New South Wales, Australia - When the studio manager of Damien Gerard Studios, Marshall Cullen, relocated his facility to West Gosford in New South Wales, Australia, he was immediately on the hunt for a new console that would level up the studio’s audio capabilities in a truly meaningful way.
Cullen had already heard good things about the new Solid State Logic ORIGIN, and the advantages of buying a new console were hard to ignore: a warranty for starters, and a modern power supply design to allow it to be powered down easily, with no need to constantly run air conditioning to keep it cool.
“Once we had completed the move into the new larger facility, the old Soundcraft 2400 series console was probably our weak link compared to the quality we had elsewhere in our outboard and mic inventory, which had upgraded considerably with the move,” explains Cullen. “My new business partner Jason Stenning and I began looking at vintage consoles that might be available - including Sylvia Massy’s old Neve in the USA - but the economics of it didn’t stack up.”