Keen to support the growth of its independent music industry, the South Korean Government has recently co-sponsored a new recording and rehearsal facility geared towards up-and-coming K-Pop acts. Located in a remodelled underground walkway in the Mapo District of Seoul, Musistance incorporates five private music studios, general recording spaces and two practice rooms. In addition to music recording and rehearsal, the facility can be hired for small-scale live performances and musical instrument lessons.
A/V distributor and installer Sound Solution was enlisted to work on the technical installation. In addition to working on elements including the safety and communication systems, Sound Solution furnished Musistance (a contraction of ‘music’ and ‘resistance’) with core audio components and a Dante-based network infrastructure that employs a Symetrix SymNet Radius 12x8 open architecture Dante-scalable DSP for audio processing and routing.
‘Using Symetrix’ support for the Dante media networking technology was a key solution for this project, as there was a need to transport audio across multiple spaces and process it centrally,’ explains Sound Solution Marketing Manager, Lisa Lee. ‘A single SymNet Radius 12x8 DSP supports a Dante network that covers five individual private studios and a main general recording room. The result is that signals can be shared quickly and easily between the different spaces – affording maximum flexibility for the musicians, producers and engineers working there.’
SymNet Radius 12x8’s ability to accommodate future requirements through the use of SymNet xIn and SymNet xOut expanders helped inform the selection of DSP. Klark-Teknik network bridges allow conversion between Dante and Madi, while Sound Solution also supplied beyerdynamic microphones, Denon pre-amplifiers and CD players, Midas consoles, RCF loudspeakers and Sommer cabling.
‘It’s an extremely well-specified studio and the owners are very satisfied with the fact that this DSP allows clients to share their works in an efficient and stable manner,’ says Lee.
