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News from Le Studio Mobile and
elsewhere, updated regularly.
October 2009: Gamiq Award for Vulgaires Machins
On October 4th, the GAMIQ prize for best DVD
was awarded to “Presque sold out” from Vulgaires
Machins, on Indica Records. Actually a DVD/CD, it was recorded
by Le Studio Mobile at Le Club Soda in Montreal. Congratulations
to Vulgaires Machins and to Frank Joly, who did the recording
and mixdown. The DVD is also nominated in the same category for
the next ADISQ.
Nice way to end a career: It was the last recording of our old
mobile.
October 2009: New video monitors
To
keep the engineer well informed, Le Studio
Mobile has added four
HD monitors in front of the consoles, right below the main plasma
display. Each can be fed by a video or VGA signal (coming from
the main computer or from one of the X-48 multitrack recorders).
September 2009: A "Gémeaux" Award
for Stéphane Lemay
Stéphane Lemay won a Prix Gémeaux
(the French Canada equivalent to a Gemini Award) in the category "Best
Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program" for "Rencontres
: le spectacle commémoratif du 400e anniversaire de la
ville de Québec". The program was one of the major
events of the celebration of Quebec City's 400th birthday, in
2008. An Avanti Ciné Vidéo production, it was a
broadcast live on Radio-Canada and later issued on DVD. Le
Studio Mobile handled all 120 inputs and was final audio.
Thanks to producers Luc Wiseman and Bernard Spickler.
July 2009: Paul McCartney, again, this time
in Halifax, NS.
In July 2008, Le Studio
Mobile had the pleasure
to record Paul McCartney's historical Quebec City concert in
front of a crowd of 230.000. Our producer, Pierre Marchand, from
Sélect-TV
International, wanted to repeat the experience this year in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The McCartney production company agreed, specifying
they wanted the same crew and equipment including, of course,
Le Studio Mobile. Great news!
The show was held right in the city, at Commons
Park. It was recorded on Saturday, July 12th and mixed to image
in the truck, the following day, by the same team. Audio was
then sent to Montreal to be transferred to videotape for broadcast
a few days later.
Stéphane Lemay (picture: back) engineered the recording
and the mixdown, Paul Hicks (picture: front) produced both, Marc
Girard was the Nuendo operator. On stage were Brian Power of
Power Post in Halifax as well as Steevo Moore.
Our thanks to Pierre Marchand and Normand Robert.
July 2009: 30th Montreal International Jazz
Festival
A great year for the Jazz Festival's 30th anniversary:
At Montreal's Place des Arts,
Le Studio Mobile recorded the legendary Dave
Brubeck as well as Zachary Richard.
On the main exterior stage, we did Nikki Yanofski, Florence K.,
Patrick Watson, Jesse Cook and the closing show, Ben Harper.
All these shows were taped for later broadcast by Amerimage/Spectra.
Our thanks to Luc Châtelain
and Marie-Claude Filteau.
For XM Radio, we also recorded, on the main exterior
stages, Rocksteady, The Roots of Reggae ("without a doubt, the concert
of the year" - The Montreal Gazette) and La Fiesta Cubana,
with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Los Van Van. Our thanks to
XM's André Di Cesare.
With two of the shows happening at the same time and Le
Studio Mobile already booked in Halifax (see next item), we needed outside
help. We hired two other remote studios: LiveWire, with Doug
McClement, from Toronto for four recordings and Click Track Audio,
with Wayne Hawthorne, from Ottawa, for another one. On Sunday,
July 12th, Le Studio Mobile was involved in three different recordings,
with three mobiles, at the same time!
The engineers: Stéphane Lemay, Michael Néron and
Doug McClement.
May 2009: 360° Panorama
At last the 360° panorama of the new mobile
is ready.
Click on the picture.
March, April 2009: The West and more
This year, the Juno Awards were held in Vancouver
and Le Studio Mobile was there again. Simon Bowers mixed Nickelback,
Sara McLachlan, City in Colour, Simple Plan and Great Big Sea.
Our thanks to producers John Brunton and Louise Wood of Insight
Productions, Joan Tosoni, director, Karel Noordover, technical
producer, as well as the audio team.
Le Studio Mobile was also in Winnipeg for the NAAF Awards (many
thanks to the producers: Jennifer Podemski, PJ Thompson, Emma
Jaconello and Karel Noordover) and back in Montreal for the recording
and mixdown of «Spirit of Brazil» for PBS and Amérimage/Spectra
(our thanks to Pierre Touchette, Marie-Claude Filteau and Hélène
Bouchard) and for the live broadcast of the Gala Artis for TVA
(our thanks to Jean Guimond, Pascale Lortie, Jean Simard and
Eric Desroches).
