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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-wPBwLqh3E&feature=youtu.beProduced and mixed by Rik Simpson on Augspurger® Duo-8 MiniMains with 12" subs. Artist: ColdplayEngineer/Producer: Rik SimpsonAugspurger® System: Duo 8 MiniMian 3-way with pair of 12″ subs.Dealer: Vintage King Audio.System was employed in both London and LA during the vocal tracking and final mixing phase. 

AUGSPURGER® MONITORS APPOINTS MILOCO EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE UK AND EUROPEPro Audio Distribution of Pembroke, MA, has appointed London-based Miloco Gear as exclusive UK distributor for Augspurger® Monitors.Studios in the UK and Europe will now have access to the world’s finest active studio monitors, found in many world-class facilities in the US. The Augspurger® name has been synonymous with powerful, precision sound for three decades, used by producers and artists like Dr. Dre, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Tom Lord Alge and Paul Epworth, and found in world class rooms like Quad in NYC or 17hz in LA. In the last five years, Augspurger® has developed and introduced a new generation of smaller, free-standing vertical monitoring systems with proprietary drivers and DSP-driven amplifiers, which combine to provide the absolute highest level or accuracy, tunability, and repeatability.“We’re excited to have Miloco Gear handling Europe and the UK for us,” said Augspurger® product manager, Drew Townson. “Their large presence and unique position in the UK and EU recording scene makes Miloco the ideal partner for Augspurger®,” Townson said.“We like that Miloco Group is widely diversified, from managing producers to building studios to selling the best gear. We feel that this will afford Augspurger® the opportunity to get our monitors in front of many potential new clients world-wide,” said Augspurger® president, Dave Malekpour. “Once they experience the Augspurger® sound and Augspurger’s® DSP tuning control, they will become true believers,” added Malekpour.Miloco Gear has acquired three Augspurger® demo systems, two of which will be deployed in permanent studio installations for day-to-day use, along with one portable demo system; a pair of the TEC-nominated Duo-8 MiniMains.Robbie Dunne, Miloco Gear’s sales manager, said, “Miloco gear is absolutely delighted to be representing such an iconic monitoring solution for the UK and Europe. Now the best demo rooms in Europe truly have the best monitoring.”The Miloco Group is one of the largest studio management and sales corporations in the world, representing 120 studios in the UK and Europe. The multi-channeled company supports several recording industry services, including studio management, construction and gear sales.Augspuger Monitors builds highly-crafted active studio monitoring solutions, using hardwood horns, porprietary drivers, and DSP-controlled high-output, ultra-low distortion amplifers. Augspurger® monitors and hand-built in the USA.For more information, contact drew@augspurger.com, 781-616-6325 www.augspurger.com   www.milocogear.com

Ginger Studios in Melbourne is one of Australia’s premier recording and mixing facilities. Owner/producer Jimi Wyatt was determined to bring a true world class studio to Australia’s second largest city. Opened in 2012, the multi-room studio complex is evidence of Jimi’s no-compromise approach. From acoustic design and construction, to an impressive selection of top gear, Ginger is stunning in every detail.Augspurger®: “Jimi, tell us how you got started producing music and a little of your back story.”Jimi Wyatt: “When I was about five I started making mixtapes on an old cassette/CD player my parents gave me. It could record either a built-in mic or from one of the two tape decks or the CD player. You could also make it do dumb stuff where the mic would record from the CD that was coming out the speakers, so you could kind of crudely “live multitrack” to tape of something old and something live. You could only make two or three passes before you ended up with heaps of noise, but that’s how I first learn’t to track.I then spent the next 10 - 12 years playing as a percussionist in school orchestras and then some garage bands. I earned a Bachelor of Audio Production at Box Hill Institute of TAFE and then found my feet under the guidance of (veteran alt-rock producer) Jonathan Burnside.”A: “How did Ginger Studios come about?” JW: “When Jonathan closed his studios in Melbourne I needed a new job and didn’t feel like putting all the money into someone else’s pocket. So I started building the list of gear and room design concepts I had for the kind of records I wanted to make. I like so much different music, so I wanted a place that would cater for super slick productions (like Justin Bieber, Jason Derülo) as well as classical and jazz ensembles and indie bands. No compromises; That’s the concept behind Ginger!”A: What led to you choosing Augspurger® main monitors?” JW: “Unfortunately I hadn’t heard of Augspurgers® at the time we started the room, and I put in a set of monitors that failed so many times that I returned them and decided to do more research in big US studios. Augspurger’s® Dave Malekpour lined up a stack of listening dates and I got to listen in some of the best rooms in America (and the world) to Augspurger’s® both progressive and classic style monitoring systems. They really combine the best of both old school acoustics - which sound the best - and cutting age digital technology, which overcomes the limitations of the old designs without making it clinical and boring. In a word, they sound like music!”A: “Ginger installed a rare pair of custom Augspurger® Dual 15/18 Towers. What led you to that decision?” JW: “What was really cool was how progressive and open Dave Malekpour was, he let my imagination run wild, and took my idea of combining all the drivers into 1 box and together we built the first pair of Augspurger® towers. The advantage with these is that they have awesome transient response because the top cabinet isn’t separate to the sub so there’s more mass and you get less movement/rocking of the box. Also, we knew that all the drivers would line up exactly right at install so that Dave could be sure my listening experience would be really close to what he was hearing back at his facility. The only bummer is that you need 6 big boys (or girls) to move them!”A: “How do the Augspurgers® influence your tracking techniques?” JW: “Because the speakers are super accurate I can trust them, but additionally they let me do something special in tracking. Normally to get a band feeling great live you have to have them all in the same room. I don’t mind that even with a PA, but some mixers will hate you for any spill at all, so now I track with everyone in the band, except for the drummer who is in the live room and the rest of the players are in the control room with the world’s most accurate PA to vibe off at 120dB SPL, it means we get the best live recordings with as little or as much spill as you want.”A: “How have your Augspurgers® made your life better?” JW: “Since installing the monitors my client list has changed too, we’re attracting more high profile clients and most importantly I can put wider smiles on each of my clients’ faces. As well as that, I was connected with Michael Shipley through my old high school and was mentored by him until his passing. He was a big supporter of the Augspurger® sound so they get the Golden Ears seal of approval! Another thing they’ve done is make me want to finish my room. Although they work amazingly well as a free standing monitor I’m now intrigued to take the studio to another level and build them into a new front wall so that Ginger Studios can truly become the world’s premiere mix and record facility. These speakers truly are making everything about me and my place better every day. Augspurger®. That’s my sound!”Ginger Music/Video Samples and client list here.

Augspurger® Producer Profile: Emilio Urbano, aka A Credible Eye Witness.Photo: ACEW in the producer’s chair between his purple Augspurger® Duo 15 active mains.  Click here for September 2015 interview by Techno Bass