Music producer and film composer Hendrik Nölle employed his Audient iD14 audio interface in co-writing and producing the soundtrack for the recent German Netflix hit movie Blood & Gold, and he also has an iD4 “for traveling” in addition to soon beginning to work with a new iD24 that’s just been delivered.
Having previously worked together with director Peter Thorwarth, Hendrik was already on his radar when it came to Blood & Gold. “He wanted two composers on this movie, which was a gift. Jessica de Rooij wrote the emotional pieces and I composed the more action-driven scenes,” explains Nölle.
“I picked Audient for a couple of reasons,” he continues. “I appreciate rugged-built stuff, which the Audients definitely are whilst not being super expensive. I like the sound of the preamps, and the converters are fine for me. Also, when I go to recording sessions I just plug in an ADAT cable and have enough channels for pretty much everything.”
Nölle also notes how he’s come “full circle” over the years: “Fifteen years ago I started by building my first small studio together with my friends. Later on I moved, and the studio got bigger and fancier. Now I’m returning to a minimal setup as most of my work happens ‘inside the box’ — especially when I’m writing.”
His kit will soon shrink further, as he has decided to get rid of his replace monitor controller in favor of the built-in ‘user defined’ monitor control of the new iD24. “That functionality will come in very handy,” he says. His new Audient audio interface allows him to connect and listen to his mixes through two sets of speakers via the four line outputs. He can also assign any of the advanced monitoring features — Speaker Select, Talkback, Polarity Invert or Mono Sum — to any of the F-buttons to take control of his session.
“Little things like the two headphone plugs and the inserts are highly appreciated as well,” Nölle concludes. “I’ve also been reading good stuff about the converters. I think that’ll be a nice update, too.”
