Shimmr Studios
The Score Magazine|October 2017

We take a tour inside one of the highly personalized studio spaces that follow international and futuristic specs. Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy talks about recording, production and more.

Shimmr Studios

About SHIMMR Studios

Shimmr Studios is a state of the art recording and music production facility located in Chennai. Inaugurated in November 2013, it was a dream come true for Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy, a passionate Music Producer who completed his academics from the Full Sail University, Florida.

Setting up the Studio

According to Ashwin, the room is a creator’s vital weapon, second to his ears and brain. So the room designing and acoustic treatments were done with extreme care. “We hired some of the best studio designers and acousticians in the US with the help of my instructors in Full Sail. The quality of people on board was fascinating. We never met in person. All our meetings, ideas, and submissions happened online”.

He wanted the room to be as musical as possible so the floors and walls were done with solid wood; as wood has a natural ability to shape the room sound. “I wanted a very natural, musical and cohesive frequency response so my sound could be enjoyed in an emotion-filled environment rather than a room fitted with carpets that sucked the life out of a performance”. It took almost one year to complete construction and acoustics. Most of the materials for the acoustics are custom made and imported from the UK. The room sounds live with the right amount of diffusion and absorption. He avoided using glass in the recording space and went with a CCTV camera system instead.

Equipment Used:

The studio is a perfect hybrid setup. It utilizes the best of both analog and digital worlds to give creators and engineers a wide range of choices to work with. The studio does not have something like a single SSL or NEVE console sitting at its heart. Instead, it uses a variety of preamps and saturation units to give a wide variety of colors. The Digidesign D-Command sits in the center for control and metering.

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