INDUSTRY GURU CRANBORNE AUDIO
Cranborne Audio is a relatively new UK company that has already made a big splash in the world of pro audio. It was founded in 2017 and launched proper at the 2018 NAMM Show, but in that short time has released ground-breaking and multi-award-winning products including the 500ADAT expander, the 500R8 USB interface and most recently the Camden EC2 preamp (launched last NAMM). The first two units, especially, allow an unprecedented connectivity between desktop DAW production and the 500 series outboard format – more on this later. And then there's the Camden 500 which, with its incredible Mojo feature for adding a unique colour to your recordings, recently scored a maximum 10/10 in MusicTech.
Cranborne Managing Director Sean Karpowicz founded the company with Engineering Director Edward Holmes, and explains the philosophy behind the company, and also gives us a fascinating history lesson on the 500 series format as a whole.
MusicTech First things first, the company is called Cranborne Audio and you are based on Cranborne road – so what came first, the road or the company?
Sean Karpowicz The name Cranborne Audio actually comes from Cranborne House on Cranborne Road in the Cranborne Industrial Estate, where Soundcraft’s HQ was for 30 years. That's where I met Ed, Elliott (Thomas, Cranborne's Product Manager), Andy (Pat, Creative Director) and other current Cranborne Audio team members. We named the company Cranborne Audio as an homage to the spirit we had there and the great memories we had working as a team. And yes, we now have our office in the adjacent building to Cranborne House on Cranborne Road in the Cranborne Industrial Estate – it certainly wasn’t the plan but it’s a fun address for us to have!
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