Published 6/7/09
Craig Sellwood wins big!
Craig Sellwood from Newport, Wales is the lucky winner of the Dream Studio, the competition organised by SOS for the London International Music Show in June.
All in all, Craig has won prizes worth nearly £22,000: a stack of pro audio gear, plus instruments, acoustic treatment and tuition. Here's a run-down of his amazing prize:
Based on a Digidesign 003-based Pro Tools system running on a Digital Village Synergy PC, the SOS Dream Studio 2009 also includes Ableton Live, Propellerheads Reason, Digidesign’s AIR Virtual Instruments Collection and Music Production Toolkit, a suite of GForce soft synths, Toontrack’s Superior 2 and New York Studio SDX, plus restoration and mastering software from iZotope.
Shure’s SM27 and PG27, Sontronics’ STC2, an SE 4400A, a pair of AKG Perception 170s and a pair of Rode M3s will provide Craig with enough mics to start a collection, and heavy-duty mic stands from SE and Sontronics will enable him to position the mics in exactly the right spot. An SE Reflection Filter will help to improve acoustic isolation for his home-studio recordings.
Monitoring for Craig's new outfit will be provided by KRK, who will supply him with the latest RP6 G2 nearfield monitors and their 10S 10-inch subwoofer, with an Ergo to make sure what’s coming out of the speakers is in tune with the room. Auralex will analyse and treat his room, to ensure any sonic discrepancies are overcome at source.
There’s a Yamaha Motif XS6 workstation, complete with Ulitmate Support stand, to act as a master keyboard, while a Korg MicroKorg XL will provide some extra synth flavours for Craig to mix into his tracks. A Novation Zero SL MkII will provide additional control, and an ESI M8U XL will allow Craig to connect additional MIDI equipment to his system.
There's also a Washburn WI64 Relic and a Blackstar HT5 valve combo amplifier with which to hone his guitar skills, and a Radial J48 for direct-injection. A Moog Murf filter pedal will transport him to a whole new world of shimmering pattern-based resonance.
On the outboard hardware side, a Focusrite Octopre will increase the number of analogue inputs and outputs of the prize system to 16, and provide eight channels of tried-and-tested mic preamps with dynamics, while a TL Audio Ebony A4 Summer summing mixer will enable the user to mix to stereo in the analogue domain. An SSL Mynx, plus two X-Rack modules of the winner’s choice, will inject that SSL sound to the winner’s mixes, and a Universal Audio UAD2 Solo will help to spice things up in the software domain, thanks to its faithful models of classic studio gear.
If that isn’t enough, Craig will get expert Pro Tools training from Alchemea, the Home Studio Certificate from SAE, plus two hours of private guitar, piano, drums, or vocal lessons from Tech Music schools. Last, but possibly most important of all, Adam Hall will supply the necessary cabling to connect Craig's new equipment together.
What's more, the Studio SOS team will be paying Craig a visit in the near future, to deliver his equipment and to make sure it's all set up correctly. Keep your eyes peeled for Craig's feature in forthcoming issues of Sound On Sound.
We'd like to thank all the prize donors for giving so generously, and for all SOS readers who entered the competition. Catch us at LIMS 2010, where we hope to have another massive giveaway.
www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com
Craig Sellwood from Newport, Wales is the lucky winner of the Dream Studio, the competition organised by SOS for the London International Music Show in June. All in all, Craig has won prizes worth nearly £22,000: a stack of pro audio gear, plus instruments, acoustic treatment and tuition. Here's a run-down of his amazing prize:
Based on a Digidesign 003-based Pro Tools system running on a Digital Village Synergy PC, the SOS Dream Studio 2009 also includes Ableton Live, Propellerheads Reason, Digidesign’s AIR Virtual Instruments Collection and Music Production Toolkit, a suite of GForce soft synths, Toontrack’s Superior 2 and New York Studio SDX, plus restoration and mastering software from iZotope.
Shure’s SM27 and PG27, Sontronics’ STC2, an SE 4400A, a pair of AKG Perception 170s and a pair of Rode M3s will provide Craig with enough mics to start a collection, and heavy-duty mic stands from SE and Sontronics will enable him to position the mics in exactly the right spot. An SE Reflection Filter will help to improve acoustic isolation for his home-studio recordings.
Monitoring for Craig's new outfit will be provided by KRK, who will supply him with the latest RP6 G2 nearfield monitors and their 10S 10-inch subwoofer, with an Ergo to make sure what’s coming out of the speakers is in tune with the room. Auralex will analyse and treat his room, to ensure any sonic discrepancies are overcome at source.
There’s a Yamaha Motif XS6 workstation, complete with Ulitmate Support stand, to act as a master keyboard, while a Korg MicroKorg XL will provide some extra synth flavours for Craig to mix into his tracks. A Novation Zero SL MkII will provide additional control, and an ESI M8U XL will allow Craig to connect additional MIDI equipment to his system.
There's also a Washburn WI64 Relic and a Blackstar HT5 valve combo amplifier with which to hone his guitar skills, and a Radial J48 for direct-injection. A Moog Murf filter pedal will transport him to a whole new world of shimmering pattern-based resonance. On the outboard hardware side, a Focusrite Octopre will increase the number of analogue inputs and outputs of the prize system to 16, and provide eight channels of tried-and-tested mic preamps with dynamics, while a TL Audio Ebony A4 Summer summing mixer will enable the user to mix to stereo in the analogue domain. An SSL Mynx, plus two X-Rack modules of the winner’s choice, will inject that SSL sound to the winner’s mixes, and a Universal Audio UAD2 Solo will help to spice things up in the software domain, thanks to its faithful models of classic studio gear.
If that isn’t enough, Craig will get expert Pro Tools training from Alchemea, the Home Studio Certificate from SAE, plus two hours of private guitar, piano, drums, or vocal lessons from Tech Music schools. Last, but possibly most important of all, Adam Hall will supply the necessary cabling to connect Craig's new equipment together.
What's more, the Studio SOS team will be paying Craig a visit in the near future, to deliver his equipment and to make sure it's all set up correctly. Keep your eyes peeled for Craig's feature in forthcoming issues of Sound On Sound.
We'd like to thank all the prize donors for giving so generously, and for all SOS readers who entered the competition. Catch us at LIMS 2010, where we hope to have another massive giveaway.
www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com
