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Florin High School's Audio & Music Production (AMP) Academy recently unveiled a state-of-the-art recording facility featuring the impressive Audient ASP8024-HE console. This professional-grade console, fulfilled and installed by Vintage King, has transformed the California high school's audio program into a collegiate-level educational environment.
"The studio features a large control room and tracking space separated by an acoustically treated wall with a large window,” says John Cronin, who heads the AMP Academy. “In the center of the control room resides our Audient ASP8024-HE console between our two rack bays for outboard gear. We opted for the double producer desk configuration with 24 tracks on the left-hand side and the mastering section on the right-hand side. We have an Avid S3 for DAW control under a curved, widescreen computer monitor, and an external patch bay installed just to the right of the console."
Vintage King's technical team worked closely with Cronin throughout the consultation and installation process, ensuring every component was expertly integrated for optimal educational and production value. Our specialists designed a comprehensive system around the Audient console, carefully selecting complementary outboard gear and configuring the patch bay for maximum flexibility.
This installation represents the culmination of seven years of program development at Florin High School, where Cronin has built the audio program from modest beginnings into a comprehensive three-year California Partnership Academy. The curriculum now encompasses digital music production, studio recording techniques, sound design, and sound for film—all supported by the professional-grade equipment supplied by Vintage King.
Beyond the Audient console, Vintage King helped implement a complete production ecosystem, including software integration. "Additionally, our students dig into a variety of industry software, with Ableton Live being our bread and butter, Logic Pro as a secondary DAW, iZotope software including RX, Kontakt and other Native Instruments tools, Xfer's synthesizer Serum and the Krotos suite for sound design," continues Cronin
The studio serves both curricular and extracurricular needs, says Cronin: "We also have an extracurricular program where students can sign up to participate in managing lights and sound for DJ events, live sound reinforcement and recording for our school band and choir, weekend studio recording sessions with local jazz bands, mixing/mastering projects and doing some field recording as well."
Since its completion, the studio has hosted numerous recording projects. "We have had many jazz ensembles record here, a few singer/songwriter, and several rappers. We also have two aspiring rock groups at our school who are constantly practicing in our studio space whenever it's free, so we'll be recording them soon! Our students also regularly engage in recording voiceover work, podcasts, and Foley as well. Oh, and our AMP Academy teacher team has a jam band to fill the void when one of our scheduled jazz groups has had to cancel a session."
All photos by: Tyrel Tesch
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