying out new gear, and the minute I saw DiGiGrid, I just kind of ‘got it,’” says Cifelli, who has also been Sir Tom’s front-of-house guy for nearly a decade. What’s great about the setup at La Boutique is that all team members are able to work on the same session simultaneously, which seriously improves workflow and that’s all down to the deployment of a sizeable DiGiGrid system. Then there’s studio engineer Raoul Terzi who, Cifelli says tongue-in-cheek, “does all the donkey work.” Raoul is doing all the syncing and looking after the audience mics from the show. Cifelli himself is in charge of the mixing (in 5.1), aided by Sir Tom’s long-time musical director and drummer, Gary Wallis, who tweaks and repairs tracks in the adjacent room. Within the studio walls are production rooms, mix rooms, a large live room, and even a video production suite, all of which are pumping out productivity 24-7. The team is busy mixing a live album by Sir Tom Jones, recorded at his recent show at the SSE Arena, using DiGiGrid interfaces. Owned and managed by producer, engineer and mixer Matteo Cifelli, La Boutique Studio in North London is a hub with a real buzz about it.
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