Los Angeles, Calif., September 7, 2016 – In-demand
engineer and mixer Jeff Ellis perfected his craft working on vintage
consoles like the one at Eastwest Studios in Hollywood, where he started
as an intern before working his way up to a house engineer. “The first
console I learned on was a classic British console with 1073 mic pres,”
Ellis says. “That’s all I heard through the first few years of my
career, so the that sound will always feel like home to me.” Ellis
quickly realized that there was something about the design of these
vintage circuits that made it a critical tool for making records at the
highest level. Since going independent to work on Frank Ocean’s channel
ORANGE and collecting a Grammy Award in the process, Ellis continues to
value that classic sound in his signal chain.
“Almost
any good studio will have at least a rack of 8 vintage-style pres
regardless of what console is being utilized in the room, it’s that
important,” he says. “I’ve encountered
BAE Audio
pres in many of these studios, and have always used them
interchangeably with vintage channels.” When it came time to outfit his
own project studio, located within the Bedrock.LA studio complex, Ellis
turned to the compact and versatile BAE Audio 1073 DMP to deliver the
vintage tone he loves.
