For those in the world of dubbing and voicing, Arvind Mehra is no stranger. A leading voice over artiste, he has several dubbing studios in Bombay. His new Subhash Studios off Link Road (opp. Citi Mall) at Andheri (Bombay) is among the best in the city.
The new Subhash Studios has eight studios. It is spread over 6,400 sq. ft. and includes five deluxe recording and mixing suites. It has been designed by Munroe Acoustics, which is the world leader in acoustic and studio design.
The first is a Stereo mixing and dubbing suite. The 5 ft. x 6 ft. control room has a 43″ TV screen, a Focusrite Clarett + 4 pre USBs, a 27″ computer display, a Pro Tools 12, and a Neumann KH 120 (pair). The 5.5 ft. x 9 ft. dubbing room also has a 43″ TV screen.
There are two 5.1 mixing and dubbing suites which are compliant for 7.1 mixing as well. The control room of each suite is of 8 ft. x 12 ft. dimension. Each control room has a 55″ TV screen and a carbon audio interface. An SPL SMC 7.1 surround monitor, three Genelac 8340A SAM two-way monitor systems, two Genelac 8330A SAM two-way monitor systems, a Genelac 7370A smart active subwoofer, and a Genelac GLM loudspeaker manager kit are the other equipments. The dubbing rooms (6 ft. x 13 ft.) of the two suites have a 55″ TV screen each.
One is an ADR room with 7.4.1 mixing which is suitable for theatrical dubbing. Its control room (10 ft. x 15 ft.) has a 55″ TV screen, and two 27″ computer displays, besides two S1 controllers, an MTRX audio interface and a Mac Pro with keyboard and mouse. It is also equipped with Pro Tools Ultimate, three Dolby screen speakers SYS 50, a Dolby screen low-frequency speaker set CSB 115, eight surround speakers CS1090, five Dolby 4 channel amplifiers RAM Z440, and a mic preamp – Focusrite Pro ISA 428 MkII. The 10 ft. x 10 ft. dubbing room has a 55″ TV screen, a JBL K8 reference monitor and a Behringer Microamp HA400.
The fifth is a Dolby ATMOS mixing suite of 11 ft. x 15 ft. Its control room has an MTRX audio interface and three 24″ computer displays. The TV screen is of 65″.
The dedicated server room has three racks and can hold 300 TB of data, scalable up to 1,000 TB. The entire new facility is fully monitored via CCTV cameras and it has a biometric lock for access control. A dedicated firewall secures all the data. The facility also has a dedicated internet lease line of 200 Mbps for secure and speedy uploads and downloads.
The construction of the dubbing rooms is double leaf of wet and dry built up where the demising shell is made of aerated concrete blocks with render on both the sides. The inner shell is floated on anti vibration floor blocks. Two sets of STC 50 magnetically sealed doors are used to achieve the required results. One door is on the demising wall, and one on the floated shell to achieve performance upward of STC 60. For enhanced acoustic isolation, additional wet walls separate any two rooms, making it a triple leaf construction.