Dave Jones Installs TL Audio VTC Console

TL Audio have revealed that an award-winning producer is the latest to join the growing band of TL Audio VTC owners.
Dave Jones has recently installed a 24-channel console in his own Buckinghamshire studio, courtesy of Bedford-based dealer Creative Technologies.
The console is partnering a Digidesign 001/Cubase VST recording system, and an impressive array of outboard gear including TL Audio C-1 and FAT-1 compressors.
Jones, whose fusion of dance music, jazz funk and soul is recorded under various aliases including Zed Bias, Phuturistix and Maddslinky, has also been busied by freelance production work, including clients such as Sweetie Irie, Ray Gaskins and Kevin Robinson - all of whom have recorded projects on the new VTC.
Having started his career through re-mix work for Whitney Houston, Gabrielle and Architects, Jones finalised a new publishing deal with EMI and this has led to the upgrading of his console and much of the studio. A MOBO Dance Star nomination last year for Best Garage Act also brought more artists into contact with Jones's work.
“With the publishing deal I was determined to invest in some quality gear, and I was really sold on the whole idea of the VTC," said Jones.
"I wanted to stay with an analogue console and I just love the VTC’s simplicity and sound quality: it gives a warm glow to everything, particularly vocals and brass. With brass particularly I can now get a thick sound that I previously found so elusive. With the VTC I’ve finally lost my fear of over-EQ’ing material – the console really lets me pile it on without destroying the sound.”
Jones has a busy schedule with two more albums scheduled for release this year – one as Phuturistix on the Locked On label and the other as Maddslinky on Sirkus.
TL Audio, www.tlaudio.co.uk
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