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On the Road with American Mobile – Powered by Focusrite RedNet
American Mobile is redefining remote music production for live broadcast with Focusrite’s RedNet as the signal-transport backbone for their remote systems deployed this year to Lollapalooza, Outside Lands
and Austin City Limits music festivals.
141st AES Convention, Los Angeles, CA, September 29, 2016 – American Mobile, the remote production arm of the famed Chicago Recording Company (CRC), has been setting the standard for dedicated high-end, on-site facilities to capture and mix artists for live broadcast. This year it has begun deploying the Focusrite RedNet Dante™-networked audio converters and interfaces as the signal-transport backbone, giving these remote productions even greater operational and sonic capabilities.
American Mobile dates back to 1992, when Chicago Recording Company General Manager Chris Shepard purchased his first remote Pro Tools® system to capture music beyond the walls of the studio. Some of these remote elements were intended simply to complement the studio recordings already in progress or to inspire the artist in ways only a live audience can. “We recorded artists everywhere, from their own front porch to some massive theaters and churches. This remote work became an extension of studio life at CRC,” says Shepard, who is also a noted engineer with credits including Wilco, Smashing Pumpkins and Elvis Costello. “These field recording systems grew and multiplied as our clients’ demand increased. Our dedication to sonic excellence has been assured into the future with the integration of Focusrite RedNet with our recording systems, also featuring Avid Pro Tools HDX® and Avid S3® and D-Command® consoles.”
This season, veteran A1 mixer Steve Weeder deployed the first RedNet system at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago and also at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco. This system consisted of 64 channels of RedNet MPR8 remote-controlled mic preamp and A/D converters, two RedNet 5 network interfaces for Pro Tools HD, as well as a RedNet D64R 64-channel MADI-to-Dante link.
American Mobile is currently adding an additional 64 channels of RedNet MPR8 mic preamps to the audio truck, expanding capability to at least 96 channels to keep up with the growing number of channel counts at complex shows. Shepard says “We love what RedNet does for us,” and even added a “Powered by RedNet” logo on the audio truck.
Shepard and Weeder like the benefit of locating the RedNet mic preamps right at the stage, reducing the loss of a long analog cable run, not to mention the lighter travel weight. “RedNet units are like building blocks — you can configure each system to the clients ever changing spec,” he says. “The system is extremely stable and sounds fantastic,” he remarks, adding that when combined with the preamp recall capabilities in Pro Tools, it’s an unbeatable combination.
“We started American Mobile at the right time with the right equipment, and we’ve kept that up ever since, including today with RedNet,” says Shepard. “In remote recording, we have to interface with a variety of production companies and a variety of input requirements. Having RedNet on board makes sure we can accommodate any of them.”
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Photo caption 1: The interior of American Mobile’s audio truck (as deployed at the annual Lollapalooza festival in Chicago), featuring RedNet components from Focusrite.Photo file 2: AM_Truck_Rack.JPG
Photo caption 2: The gear rack in American Mobile’s audio truck (as deployed at the annual Lollapalooza festival in Chicago), featuring RedNet components from Focusrite.Photo file 3: AM_StageRack_Front.JPG
Photo caption 3: The stage rack deployed by American Mobile at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, featuring RedNet components from Focusrite.Photo file 4: AM_StageRack_Back.JPG
Photo caption 4: The stage rack deployed by American Mobile at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, featuring RedNet components from Focusrite (rear view).For further information, head to www.focusrite.com or contact:
USA: Hannah Bliss +1 (310) 322 5500 // Hannah.Bliss@focusrite.com
Robert Clyne +1 (615) 662-1616 // robert@clynemedia.comAbout Focusrite
The Focusrite brand was established in 1985 and the founding principles of the company were to develop products that sounded more musical, in addition to just measuring well – today, we still carry these founding principles forward in our class-leading and award-winning designs. We measure our success by the success of you, our clients, and you will find Focusrite product prominent in professional and project studios throughout the world. Based just outside of London, we work with the best design talent throughout the world to bring you the tools to enhance the way you work. Our product is made with pride and principle in a highly automated ISO 9002 factory with significant level of test by engineers who themselves are musicians and understand the part our product plays in your process.Focusrite is exhibiting at Booth 202 and Listening Room 514 at the 141st AES Convention, September 29-October 1, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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