February 2009: Technical improvements
Major technical improvements were done on the studio, concerning
mainly the time code, word clock and AES/EBU systems. As usual,
Adgil Design took
care of new equipment installation and re-wiring.
January 2009: new Yamaha ads
Yamaha Commercial
Audio Systems published
a full-page ad about their DM2000VCM console. The ad features
Le Studio Mobile with text and pictures about its achievements;
it was seen in Mix magazine and other specialized publications.
Thanks to Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc.
January 2009: 30 years
Le Studio Mobile celebrates 30 years of recording.
The studio was created in 1979: 24 inputs, 16 tracks on one inch
tape. How things have changed!
December 2008: Our DM2000s are now VCM
Both Le Studio Mobile's Yamaha DM2000s mixers
have now been upgraded with the complete VCM Add-On Effects,
a formidable array of state-of-the-art processing technologies
that provide all-new production power:
Channel Strip Package: Compressor 276 (mono), Compressor 276S (stereo), Compressor 260
(mono), Compressor 260S (stereo), Equalizer 601
Master Strip Package: Open Deck (Virtual High-End Open-Reel Tape
Mastering)
Reverb Package: REV-X Hall, REV-X Room, REV-X Plate
Surround Post Package: Room ER, Auto Doppler, Field Rotation
Vintage Stomp Package: MAX100, Vintage Phaser and Dual Phase
More technical details on the Yamaha
Add-On Effects page.
Our thanks to Michel Trépanier of Yamaha
Commercial Audio Systems.
September 2008: Le Studio Mobile in
Mix Magazine
Le Studio Mobile found itself
in very good company (namely Karen Brinton, David Hewitt, Randy
Ezratty, Guy Charbonneau and Kooster McAllister) in the pages
of Mix Magazine, in an article about remote recording: Big
Rigs, Big Gigs or The Changing Landscape of
Remote Recording, written by Janice Brown. The article,
interesting and informative, examines new trends in live recording.
You can read it on Mix
Magazine's site.
August 2008: Redundant 96-track recording
Le Studio Mobile recently added
two Tascam X-48 48-track recorders to bring its simultaneous
recording capability to 96 redundant tracks (that's 192 tracks!).
Check our equipment page for more details (Our thanks to Michael
Molineaux of Mr. Mix Audio from Edmonton for his help).
July 20th, 2008: Paul McCartney in concert
Le Studio Mobile is proud to announce
that it recorded the historical Paul McCartney concert on Les
Plaines d'Abraham in Quebec City in front of 230.000 people.
The engineer was Stéphane Lemay; Paul Hicks, who mixed
The Beatles’ “Love” album, produced the mix.
Many thanks to producers Pierre Marchand and Eric
Fournier and technical director Alain Dion.
Summer 2008: Quebec City
Quebec City is celebrating it's 400th birthday
in 2008 and Le Studio Mobile spent most of the
summer there:
The Fête nationale celebrations
were produced by Télé•Vision and broadcast
live by TQS. Stéphane Lemay engineered, using 120 inputs.
Alain Dion was the technical director.
One of the major events of the summer celebrations
was "Rencontres", held in front of
the Parliament building. Alternating historical facts and performances
by Quebec's best known singers (including Robert Charlebois,
Diane Dufresne and Gilles Vigneault), it was a success. Technically,
it was another 120-input show handled by Stéphane Lemay.
Sylvain Tessier was technical director. Thanks to producers Bernard
Spickler and Luc Wiseman of Avanti Ciné-Vidéo.
Still in Quebec City, Le Studio Mobile
recorded two performances of Les Misérables,
a LCQ production at Théâtre Capitole. Jacques Montminy
engineered, Sébastien Truchon was the technical director.
Another big event was Paris-Québec
sous les étoiles, with performances by well-known
singers from both sides of the Atlantic, including Adamo, Hughes
Aufray, Isabelle Boulay, Patrick Bruel, Diane Dufresne, Yves
Duteil, Michel Fugain, Garou, Daniel Lavoie, Linda Lemay and
Zachary Richard. This was our first recording in redundant
96 tracks and Marc Laliberté handled it. Thanks
to producers Sylvain Parent-Bédard, Denis Savard
and Suzanne Hétu from Québécomm Télévision.
