Morris Hayes has been working for Prince since 1992 and is his regular keyboard player.
Morris is becoming familiar with his new two-channel PMC BB5-XBD-A Large-Scale Reference Monitoring System that was installed late last year at his Los Angeles-based composing facility. “But, as much as I love the sound and power of Prince’s XBD system,” Hayes advises, “it is just too big for Ill Street Studios, my project recording and writing facility in Sherman Oaks. Instead, I opted for a pair of PMC’s smaller AML1 Active Reference Monitors, which fit my requirement as compact monitors with my Apple Logic Pro and MOTU Digital Performer workstations. And for full compatibility, I also have a pair of the new Digidesign RM1 Reference Monitors on my keyboard rack.” Designed by PMC, the RM1 units also use the firm’s proprietary Advanced Transmission Line/ATL technology.
Hayes considers that there is no compromise when working with smaller-sized PMC monitor loudspeakers. “I do not give up anything with my AML1s, despite their smaller size,” the musician-producer considers. “For such a small footprint these monitors provide a truly clear and precise sound, and one that translates well to other rooms, which is very important. These AML1s are the truth. They are severely accurate and sensationally crisp.”