Le Mobile

'''Le Mobile''' is a [[remote recording truck]], a rolling [[recording studio]] based in [[Carlsbad, California]] since 1984. Owned and operated by Guy Charbonneau, it has been established since 1973 and has its origins in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mxentertainment.com/press_110202.html|title=Le Mobile|publisher=mxentertainment.com|author=Jackson, Blair|date=2002-10-01|accessdate=2008-12-21}}</ref> In [[Cleveland, Ohio]], Charbonneau recorded the soundtrack for [[One-Trick Pony (film)|One Trick Pony]] with [[Paul Simon]] in 1980, which was his first of many projects in the United States.<ref name="Sweet Sounds on Wheels-Le Mobile!">{{cite web|url=http://www.studioexpresso.com/Spotlight%20Archive/Spotlightlemobile.htm|title=Sweet Sounds on Wheels-Le Mobile!|publisher=studioexpresso.com|accessdate=2008-12-21}}</ref> Le Mobile has won numerous awards in the recording industry including an [[Emmy]] at the 52nd Annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Guy Charbonneau.<ref name="Sweet Sounds on Wheels-Le Mobile!"/> Over the years, Charbonneau has recorded a wide variety of musical artists. Some of the major solo artists recorded by Le Mobile include: [[Gwen Stefani]], [[Faith Hill]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Kenny Chesney]], [[Roger Waters]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemobile.com/index1.htm|title=Le Mobile|publisher=lemobile.com|accessdate=2008-12-21}}</ref> [[Herbie Hancock]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mxentertainment.com/press_110202.html|title=For Hancock the Future is Surround|publisher=mxentertainment.com|author=Brown, Janice|date=2002-11-02|accessdate=2008-12-21}}</ref> [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] and [[Van Morrison]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prosoundnews.com/article/18974|title=Le Mobile records Van the Man at Historic Shows|publisher=prosoundnews.com|date=2008-12-08|accessdate=2008-12-21}}</ref> Throughout the long course of this mobile recording facility's colorful history, Le Mobile has been involved in the original audio tracking, mixing, and post production of a wide variety of projects in both the music and television industries. Le Mobile has recorded for vinyl album, CD, and DVD 5.1 surround for projects such as internet or television music specials, motion picture and theatrical music scoring and [[soundtrack]]s, as well as live concert performances such as the annual [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/news/headline/lemobile-coachella-apogee-0506054/|title=Le Mobile Captures Coachella|date=2005-05-06|accessdate=2008-12-21}}</ref><ref name="Brown, Janice">{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/live/applications/changing-landscape-remote-recording|title=The Changing landscape of Remote Recording|publisher=mixonline.com|author=Brown, Janice|date=2008-09-01|accessdate=2008-12-21}}</ref>

Among the studio equipment used is a [[Neve Electronics|Neve]] 8058 vintage analog mixing console and 7.4 [[Pro Tools]] HD3 Software with Apogee converters.<ref name="Brown, Janice"/>

Other gear that Le Mobile uses are Millennia microphone pre-amplifiers, as well as fully custom C Gray equalizers. Le Mobile also owns and operates the first two [[Studer]] A800 24-track analog recording machines ever sold in the U.S. These machines were recently used in Vancouver, BC and Calgary, AB to record music for the Roger Waters ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon Live]]'' DVD release.

==References==

==External links== *[http://www.lemobile.com Le Mobile Website] *[http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/PressReleaseDetail/0,,CNTID%25253D23148%252526CTID%25253D560509%252526CNTYP%25253DNEWS%252526RLTID%25253D,00.html Le Mobile upgrades mobile mix arsenal] *[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/guy-charbonneau Guy Charbonneau Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2015)]

[[Category:Recording studios in California]] [[Category:Carlsbad, California]]