Promising ‘world’s best mixing and mastering engineers, singers, songwriters, producers and studio musicians for hire’ and looking to add Dolby Atmos mixing and mastering to its music recording and mixing offering – making the facility the first certified Dolby Atmos Music Studio in Bucharest, Romania – Ines Sound has opened Studio C as a 7.1.4 studio equipped with an Avid S6 console, Lipinski Sound monitors and LEA Professional amplifier platform.
The team’s end goal in creating the studio was to ensure more engineers and artists experience the immersive effects of Dolby Atmos first-hand. The studio is already attracting musical talent from far and wide.
The mind behind the studio is sound engineer Joe Hellow, who has worked with some of the top artists and labels before using the pandemic experience to redefine what was next in music production. This was Hellow’s second experience working with LEA Professional amplifiers, having already created a similar studio at WJB Media in Nashville.
‘What sticks out to me with LEA technology is that everything you want in an amp is there,’ Hellow says. ‘You can adjust the crossovers or sensitivity, or put them to sleep if you’re not listening to music and automatically wake them up,It’s the richest feature set I’ve ever seen in an amp.’
Sound clarity is the reason why LEA Professional amplifiers pair well with the Dolby Atmos system, so the studio installed two Connect Series 354 amplifiers, a Connect Series 702 amplifier, and a Connect Series 164 amplifier to power the immersive audio experience.
The IoT-enabled four-channel 354 provides 350W/channel into 2Ω, 4Ω and 8Ω, 70Vrms, and 100Vrms and supports two Smart Power Bridge channels. Meanwhile, the two-channel 702 delivers 700W/channel, while the four-channel 164 provides 160W/channel. The 702 and 164 support high-Z (70V or 100V) and low-Z selectable by channel. Because Hellow is based in the US, he used the LEA Cloud to maintain the system remotely.
‘All of the amps are connected via Ethernet, so it’s easy to jump on any computer worldwide and log into the devices,’ Hellow says. ‘It’s very convenient for many aspects of system maintenance, from simple adjustments to more advanced tunings.’
LEA Cloud provides remote monitoring and control for LEA amplifiers and gives secure monitoring and control capabilities. The dashboard view lets users see the health of all their LEA installations on a single screen while also allowing users to perform over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates, ensuring all installations are kept up to date with the latest firmware. Additionally, LEA Cloud supports event and fault notifications via text or email alerts, allowing integrators to be notified of system alerts immediately. These notifications allow for proactive communication and system maintenance so that issues can be addressed promptly, often before end users are even aware a problem occurred – and it provides an additional service that integrators can add to their recurring revenue models.
‘It’s a testament to the power of the LEA Cloud that you can support a Dolby Atmos studio from the other side of the world,’ says Brian Pickowitz, VP of Marketing at LEA Professional. ‘This installation is a bellwether of our amps’ capabilities, and we’re very pleased to be part of such an auspicious undertaking.’
