/ The studio in Breda has Genelec 1034B main monitors with a 7073A subwoofer
after finishing a studio for Bingo Players, Jan got a call from Robbert, because he had seen this studio and wanted ‘something similar’. Robbert wanted to build his studio in a spare bedroom at his parent’s place. “We really had to work with what was there. There was a big window, for example. We had to cover that up with acoustic panels. You don’t want a window on your left and a wall full of absorbers on your right, that’s never going to create a balanced sound!” But despite the imperfect conditions, Jan managed to create a good sounding studio that produced plenty of dance-floor hits for several years. After he became #1 DJ in the world he kept on using it, until he moved to a
/ Hardwell’s Curaçao studio makes extensive use of Artnovion panels and LED lighting
new house in 2014. Then Robbert called Jan again. The new house featured the perfect location for a studio in a capacious basement. Jan and Robbert wanted to take the next step with this studio, and monitoring was an important part of that. At the original Studio Hardwell a pair of Focal SM9s were used, in the new studio Morel decided to up the game with a pair of Genelec 1034Bs with a 7073A subwoofer. This started a collaboration between Morel and Genelec that is still on-going.
Another long-term collaboration Morel has established is with Artnovion. “I wanted acoustic panels to create a room that sounds good, but also looks beautiful. Many studios still use Rockwool to improve the acoustics. You can easily bring the reverb time down with that, but it’s not going to create a balanced frequency response. Artnovion panels are mathematically designed by their engineers. With a combination of Artnovion absorbers and diffusors I can create a room that sounds good and is not just ‘flat’.”
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