◌ Mr. A.R. Rahman studio

A.M. Studio Mr. A.R. Rahman Chennai, India

A.M. Studio

Music Recording and Mixing

Film Mixing

The building process was started several years before Sound Wizard was approached to take full charge of the project. We restarted almost from scratch and with the active collaboration of Studio 440 from Los Angeles , managed to complete the project within 9 months.

This recording studio is interesting because of the flexibility it offers for music recording and film mixing, thanks to variable acoustics. The control room has a large bay window offering full view of the big screen in the mix stage.

The recording area, which doubles as a mix stage, can accommodate up to 30 musicians for large recordings. There are also two additional isolation booths with large glass sliding doors, offering easy viewing to and from the main recording area.

Most acoustical treatment was done using specially imported RPG diffusers and clouds, and also high quality Maharam fabrics, giving the facility a very roomy feeling.

"Heard some songs in the music room. Congrats! The studio feels good. Alhamdulilla! I know you guys are going to tweak to get it perfect. Just wanted to let you know what I felt."- AR Rahman

Layout: 35m2-380ft2 control room

120m2-1300ft2

mix stage / record space

2 isolation booths

2 machine rooms

One lobby

Control room

Front

Surrounds

Subwoofers

Amplifiers

Processing 7.1 monitoring

3 x Dynaudio M4+

4 x Dynaudio BM15

2 x Dynaudio 18"

Chord SPA

XTA DP226 & DP224

Equipment: Neve 88R mixing board

Protools HD3 system

Pyramix system

MOTU 896 interface

Mix stage

Front

Surrounds

Subwoofers

Amplifiers

Processing 7.1 monitoring

3 x Tesseract MPTS-1

8 x JBL 8340

4 x Bag End Infrasub-18

Bryston 9B & 4B SST

TMH Bass man

Ashly 424Gs & 224GS

Equipment: Euphonix System 5

Euphonix R1 recorder

Pro Tools HD3

Dolby Processor CP650

DTS Processor

Stewart Filmscreen 21ft

DPI Mercury HD projector

Features: TMH certification

Project management &

Acoustical consulting:

Sound Wizard

Architecture & design: Studio 440 - L.A.

Wiring & integration: Studio Care - Chennai

Contractor: New Dawn Carpentry

Completion: August 2005