June 2015 Update From The Le Studio Channel

Kevin from the Le Studio Channel on YouTube gives us the lowdown on the recent news about Le Studio Morin Heights, Quebec. Thank you Kevin for clearing up all the details about the recent news reports about Le Studio. Lets watch the video here:

Le Studio Mobile Still Exists!

Part of the legacy of Le Studio still lives on today. Le Studio Mobile is the portable version of the original Le Studio Complex. Le Studio Mobile has been providing live recording on the go for over 30 years! In 2015, there is the version 2 of Le Studio Mobile hard at work. Click on the link below to view the Le Studio Mobile web site and learn about the version 2 of the recording truck.

http://www.studiomobile.com/en/home.html

For a detailed list of equipment installed inside the mobile, click the link here:

http://www.studiomobile.com/en/equipment.html

Albums Recorded At Le Studio Morin Heights QC (1975 - 2002)

Go to the Wikipedia page for Le Studio, Morin Heights and you will find the history of the studio complex along with a list of all the albums recorded at Le Studio. Here is the web link to view:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Studio#Albums_recorded_at_Le_Studio

Le Studio was the main recording studio for a number of their most important RUSH albums recorded!
Rush - Moving Pictures is one of eight albums recorded at Le Studio.

Le Studio Complex in Morin Heights, QC is dying slowly!!!

The former Le Studio Complex in Morin Heights, QC now sadly stands in ruins! The current owners of the once famous recording studio have let the building fall into great disrepair!!! It is sad to see this studio dying slowly deep in the forests of Morin Heights. I just found the most recent video taken in July 2014. The camera eye reveals the building in its current condition. The weather and elements have taken their tole on the building while vandalism is completely apparent.

The currents owners have done nothing to the building or the lands surrounding it since they purchased it a number of years ago. That is really so sad that they are letting this building die a slow death. I think the owners should sell the property to someone who is willing to put the work in to bring the studio complex back to life again. At the current rate of decay, there is a possibility that this building will not survive much longer!!! Someone needs to rescue it from its peril....

Here is a the video I found yesterday showing the deterioration of the building.

How The Aux-Fed Subwoofer Technique Works

Today, I saw a great article on Prosoundweb about the technique of using aux-fed subwoofers in your sound system setup. This is where you assign a post-fade aux send output to your subwoofers as an independant mix. So, for things like kick drum, bass guitar only those signals would end up at the subwoofers while other signals like vocals, piano do not go to the sub mix. The result is a cleaner mix.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/a_detailed_explanation_of_the_aux_fed_subwoofer_technique/

Provided with the article is a great diagram that shows the hookup schematics for a Traditional Subwoofer system and an Aux-Fed Subwoofer system. Personally, I have tried the aux-fed subwooder technique and it works great. (see diagram below). Happy Mixing!!!

Manteca Live at Aeolian Hall, London, ON.

On Friday, May 8th, I went to see Canadian jazz group "Manteca" live in concert at Aeolian Hall, London, ON. What an amazing performance by an awesome band! This gang really knows how to entertain! It was such a treat to see this kind of band up close and personal in a unique venue.

Speaking of the venue, it was my first time at Aeolian Hall in London, ON. What an excellent venue!
The acoustics are amazing inside this room! The venue is quite unique in that it has been many other things before becoming a concert hall. Now that I have discovered this place, I am looking forward to the next opportunity to see another show in this wonderful venue!

Tony Crea was at the Front of House helm working the excellent sound mix for the show. He is a master FOH Engineer. I actually had met Tony Crea back in the mid 1990s when I was working as a house theatre technician at the Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, Ontario. Tony used to come in to mix concerts and he taught me so much about live sound engineering. It was so great to meet up with him again after many years!

After the show was over, my friend Ian Gifford and myself stuck around to meet some of the Manteca band members.

First, I met up with Colleen Allen the only woman member of Manteca. Such a wonderfully talented musician who plays many kinds of saxophones in the band.

Then I briefly met Doug Wilde, the keyboardist for Manteca who is also an amazing musician. He was busy tearing down his gear and getting ready to load-out of the venue but, I shook his hand and thanked him for a wondeful performance.

Then I finally had my chance to meet Matt Zimbel, the leader of Manteca in person! I have been chatting with him on Facebook for a few years now ever since the band started touring again after a 10 year hiatus. I was so happy to finally meet Matt in person and he gave me his attention while he was tearing down his kit of congas from the stage. We chatted for awhile until he was done packing up his gear and then we went our separate ways.

For me, this concert was one that I had wanted to see for a very long time ever since I became and fan of the group back in college. Now, if there was a way to get Manteca to come to my hometown of Sarnia, ON. to play a concert... That would be so awesome!!!

The Industry Theatre - Sarnia, ON - FOR SALE

The Industry Theatre in downtown Sarnia, Ontario is currently on the market FOR SALE. Asking price for the former movie theatre turned night club is $289 900.00. It has a size of 10,000 Square Ft. and is zoned for many different uses.

Click on this link to view information about this property on the ICX.ca Commercial Real Estate web site:

http://www.icx.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=15319587&PidKey=866337256