10 Recording studio essential according to Nisschal
Zaveri
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Comfortable studio environment
Clean power supply to avoid hums and buzz
Efficient and friendly staff
Good bathroom
Good coffee or green tea/ chai.
Different kinds of adaptors, EP to TRS, RCA to XLR etc etc
UPS in case power goes, enough to save your session and shut
down.
8. Lights for reading stands, (as some musicians require the reading
light.)
9. Good headphone monitoring.
10. No threat of water leakage- especially important in Mumbai
Monsoons
Suggestions on Headphones, cables, studio Monitors,
DAW software, Mic, and Audio interface
He says “Sennheiser headphones are always reliable and studio
friendly. We use them at ENZY. As a team building exercise, we had
a workshop on how to solder wires and make cables. All the cables
in the studio are handmade by me and the team. Everyone from the
accountant to the receptionist knows how to fix and troubleshoot or
make new cables if necessary”
They have Dynaudio and Adams as their in house monitors, and
also have reference monitors Avantone. “The choice of monitors
was my personal preference and also a suggestion which was given
by Westlake pro according to the room size and specifications” says
Nisschal. ENZY works on ProTools as its main DAW and also have an
option for Cubase and logic but the recording are all done according to
ProTools I/O.
Do's and Don’ts while setting up a studio
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Must have passion/love for music
Proper backups of all sessions is a must
Proper acoustics room measurements are required
Right team to carry out vision
Proper designing team or a consultant is required
Key is in the detail
Air-conditioning, Proper HVAC systems so they don't interfere
with recording
• Machine room should also be air-conditioned
• Proper inventory of equipment, microphones, should be always
maintained
ENZY has mix of analogue and digital equipment, using both
mediums, and get the best of both worlds and ultimately the best
final product. Some of the equipments are legendary vintage that are
costly. But, there are many emulations and plug ins that are cheaper
than the actual unit, like a 1176 emulation plug in. Nisschal strongly
opposes the use of pirated softwares and plug-ins, and has made sure
that each and every plug ins and softwares are 100% genuine. He says
“As a part of the music industry we should join hands against piracy
and do our bit even if it is buying songs”.
What you need to know about ENZY Studios
• Some of their clients include, A R Rahman, Pritam Chakraborty,
Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Visha Shekhar, Amal Malik, Anu Malik,
Rochak Kohli, Jeet Ganguli, Sivamani, Ranjit Barot, Space
NAtives(Los Angeles), Ricky Kej(Winds of Samsara), New York
University, Coke Studio, MTV, GIMA, Farhan Akhtar Band, and
many more.
• Clients have access to 2 control rooms (2.1, 5.1 and 7.1), a 900q ft
live recording theatre that can fit up to a 35-piece orchestra, and
two additional ISO rooms (Isolation Rooms) which can collectively
hold up to 65 musicians at the same time for one recording session.
ENZY Studios also offers a private lounge, conference room and
café-lounge
• They have over 22kms worth of cabling that runs in and around
ENZY Studios.
• Recording facility in their bathroom to capture the natural reverb
from the tiles. This also enables to actually take the microphone
anywhere around the studio to record various sounds and various
areas. This was a key added feature especially upon Nisschal’s
request.
• Houses different properties for musicians such as Live with the
Legends, Behind the Sessions at ENZY Studios, Independent
Fridays, and more.
For more details, log on to www.enzystudios.com
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
They have a wide variety of equipment in the studio and also have a big selection of microphones and in house instruments for clients to enjoy.
Digital Audio
Workstation and
Convertors
Protools 10
HDX2
Monitoring
Dynaudio
Program Equalizers
Manley massive
passive
Effects Processors
Eventide 7600
Lexicon PCM 90
AEA ribbon pre x2 Beta 52 x2 Tabla
Ssl xlogic x1 Seinheisser 421 x2 Microphones Seinheisser 441 x2 TC Electronics Bass
Amplifier
Microtech Gefell x3 Akg 420 x1 Roland JC-120 Guitar
Amplifier
Pearlman tm1 x2 Earthworks x3 Pearl Drum-set
Royer 121 x1 In-house
Instruments Manoj Sardar
Harmonium
Motif XF-8 Keyboard A variety of Pedals
and percussion
instruments
Adam s3v Microphone
Preamplifiers Avantone John hardy M1 x4 Akg 414 x2
Dynamic processors Api 512 x2 Crown PZM x2
Distressor el8 x4 Great river x4 Sm 57 x5
1176 x1 Grace design x32 Sm 58 x5
Tubetech stereo
compressor Summit audio x2 Sm 7 x1
Mojave ma300 x2
Moog Voyager
Korg SP500 keyboard
Korg TR keyboard
Meinl Percussion
Cajon
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