Alice Dagger

British voiceover artist Ben Wake is wowed by his Studiobricks VO booth!

Recently nominated for 4 awards at the One Voice Awards 2020 including UK Male Voice Over Artist of the Year, Ben’s career has gone from strength to strength. Having a good recording space is essential to his work, so he made the decision to invest in a Studiobricks Voiceover booth - and was delighted with the results: "All I can say is WOW!! I invested in the Studiobricks One Plus VO Edition having seen it at the One Voice Conference in London, as a Voice Actor my recording space is integral to my job and this does not disappoint."

Ben was impressed with the design of the booth: “The engineering involved in the construction is incredibly clever and the design makes assembly pretty easy.”

Ben delivers a whole range of voiceover work from serious narrations to TV and radio commercials and infomercials. Ben’s VO booth and equipment needs to be the right quality to support Ben’s versatile range of styles. The Studiobricks booth does just this: “The booth looks incredible and it sounds even better.” Ben added: “Absolutely faultless service from both Black Cat Acoustics and Studiobricks meant it was built, shipped and received in an incredibly short time especially considering the current global climate. I love it and clients think it sounds great, really couldn’t be happier.”

About the Studiobricks VO Edition

The STUDIOBRICKS sound-isolation cabin is designed to be incredibly fast and easy to install, without compromising the booth’s excellent sound-isolating properties.

Superb sound isolation is achieved from the high performance acoustic materials in the patented panels which simply slot together. The modular, interlocking panel design makes virtually any size of room possible.

The Studiobricks VO Edition combines the benefits of the Studiobricks booth with professional VO equipment – making it ideal for voiceover artists and podcasters who need to record studio-standard material at home.

Further information and contacts:

Studiobricks UK - brought to you by Black Cat Music
Tel: 01892 619719

Ben Wake Voiceover
Tel: +44 (0) 7903235300
ben@benwakevoiceover.com
www.benwakevoiceover.com

The importance of music posture chairs for music practice

Medical experts and academic research attest to the fact that music-making is strenuous physical activity.

Without proper body support and appropriate equipment, musicians can suffer overuse injuries that inhibit learning and diminish performance. The pain and distractions caused by such discomfort can lead to disruptive behavior in younger music students. For older musicians, such irritations may discourage or prevent further music participation.

Why are proper music chairs important?

If a musician is sitting on an uncomfortable, poor-quality chair, they are going to be unhappy, playing in pain, and playing poorly. Eventually over time it could predispose them to injury. The right chair helps musicians fine-tune their instrument to sound the best and perform better.

UK voiceover artist Verity Panter opted for a Studiobricks VO booth, and is absolutely delighted with the results: “What a fantastic booth! I love the quality and went for the full VO version which is very comfortable, plenty of room to work.”

For Verity, combining her considerable talent and experience as a voiceover artist with state-of-the-art equipment was key to success in the voiceover industry. Whether inviting the listener to climb inside a warm, silky narrative or communicating important information with her crisp, clear received pronunciation, for Verity it was crucial to be able to deliver a high quality professional performance every time: “My clients love the sound isolation, both when they dial in or I send them a file. It offers great consistency for longer projects too.”

For this reason she chose the Studiobricks VO edition booth, which takes the already excellent sound-isolating properties of Studiobricks and adds the functionality demanded by busy voice-over artists and podcasters.

For Verity, the ability to install the booth herself in a matter of hours was a key selling point: “I made the decision to put it together with my neighbour, it was very straight forward and only took a couple of hours, you need to be strong though! “My Studio Bricks booth is perfect for me in rented accommodation as I can take it with me when I move house and it leaves no damage. 5 stars!”

About the Studiobricks VO Edition

The STUDIOBRICKS sound-isolation cabin is designed to be incredibly fast and easy to install, without compromising the booth’s excellent sound-isolating properties.

Superb sound isolation is achieved from the high performance acoustic materials in the patented panels which simply slot together. The modular, interlocking panel design makes virtually any size of room possible.

The Studiobricks VO Edition combines the benefits of the Studiobricks booth with professional VO equipment – making it ideal for voiceover artists and podcasters who need to record studio-standard material at home.

Further information and contacts:

Studiobricks UK Tel: 01892 619719
Web: www.acousticabins.com

Verity Panter Voiceover Tel: 0771 253 1360
Web: myvoice@veritypanter.com

The Auditorio de Tenerife is delighted with its new Wenger Diva acoustic shell

In September 2019 Black Cat Music supplied a Wenger Diva full-stage acoustic shell to the Auditorio de Tenerife. The shell, installed with the help of Wenger’s specialist installation team, has absolutely delighted the Auditorio, making a significant improvement both in terms of acoustics and in terms of operational processes.

Jorge Cabrera, technical production head of Auditorio de Tenerife, states that “the new Wenger Diva Acoustic Shell means for our venue one important improvement in terms of an acoustic performance, amazing esthetic and optimal stage operational working processes."

He also praises that the shell is “highly flexible, with its 8 possible specific configurations, from a piano soloist or a chamber orchestra to full orchestras & full choral formations”. “We have reduced 30% the setting up time, and obtained maximun optimization of storaging areas, and operational spaces”, he states.

Alice Dagger, Managing Director of Black Cat Music & Acoustics, reports: “We are thrilled with the success of this project, and so pleased that the shell has made a significant improvement to the acoustics and really sped up the operational processes for the Auditorio de Tenerife.”

Black Cat Music is proud to be Master Distributor for Wenger in Europe and Russia. Wenger is unchallenged as the world’s largest manufacturer of fully-guaranteed staging and music performance equipment in the world.

Diva gives a stunning backdrop that is audibly magnificent and its mobile architecture gives the appearance of a beautiful, permanent wall in a smart system that's extremely mobile and compact for tight storage. From its elegant design to its remarkable impact on acoustics, Diva takes sound artistry to a new level of excellence. It is, without doubt, the most advanced full-stage acoustical shell of its kind.

Diva’s composite-panel construction provides superior acoustical performance and Diva's ability to produce custom aesthetics at a lower cost is a Wenger exclusive. Engineered and built to the highest possible standard, the all-aluminium frame provides exclusive advantages, including longer-lasting rigidity and easy operation. Diva also gives you unique advantages of the Air Transporter, which allows one person to move Diva towers on a cushion of air.

• Modular design for ensembles to full orchestras
• Ideal for medium and large theatres, particularly those requiring high-end aesthetic coordination
• Rich full-stage acoustics for improved sound projection
• Safe, fast and easy set-up with a small crew and exclusive Air Transporter
• Built-in levelling pads
• Tower and ceiling panel framework constructed of aluminium
• Overhead panels raise and lower with theatre's rigging and can be flown in fly tower when not in use

Photograph copyrights:

©Auditorio de Tenerife/Miguel Barreto For the building images: ©Auditorio de Tenerife/Efrain Pinto or ©Auditorio de Tenerife/JR Oller