About A little backstory
Supple 9 started out as a small mixing, mastering and film-sound studio run by Alex Leonard.
In 2018, Supple 9 branched out and started a small boutique record label with a focus on lovingly produced electronic releases backed by a physical format.
If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
About Alex
After orchestral and choral involvement at a young age, Alex studied music at the Dublin Institute of Technology before getting drawn towards the technical side of things. After completing his music studies, he studied Sound Engineering and Music Technology at the Sound Training Centre in Temple Bar.
Since completing his training he has been heavily involved in a wide variety of music-related activities. He has worked extensively in film sound editing, mixing, design and composition; theatre sound and experimental art installations; studio production of his own electronic output as Ebauche; mixing and mastering of numerous electronic and non-electronic artists; and even as a vocalist in a fusion-bluegrass band in Cambodia.
Studio
We believe that it's not the tools that matter, but what you do with them. In this world an audio engineer's most important tools are their ears, their intuition and their experience.
However, musicians and engineers alike cannot resist gear, and you can find some details of the equipment stocked in the Supple 9 studio below.
Hardware
Monitoring
- Genelec 8331 pair & GLM Monitoring Software
- Genelec 8330A pair
- Avantone Mixcube mono reference speaker
- Sennheiser HD650 Reference Headphones
- Sony MDR-7509HD Headphones
- Shure SE425-CL-E In Ear Monitoring
- Additional grotboxes
Interfaces
- RME Fireface UFX II
- RME ADI-8 DS
- RME ADI-8 DS MkII
- Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1
- ESI M8U EX
Synthesis & Sampling
- Elektron Analog 4
- Elektron Digitakt
- Elektron Digitone
- Soma Pulsar-23
- Nord Drum 3p
- ASM Hydrasynth
- 1010 Music Blackbox
- 1010 Music Nanobox Lemondrop
Effects & Sequencers
- Bastl Thyme
- Hologram Electronics Microcosm
- Mooer Ocean Machine
- Squarp Pyramid
Acoustic Treatment
The studio has been carefully acoustically treated to ensure the best possible unbiased sound. Custom made acoustic baffles, high-quality acoustic tiles, & bass traps have all been carefully placed to ensure a neutral and accurate listening position. Additionally tuned bass traps from GIK Acoustics have been added to target specific frequencies in the studio.
Software
Digital Audio Workstations
- Presonus Studio One
- Reason Studio
- iZotope Ozone
- iZotope RX
- Avid Pro Tools
- Steinberg Cubase
- Ableton Live
Controllers
- Presonus Faderport 16
- Softube Console 1
Plugins by
- Softube
- FabFilter
- iZotope
- Waves
- Vienna Symphonic Library
- McDSP
- Synapse
- Rob Papen
We believe that it's not the tools that matter, but what you do with them. In this world an audio engineer's most important tools are their ears, their intuition and their experience.
However, musicians and engineers alike cannot resist gear, and you can find some details of the equipment stocked in the Supple 9 studio below.
Hardware
Monitoring
- Genelec 8331 pair & GLM Monitoring Software
- Genelec 8330A pair
- Avantone Mixcube mono reference speaker
- Sennheiser HD650 Reference Headphones
- Sony MDR-7509HD Headphones
- Shure SE425-CL-E In Ear Monitoring
- Additional grotboxes
Interfaces
- RME Fireface UFX II
- RME ADI-8 DS
- RME ADI-8 DS MkII
- Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1
- ESI M8U EX
Synthesis & Sampling
- Elektron Analog 4
- Elektron Digitakt
- Elektron Digitone
- Soma Pulsar-23
- Nord Drum 3p
- ASM Hydrasynth
- 1010 Music Blackbox
- 1010 Music Nanobox Lemondrop
Effects & Sequencers
- Bastl Thyme
- Hologram Electronics Microcosm
- Mooer Ocean Machine
- Squarp Pyramid
Acoustic Treatment
The studio has been carefully acoustically treated to ensure the best possible unbiased sound. Custom made acoustic baffles, high-quality acoustic tiles, & bass traps have all been carefully placed to ensure a neutral and accurate listening position. Additionally tuned bass traps from GIK Acoustics have been added to target specific frequencies in the studio.
Software
Digital Audio Workstations
- Presonus Studio One
- Reason Studio
- iZotope Ozone
- iZotope RX
- Avid Pro Tools
- Steinberg Cubase
- Ableton Live
Controllers
- Presonus Faderport 16
- Softube Console 1
Plugins by
- Softube
- FabFilter
- iZotope
- Waves
- Vienna Symphonic Library
- McDSP
- Synapse
- Rob Papen