As a special lead in to the AES Convention, October 5th-October 8th, 2007, Recorded Music is pleased to have welcomed award-winning producer and engineer, Ronald Prent.
Beginning at 9:30 am, Wednesday, October 3rd, and Thursday, October 4th, as a part of Professor Nick Sansano's Studio II production class, Ronald gave demonstrations of his unique use of surround sound in rock and pop recordings. All Recorded Music students were invited to sit in on those talks, as well as Ronald's API Vision Masterclass, which was given as a part of the Senior Capstone Studio Production class at 3:30 pm, Thursday, October 4th.
Ronald has production credits from all over the world.
From the US: Bricklin, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, Ten Ten, Tina Turner, Mink DeVille (album ItalianShoes) Joey Balin, Chris Lord Alge, Tom Lord Alge, Roy Thomas Baker, Queensryche, Cassell Webb, Faith No More
And the UK:Chris Andrews, Barclay James Harvest, Lisa Hunt, Mike Batt, Judy Cheeks, Def Leppard, Barbara Dickson, Electric Light Orchestra, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Police, Grant & Forsyth, Steve Hackett, Iron Maiden, Elton John, Killing Joke, Magnum, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Sade, Saxon, Siouxi and the Banchees, David Sylvian, T’Pau, UFO, Paul Young, David Bowie, David Knopfler, Robert Palmer, Sting, UB 40, Deep Purple
To name a few...
Ronald's permanent base is at Galaxy Studios in Belgium (http://www.galaxy.be/) where he has explored the new territory of surround mixing/recording for CD, SACD, and DVD. At Galaxy studios he has spent the last 6 years researching and developing different methods of surround recording and mixing, with continued support from Philips and Sony. In addition, Ronald has assisted API in the design of the new discrete analogue multichannel mixing console – the Vision, which he will demonstrate in Studio 510, Thursday afternoon.
