RECORDING STUDIO TOUR of Decoy Studios (Cenzo Townshend's studio near Ipswich)

Top mix engineer Cenzo Townshend takes us around his mix chain, outboard and studio in a 30 minute exclusive video.
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George Shilling visited Decoy Studios where Cenzo is based in East Anglia, UK, to find out how Cenzo's workflow and mix chain has evolved now that he's no longer using a large SSL console and has gone down to smaller summing SSL desks with more outboard on inserts than you can shake a stick at!
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[@raysubsonic]

This is a really interesting interview. It's great to hear Cenzo open up and explain some of his processes.

[@ATBstudiopink]

U have to drink every time you hear “mmmmm”😂

[@GraemeWoller]

Fantastic walk through, thanks! Really interesting about the cat5 runs, I'd love to see some figures on it too, just purely from a science point of view.

[@oceansiderecordingstudio]

What a friendly fellow that Cenzo and a beautiful studio to boot. Cheers

[@TheZosoSymbol]

That live room looks amazing!

[@AlbertoMartinezDelRio]

Great place!

[@OverdriveMusic]

Legendary 👏👏👏

[@CERKY]

Wow !!! Very Beautifull !!

[@anthemmakersmusic]

Thank you for that very special information, smiling

[@mixanalogcloud]

A veritable stash of gear all right :)

[@maplewoods1986]

Amazinggggg.. Wow...

[@davidjonathan3854]

Glenn Coleman makes those.. great guy!! Coleman Audio, I believe.. Cheers!

[@mikelo303]

can we know more about cat5 cable?

[@tomrankin2701]

I loved the insights here, but would have loved to know more about how Cenzo is using the 500 modules at the bottom of the bus rack (under the Cartecs). Looks like the SSL saturator thing, a Level-Loc replica, and a VOG. I assume they go through one of the three mix buses, while the 33609s sit in the hardware inserts rack and aren’t used in the bus chains any more? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@foxytv4896]

Propper Stereo there.....oh Soundengineers and Video...hahahaha :-P

[@clivemathieu9386]

Good chap

[@scottbaxendale323]

I’m curious as to the reason none of the rack gear is racked, but is instead just stacked on shelves with wood shims?

[@RecordProduction]

It does get juggled around a bit so that could be one possible answer but I will ask him and reply when I find out :-)

[@leesparey3595]

What is the best Cat 5 to use please?

[@junejhunkie]

lee sparey cat 6

[@leesparey3595]

Thanks

[@Screaming-Trees]

It doesn't matter. Cat5e will allow for 1Gbps ethernet at 100 meters max distance. Pretty much anything you buy these days will be Cat5e at the least. You don't need Cat6. It's overkill. Unless you plan on recording 256 tracks simultaneously at 192kHz / 24bit (Wav)? This would put you at just slightly over a gigabit; I think about 1.1248 Gbps off the top of my head. Cat6 will give you around 55 meters (probably less) of 10Gbps ethernet. I have no idea why you'd need this but maybe you do I don't know. Cat6a will give you 100 meters of 10Gbps. Cat6 cables are a lot more inflexible though (bulky) and they're a bit more expensive. In my opinion completely unnecessary for any audio related work. Just as useless as 10Gbps ethernet. Unless, as I say, you'll be recording 256 tracks at the same time at the highest available conversion rates. If your needs are not that extreme Cat5e probably is more than you'll ever need.

[@objectpdfmov]

@@Screaming-Trees the topic is analog audio transmission, not bitrates

[@aarona.dubzperson8245]

I record through hardware, but everything else is done itb.

[@ltmillerII]

umm... ok...alright...um...right......yes...mmmm...marvelous

[@randomytpstation3261]

Papież Polak

[@michaels8597]

www.jeffgeerling.com/articles/computing/2015/everything-over-cat5

[@KYTHERAOfficial]

He sounds like Tristan

[@craigsanderson4330]

Brent.

[@fdschuler7863]

Shut up George and let Cenzo speak.

[@chriszanf]

Oh leave him alone. He looks like he camped out in the car park all night just to be there on time.

[@enkiea8322]

I don't know. The vibe is kind of sterile, mechanical, perfunctory. I mean c'mon, the dude is talking about his studio and his approach towards utilizing his equipment and the thing that seems to excite him the most are damn presets. 😕