PROLIFIC HOUSE PRODUCER RICHARD EARNSHAW INSTALLS X-DESK

“X-Desk has given the mixing process a whole new dimension. And in a
competitive and somewhat saturated industry, it really does make all
the difference.”

OXFORD, ENGLAND – Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer
of analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce that
Richard Earnshaw has installed a Solid State Logic X-Desk at the heart
of his studio.

Earnshaw has been mixing and remixing House, Funk and Soul artists for
well over a decade, racking up credits with the likes of Groove
Armada, Dido, Roisin Murphy, Shakatak and Ce Ce Peniston, amongst
others. More recently he’s been putting the finishing touches to his
debut artist album, ‘In Time’, collaborating with such Soulful
luminaries as Jocelyn Brown, Carleen Anderson, Roy Ayers, Ursula
Rucker, Kenny Thomas…

“For me, installing X-Desk was the perfect solution. There were really
two main reasons for going for X-Desk: firstly, I wanted to break out
my audio stems into a high-end summing mixer and combine
‘out-of-the-box’ processes with a super high-end signal path.”

“And secondly, with X-Desk I can chose my own combination of
EQ/dynamics to suit my needs. Every producer has their favourite EQ or
compressor and X-Desk allows these preferences to be brought together
so easily. And of course now I can tell all my mates I have an SSL in
the studio!”

“By itself, X-Desk pretty much rules the roost in the studio. And if I
need to add more channels I can just add another X-Desk. I have
limited space in the studio, so the seamless integration with SSL’s
X-Rack system really suits my working environment. And I can easily
achieve similar configurations usually found in much bigger studios
with much bigger mixing boards.”

“Having X-Desk installed has actually slowed down the mixing process
for me, but in a good way. It’s always very busy in the studio and
it’s easy for me to get carried away and have the whole producing and
mixing thing going on at the same time, but with X-Desk in situ I’m
more aware of the separation of the process. It goes without saying
that the super-clean analogue signal path allows for better
interpretation of sound so with X-Desk I find it easier to pin point
and manipulate signals.”

“In a nutshell, installing X-Desk has given me the high-end,
super-smooth analogue signal path I’ve been looking for in my setup.
As a result, it’s given the mixing process a whole new dimension. And
in a competitive and somewhat saturated industry, it really does make
all the difference.”