Universal Audio UAD Plug-Ins ver.7.5 - Manual (Page 318)

UAD Powered Plug-Ins Manual - 318 - Chapter 29: Ocean Way Studios
of Allen's best long term clients. A couple years later, Bill sold United/West-
ern to Allen, at which time United Recorders then became Ocean Way Re-
cording. It was also during this time Sides began buying close to a thousand
tube microphones from overseas: The European studios and broadcasters
were dumping loads of “antiquated” tube mics for brand new phantom-pow-
ered transistor mics. He carefully went through every mic, picking the abso-
lutely best of the best and selling off the rest. This is how, along with mics from
previous studio buyouts with Putnam, Ocean Way amassed one of the largest
collection of tube mics in the world.
A New Era Now the Hollywood Studio has
changed hands again after nearly
30 years. Neighboring Sun-
set/Gower Soundstage now has pur-
chased the studios and equipment
from Allen and entered into a licens-
ing agreement to keep Ocean Way
and its staff in place, acquiring the
studios to form a “strategic alliance”
between their 100-year-old film and
TV studios and soundstages and the
neighboring music recording studios,
creating one unified production com-
plex. Allen Sides continues to consult
and work at the studios on all his re-
cording projects.
The original control rooms and re-
cording spaces have always stayed
true to Putnam's designs, and those
rooms will remain untouched under the new ownership - with top staff and
equipment in place. According to Ocean Way's new day-to-day manager
Robin Godchild, the studios are still very much available for commercial
bookings, and clients can expect to see some improvements and additions in
the coming months.
Ocean Way Recording is now captured as a tool developed by Universal Au-
dio and Allen Sides. The Ocean Way Studios plug-in rewrites the book on
what's possible with acoustic space emulation.