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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Engineer/Producer Mike Butler Expands Capabilities With EVO

ProSoundWeb: Mix engineer, producer and guitarist Mike Butler, who has credits that include work with The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers, The Pretenders, Eminem, Phoebe Bridgers and many others, recently upgraded his home studio in Southern California with an EVO Expanded System.

2 comments:

Hikari said...

I don't know what EVO is! So I clicked on this article. I used to enjoy sound engineering a lot so sound related articles are always interesting to me. I learned that EVO's refer to the line of audio interfaces and recording gear produced by the company Audient. The EVO line is known for really good recording solutions with having mic preamps, expandability options, and a streamlined design. Though I personally do not know how that would help me, it seems very good as the engineer, producer, and guitarist who works with the Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac just upgraded his home studio with this equipment. It seems pretty cost effective too so if someone wanted to copy this home set up it is definitely doable. The eight internal mic preamps and ADAT expandability makes it very suitable for multi-channel recording setups, so I see how this is a great product for home producers.

Sonja Meyers said...

Woah, this is crazy. I clicked on this article because I thought “I have no idea what this is talking about,” and I thought it’d be an interesting read to learn something new. I know absolutely nothing about sound and music production, all I know is that it’s pretty complicated and there is so much fancy equipment that can be used to make things sound better. Personally, regardless of whether I’m using “good” or “bad” headphones, everything kinda sounds the same to me, but that’s definitely just me. I love how in the article, Mike Butler said “it’s as simple as it gets,” when explaining his system, and then proceeds to list of all of the fancy equipment in the system, which I understood maybe ten percent of. I kinda feel like it could be simpler, but it’s a funny example of what can be considered “straightforward” and how that varies between someone who is an expert and someone who knows nothing.