The new remote production room of award-winning producer Michael Beinhorn, located at his home on Vancouver Island, BC, is equipped with ATC SCM20 monitors paired with stands from Sound Anchors in support of his Remote Production Processing concept.
In the 1990s, Beinhorn received a GRAMMY Award nomination for Producer of the Year for Hole’s Celebrity Skin and Marilyn Manson’s Mechanical Animals, and he’s also noted for his work with the Red-Hot Chili Peppers as well as for producing Herbie Hancock’s Future Shock that includes the hip-hop single “Rockit”. In 2004, he was nominated again for a GRAMMY for Fuel’s Natural Selection, and in 2022, his work helped Weezer achieve a GRAMMY omination for Best Rock Song for “All My Favorite Songs.”
“I believe my role as a producer needs to evolve with the times,” Beinhorn notes. “What worked 40 years ago is obsolete. Working remotely gives the pre-production process stability and connections that are rarely available in costly studio setup. While I’m critically listening over and over to a piece of music, I begin to emotionally connect to what the artist is trying to convey. I’m not looking at it qualitatively, I’m analyzing how to improve it structurally. It’s an intriguing process. One that needs creativity, perseverance, and — not an easy concept — but it’s mine.”
He envisioned his new remote production concept prior to the pandemic and it fully blossomed in 2022 with the addition of the SCM20 monitors. “Years ago, an old friend had a pair of ATC SCM150s, and I remember their staggering mid-range presence,” he says. “I started thinking ATCs would bridge the gap between hi-fi speakers and pro audio studio monitors.”
Beinhorn consulted with Brad Lunde, president and founder of TransAudio Group and the U.S. distributor of ATC, about the monitors. Initially he was focused on the SCM50, but after further conversation with Lunde, went with the SCM20s as a better fit for what he was trying to achive. The monitors and Sound Anchors ADJ1 stands were acquired from Vintage King.
“Once I began talking to Michael,” Lunde says, “I knew the ATC SCM20s were perfect for the critical and fatigue-free listening necessary for his remote recording process. He immediately understood and moved forward with Vintage King for the purchase. All of us at TransAudio are excited by this new remote production process and know Beinhorn is the right person to make it work.”
