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Celldweller Reveals New Blackstar (BLKSTR) Detroit Studio
FiXT has announced the unveiling of Blackstar, the new Detroit studio built by Klayton, the producer and songwriter behind Celldweller.
FiXT is proud to announce the unveiling of Blackstar, the new Detroit studio built by Klayton, the producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist behind Celldweller, Scandroid, Circle of Dust, and FreqGen, as well as owner/founder of the independent record label, FiXT. Conceived as the inside of a futuristic spaceship, Blackstar is Klayton’s most ambitious creative space to date, and the environment where his next Celldweller and Scandroid albums are currently taking shape.
Known throughout the industry for his pioneering sound design and uncompromising production standards, Klayton designed Blackstar as a multi-room facility built for both writing and mixing at the highest level. The studio houses an expansive synth wall, a dedicated eurorack/5U modular wall, a guitar pedal wall, and a full analog station built around the Analogue Solutions Colossus Slim. Alongside this modern arsenal sits a collection of hardware, consisting of gear from Klayton’s early albums, including his original Mac Classic, Ensoniq EPS-16+ sampler, Alesis D4 drum module and E-MU Proteus/1 sound module.
Klayton explains:
“I spent a long time conceptualizing the ideal space for me to create in. I combined an aesthetic I like with a layout that could house the gear I have been accumulating for over three decades, into intentional workstations that each serve a specific function. I called in the talents of Ken Capton and Solar2, who built my previous studio in 2009. The build took several years, and I’m now working full-tilt on the new Celldweller and Scandroid albums.”
Blackstar is organized across several distinct rooms and creative workstations, each built around a specific function: CMD_CTRL (mix room), SANCTUM (multi-station synth/hardware room), AIR_LOCK (adjoining vocal/iso booth), and SALVAGE_BAY (legacy A/V room), all entirely connected by analog audio patch bays as well as featuring an impressive 24-screen video array controlled by a 100+ point HDMI patch bay. All rooms of the studio are connected by 8 iConnectivity mioXLs for flexible networked MIDI integration.
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