The show will be mixed for later broadcast on Radio-Canada
and Antenne 2 (France).
April 2008: Le Gala Artis
Le Studio Mobile was chosen to
be the music mix mobile for the 2008 Artis Gala, held at Monument
National in Montreal and produced by TVA. The engineer was Eric
Desroches, Claude Turcotte took care of the traffic mix.
Many thanks to producers Marie-Claude Tétreault
and France Poirier and technical directors Denis Hérard
and Daniel Roussel.
April 2008: The Juno Awards
Le Studio Mobile is back at the
Juno Awards, this time in Calgary. This is the 22nd time we mix
audio for Canada's Music Awards. Simon Bowers mixed Avril Lavigne,
Measha Brueggergosman, Anne Murray and Michael Bublé.
Many thanks to John Brunton and Insight Productions,
Joan Tosoni, director, Karel Noordover, technical producer, as
well as the audio team.
March 2008: NAAA's
Once again, Le Studio Mobile was
chosen to record the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards,
this time in Toronto at the Hummingbird Centre, for later broadcasting
on Global and APTN. The recording engineer was Simon Bowers.
Many thanks to the producers: Jennifer Podemski, PJ Thompson
and Emma Jaconello.
February 2008: The first recording
Fredericton, NB. - Le Studio Mobile has
been mixing the East Coast Music Awards for CBC for many years
so we were pleased to be there again, this time for the inaugural
recording of our new mobile. Again, Brian Power of Power Post
Production engineered, with producers Geoff D'Eon and Jac Gautreau.
December 2007: The last recording
Le Studio Mobile's remote truck
was built around 1979. It was retired in December after almost
30 years of service. The truck itself was 18 years old. The last
recording was a two-night performance by Montreal's Vulgaires
Machins at Le Club Soda, engineered by Frank Joly for Indica
Records. A DVD and a CD will be released in 2008.
Construction of the new mobile is well under way;
Le Studio Mobile Version 2.0 should be ready in February.
September 2007: Loreena McKennitt
Le Studio Mobile recently recorded
two concerts by Loreena McKennitt at Place des Arts in Montreal
for an upcoming television special. Multi Juno Award winning
engineer Jeff Wolpert made the recording in redundant 72 tracks.
August 2007: Le Studio Mobile announces
Version 2.0
Le Studio Mobile will build a
brand new remote truck. Planning and research are already under
way, the new mobile should be ready at the beginning of 2008.
July 2007: Montreal International Jazz
Festival
The Montreal International Jazz Festival is over,
it was an enormous success in every respect. Le Studio
Mobile was in charge of all audio recordings for television: Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Sophie Milman, Molly Johnson (all
at Place des Arts), Randy Bachman (at
Le Spectrum) and Rachid Taha (the
big closing party, in front of one hundred thousand spectators
on Ste-Catherine Street). The producer was Amerimage-Spectra.
Technically, all shows were recorded for future
5.1 mixdown in 24-bit 48 tracks. For the first time, no tape
was used for the redundant 48-track recording. More about that
soon.
June 2007: New Reverb
Le Studio Mobile is proud to announce
that it has a new piece of equipment: a TC Electronic
6000 Reverb.
From TC Electronic:
Containing the entire Reverb and Delay palette
of TC Electronic, Reverb 6000 is a four engine monster for
professional film and music production. It delivers the finest,
wildest and most research-intensive spatial effects of the
audio industry today. Reverb 6000 contains the entire family
of award winning VSS reverbs for mono, stereo, LtRt, 5.1 and
6.1 formats, the best algorithms and presets from M3000 and
M5000 plus unique Reverb 6000 preset banks such as Halls of
Fame and the Skywalker Sound Collection. Presets can be further
adjusted with numerous parameters to make them just the right
fit for any sound image you may be working on.
April 2007: Juno Awards
The 2007 Juno Awards were held this year in Saskatoon
and we were there, of course. Le Studio Mobile has
been recording and mixing the Junos broadcast every year (except
for 2001, to be precise) since 1986. Simon Bowers mixed Billy
Talent, Three Days Grace, The Tragically Hip, Alexis on Fire
and DJ Champion. Doug McClement in his Livewire truck handled
Nelly Furtado, K-OS, Patrick Watson and Gregory Charles.
Many thanks to John Brunton and Insight Productions,
Joan Tosoni, director, Karel Noordover, technical producer, as
well as the audio team:
Click on the image to enlarge it.
