Mercury Prize-winning producer Charlie Andrew, who rose to fame producing Alt-J’s first two albums has recently added an Audient ASP880 eight-channel mic pre to his setup.
Currently in his Brixton studio, working on an album with four-piece Mancunian band Money, he is using the new mic pre alongside his old ASP008 8-channel mic pre.
“I’m a big fan of simplicity,” continues Andrew. “The gain is basically pretty much all I put my hands on, and the phase buttons to make sure when I’m recording drums I can quite quickly flip phase and see if I’ve got phasing right.
“Having the analogue to digital converters is a huge help, too,” he adds. “We’re going to go to a pub to record one of the Money songs on an upright piano to get a bit more atmosphere. Having a 1U ‘interface’ with the mic pres and the converter, you can quite easily plug them into the back of something without having to lug a massive rig around. I’ll definitely be using the ASP880 for that. The mic pres are very transparent, very clear and very low noise – they’re just beautiful pieces of kit.”
With the latest albums from Marika Hackman and Sivu also credited to him, Charlie Andrew’s star is certainly in the ascendant. Audient wishes him the best of luck with it all.