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MASTERING ENGINEER BOB KATZ CHOOSES GENELEC 8260A TRI-AMPLIFIED DSP
MONITORING SYSTEM
— Genelec 8260A’s
with AutoCal™ automated calibration system and Genelec Loudspeaker
Manager (GLM™) control network give Katz a transparent sound
that he describes as “the best Genelecs ever” —
NATICK,
MA, August 3, 2010 — Audio mastering engineer, author,
teacher, inventor and audiophile Bob Katz’s resume reads like
a who’s-who of the music industry. Over the course of his career,
Katz has worked with a multitude of artists in literally every genre
of music, including country artists Marley's Ghost, jazz clarinetists
Eddie Daniels and Allan Vaché, Latin Jazz performers Paquito
D'Rivera and Tito Puente, heavy metal bands Necrophagist and Motorpsycho,
progressive rock performers Sean Malone and Triggering Myth, indie
rock performer Susanna, world music artists The Bombay Dub Orchestra
and Sinéad O'Connor, big band Mexican composer Armando Manzanero,
salsa performers Rubén Blades and Héctor Lavoe and more.
Katz has also recorded and/or mastered three GRAMMY®-winning albums
and several other GRAMMY-nominated recordings. When it came time for
Katz to re-evaluate his monitors in his Digital
Domain studios mix room, as he needed a higher degree of accuracy
compared to the “audiophile” speakers he was using, Katz
found exactly what he was looking for in the award-winning Genelec
8260A Tri-Amplified DSP Monitoring System.
“Since
this particular mix room was not completely purpose-built from the
ground up, I was looking for a better solution to my previous loudspeakers,
which were non-DSP models,” stated Bob Katz. “This is
a small mix room, which is treated — it has trapping and has
specular reflections corrected — but simply by means of its
size, it’s going to have some severe modes that could not possibly
be adequately trapped with acoustical corrections. We installed the
8260’s, and after some automatic adjustments using Genelec’s
AutoCal™ automated calibration system and Loudspeaker Manager
(GLM™) control network, and then some manual adjustments by
me, I was totally blown away by the sound of these speakers. They
are amazingly transparent, and I think that these are the best-sounding
Genelecs that have ever been made. They extend down to 29 Hz at -1
dB, and in the room their response is within, after DSP correction,
a couple of dB at the listening position – maybe 3 at the most.
And the result is extremely accurate with tight, clear, well-defined
bass. It’s now possible to mix in here, and those mixes translate
to the real world without having to do mental gymnastics, which is
the case with the prior loudspeakers that I had in this room.”
Katz
continued, “The 8260's have the lowest distortion, remarkable
headroom and significantly higher SPL capability than any of the other
8000-series Genelecs, which lets them play cleanly at any level without
listening fatigue. This makes them very desirable for rock and allows
us to mix anything from classical to hip-hop without guessing at how
the material will sound at the listener's preferred volume. All this
without needing a subwoofer!”
One
of Digital Domain’s mix engineers, Jarrett Pritchard, echoes
Katz’s sentiments. “These speakers throw an amazing center
image,” stated Pritchard. “It’s a game changer for
me. It’s as if there were another loudspeaker right in the center
between these two. The center image is so tight and clearly defined.
And the tonality is excellent. I’m sold.”
Both
Katz and Pritchard attribute the sonic imaging to the 8260’s
breakthrough in coaxial driver design that provides more accurate
imaging and improved sound quality both on the acoustical axis as
well as off-axis. “It throws such a good center image because
of the newly designed coaxial mid-range tweeter combination, together
with an excellent diffraction control and the unique cabinet,”
stated Katz. “It’s not just a sales point; it really works.”
But
the bottom line for Bob Katz is in the mastering process and how those
mixes done in the new mix room transfer to the mastering room. “The
mixes we are listening to in this room, when I take them down to the
mastering room, sound absolutely right,” commented Katz. “I
no longer have to send corrections to the mix engineer for anomalies
in the bass response, which ultimately makes my life easier and results
in better sounding tracks for me to master. I am very happy.”
The
compact and powerful 8260A breaks new ground in electro-acoustic design,
as mechanical, acoustical and signal-processing designs are linked
closely together. The 8260A features major advances in audio driver
technology, integrated with a sophisticated enclosure design, and
Genelec’s proprietary Minimum Diffraction Coaxial (MDC™)
Mid/High driver technology. The 8260A system represents Genelec’s
cutting-edge innovations in all technology domains. The sophisticated
acoustical design of the 8260A is complemented by Genelec’s
DSP Technology and GLM software, providing powerful and practical
tools such as AutoCal for accurate alignment, calibration and control
of the monitoring system in all situations. The MDC coaxial technology
is a real breakthrough solution that makes the 8260A unique in the
market.
For
more information, please visit www.genelecusa.com.
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Photo File: Genelec_BobKatz.JPG
Photo Caption: Renowned mastering engineer Bob Katz, pictured in his
Digital Domain studios mix room with his Genelec 8260A Tri-Amplified
DSP Monitoring System.
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the pioneer in Active Monitoring technology, is celebrating
over 30 years of designing and manufacturing active loudspeakers
for true and accurate sound reproduction. Genelec is credited
with promoting the concept of active transducer technology,
which many manufacturers are just now incorporating into their
products. Since its inception in 1978, Genelec has concentrated
its efforts and resources into creating active monitors with
unparalleled sonic integrity. The result is an active speaker
system that has earned global acclaim for its accurate imaging,
extremely high acoustic output from small enclosures, true high-fidelity
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