Howard Baggley, Tim Bender, Guillaume
Bengle, Simon Bowers, Garett Brechin, Peter Campbell, James
Fast, Tony Fitzgerald, Kent Ford, Ken Friesen, Tom Keifer,
Jeff Kozak, Tony Kvzub, Matt Lamarche, Patrice Lavoie, Eric
Massicote, Doug McClement, Brad Mitchell, Mike Molineux, Mike
Nazarec, Scott Nickerson, Mike Nunan, Chad Pacholuk, Christian
Pageau, Tyler Patrick, Kevin Pierce, Barry Rudd, Etienne St-Jacques
, Mario St. Onge, Rob Steeves, David Vincent, Mark Vreeken,
Lanny Westgard and Fred Williams.
April 2004: Juno Awards
We're back from Edmonton, where the 2004 Juno Awards
were held April 4th. An enormous technical challenge and a total
success: three stages, 15 musical performances, a very dense
two and a half hours.
Le Studio Mobile took care of
Nickelback, Avril Lavigne, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings with
Kathleen Edward, Nelly Furtado, Three Days Grace. Billy Talent
and Alanis Morissette. Toaster Audio, from Seattle, handled Sarah
McLachlan, In Essence, Michael Bublé, Barenaked Ladies,
Aaron Lines, Ben Heppner, Finger Eleven and Simple Plan.
Congratulations to John Brunton and Insight Productions, Joan
Tosoni, director, Karel Noordover, technical producer, as well
as, of course, Simon Bowers and the audio team:
Howard Baggley, Perry Blackman, Ray Buxton,
Peter Campbell, Mark Cavener, Greg Clinton, Cliff Crockrall,
John Davis, Ian Dunbar, James Fast, Marco Giappesi, Nicholas
Hayes, Robert Hankins, Marc Laliberté, Patrice Lavoie,
Colin Lay, Simon Léonard, Ed Little, Darren McBain,
Brad Mitchel, Mike Molineux, Michael Nazarec, Scott Nickerson,
Chad Pacholik, Christian Pageau, Scott Parnwell, Tyler Patrick,
André
Pichette, Raj Ramtej, Dwayne Reid, Etienne Saint-Jacques, Mario
Saint-Onge, Marcel Sieben, Rob Steeves, Kevin Stenson, Hugo Tardif
and Jeff Wolpert.
Web Links:
JUNO Awards
CTV's
JUNO Awards
February 2004: Junos!
Le Studio Mobile is pleased to announce that
it will once again be at the Junos in 2004! As in most of the
last fifteen years, Le Studio Mobile will be
the main audio truck and center of audio production for the 2004
JUNO Awards, Canada's Music Awards, broadcast live across Canada
from Edmonton on CTV Sunday, April 4, 2004 at 8 p.m.
We look forward to working again with C.A.R.A.S., Insight Productions,
Mr. Simon Bowers and the audio production team. The line-up will
include Barenaked Ladies, Michael Buble, Nelly Furtado, Avril
Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, and Nickelback.
See you in Edmonton April 4th!
November 2003 : Professional Sound
“Professional Sound” magazine published an interesting article
about Le Studio Mobile. The entire article, in pdf format,
is available here.
Thanks to Jeff MacKay, Carole and Roy Timm.
October 12th, 2003 : Gemini Award
Toronto. The Gemini Award for best sound in a comedy, variety
or performing arts program or series has been attributed to "The
2003 Juno Awards".
Congratulations to Simon Bowers (picture), Karel Noordover,
technical producer, Insight Productions and the audio team:
Howard Baggley, Peter Campbell, Patrick Castonguay, Mike Cormak,
Julia Dimitriou, Danielle Duval, James Fast, Kent Ford, Robert
Hankins, Richard Lachance, Ian Dunbar, Marc Laliberté,
Patrice Lavoie, Doug McClement, Alexandre Miasnikof, Mike Nazarec,
Scott Nickerson, Renato Petruziello, André Pichette, David
Rees, Pierre Renaud, Etienne St-Jacques, Mario St-Onge, Brian
Smith, Rob Steeves, Shawn Taylor, Frédérick Williams
and Jason Worden.
Le Studio Mobile has been, since 1989, the
main audio mobile and audio production center of the broadcast.
2003 : Soundcraft 1624 console for sale
Our previous main console is now for sale. Click
here for details and pictures.
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If you're looking for the Microphone Technique
Primer short, you'll find it here.
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