Editing Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios

{{Short description|Music studio in Chennai, India}}{{More citations needed|date=October 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
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{{Infobox company
| name =
| industry = [[Music]]
| founded = 1989 in [[Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu]], India
| founder = [[A. R. Rahman]]
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The '''Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios''' is composer/music director [[A. R. Rahman]]'s studios on his street at [[Kodambakkam]], [[Chennai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].

== History ==
The Inn was established in 1989, attached to Rahman's backyard, and developed into one of the most developed studios in Asia.<ref name="internationalrahman">{{Citation
 | last =Eur
 | first =Andy Gregory|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002: Harris Jayaraj|pages= 419–420}}</ref> Located very close to his home, it houses equipment like the [[Euphonix#The System 5 All-Digital Mixing Console|Euphonix System 5 Audio Mixing system]]. The studio has been designed by Studio 440 and the state of the art equipment is from Daxco Digital. His team includes acclaimed sound engineers of [[Chennai film music]] including the late [[H. Sridhar]], Mani Sharma, S. Sivakumar, Aditya Modi, [[A. S. Laxmi Narayanan]], S. Saisarvajith, J. Ravinder, his manager Noell James, and Co-Ordinator Samidurai.

In 2005, [[A. R. Rahman]] built a new studio associating with [[Mani Sharma]], part of a redevelopment and extension project of the inn, called [[AM Studios]]. Mixing takes place at both the inn and the commercial A. M Studios for films. Other music directors use AM Studios for recording. Rahman also owns newly built KM Musiq Studios in Mumbai, London and Los Angeles where he has also mixed scores.

In 2013, AM Studios acquired a [[Barco Auro 11.1]] system to enhance its [[3D sound]] recording capabilities. The sound mixing for the Tamil film ''[[Maryan (film)|Maryan]]'' whose [[Maryan (soundtrack)|score]] was composed by A. R. Rahman himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalcinemareport.com/article/am-studios-chennai-mixes-maryan-barco%E2%80%99s-auro-111#.UcHQVefYKpp|title=AM Studios, Chennai, Mixes Maryan with Barco’s Auro 11.1|author=Nick Dager|publisher=Digital Cinema Report|date=19 June 2013|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

==Rahman's engineers==
* [[H. Sridhar|H.Sreedhar]]-sound engineer
* Sivakumar - Sound engineer
* Suresh perumal - Sound engineer
* Karthik sekaran - Sound engineer

==References==
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[[Category:A. R. Rahman]]
[[Category:Recording studios in India]]