SAE Magazine 12-2

+++ Recognised industry professionals share their knowledge at SAE Institute +++ Iván Bartolomé a.k.a. Mushikko talks about SAE Institute and his latest work +++ Visitor Success at Aula MadridCampusNews Caco Refojo, Latin Grammy Award winner, opens PKO Studios to our students n On 18th May, a group of Audio Production De- gree students visited PKO Studios, one of the best technologically equipped studios in the world. Caco Refojo, chief engineer, welcomed us and shared with us how he approaches an audio produc- tion. The talk took place in PKO’s Studio 1, which has a Solid State Logic 9000 J-Series console (the only one in Spain) with 72 channels, as well as Pro Tools HD and analogue multi-tracks. Caco briefly in- troduced us to the equipment available in the stu- dio and explained his workflow during the recording and mixing process. To do so he used a recorded live session by the funk band “Brothas”, with the col- laboration of Taki Tekyurt, lead singer and former student of SAE Institute Madrid. Students had the chance to work with legendary microphones such as Neumann’s U-67 and U-47, AKG’s C-12 and the Manley Gold, as well as Neve 1066 preamps and Pultec compressors. Addition- ally, students were able to compare audio that was Caco Refojo teaching his audio production techniques to our students recorded using Pro Tools and an analogueAmpex ½ inch multi-track machine. At the end of the visit, Ca- co answered all the students’ questions. They were really satisfied with the outcome of the visit and we are already preparing other visits to the best studios in Madrid, exclusively for our students. Don’t miss the interview with Caco Refojo in this issue of SAE Magazine. n 202 SAE & SAE ALUMNI NEWS // EUROPEAN NEWS Index

SAE Magazine 12-2

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