At the end of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s, as young sound engineers came into their own, many new enterprising studios appeared on the Montreal scene.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>During the ’60, he began to produce the first francophone rock\u2019n\u2019roll records ever produced in Quebec. In 1962, he met Mich\u00e8le Richard and produced the \u201cTwiste avec Mich\u00e8le\u201d album, which sold over 100 000 copies. In 1964, Pantis introduced the Jeunesse<\/em> label under which were produce Gilles Brown\u2019s \u201cCe soir\u201d and the Classels\u2019 \u201cAvant de me dire adieu\u201d, among other great songs<\/p>\n In 1965, Pantis created T\u00e9l\u00e9disc<\/em>, which regrouped the Bel Canto, Sultans, Bel-Airs and Mersey’s, C\u00e9sar et les Romains, the Gendarmes, the Chanceliers and the Milady’s. Two years later, he founded les Industries Denis Pantis<\/em>. He then introduced a third label on the market, DSP<\/em>, and signed artists such as Ren\u00e9e Martel and Michel Pagliaro. Then, in 1969, he purchased the equipment of Stereosound<\/em> and opened Studio DSP<\/em> where numerous stars recorded throughout the 1970s. Since 1981, Denis Pantis has headed les Disques M\u00e9rite<\/em> and devotes most of his energies in promoting the catalogue of Quebec artists from the 50s, 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n This commercial production house in Place Youville in the heart of Old Montreal has been producing award winning radio and TV commercials since the early 70s. Owned and operated by well-known radio announcer George Morris, it produces ads for General Motors, Air Canada, Participaction, Petro Canada<\/em> and others. It has a music recording studio equipped with a Neve<\/em> console and Studer<\/em> tape machines as well as a second, smaller production studio.<\/p>\n In 1976, a consortium of 12 partners including Michel Ethier, Pierre Tessier, Yves Senecal, St\u00e9phane Venne, Marcel Lefebvre and others, opened this 24-track facility in Longueuil. In the mid-1980s, the Studio St-Charles<\/em> was acquired by the TVA television network, and in 1996 it was closed. Over the years, the studio\u2019s engineers have included Michel Ethier, Pierre Tessier, Ambroise Dufresne and Ren\u00e9 Godbout.<\/p>\n This studio was designed by John Edwards of Los Angeles in the late 70s and was part of the T\u00e9l\u00e9-M\u00e9tropole<\/em> complex at Papineau and de Maisonneuve. It was used to record music for television programmes and was operated by Michel Ethier. When TVA<\/em> acquired Studio St-Charles<\/em> in the late 80s, the studio was divided into three audio postproduction suites.<\/p>\n In 1979, Normand Rodrigue and Stanley Brown left Listen! Audio<\/em> to open their own studio on Place Royale in Old Montreal. They wanted to produce audio\/visuals and slide presentations. Studio Place Royale flourished and by 1986 they needed a larger space. In 1987, the studio moved to a new location on the top floor of the building at 640 St-Paul West. Along with the move came a second studio and a name change. The company was now known as Audio Postproduction SPR<\/em>. Since that time the studio has continued to grow and expand. It now boasts six state-of-the-art studios and a copy centre. The recordings include everything from voice-overs, dubbing, sound effects, to film mixes in Dolby 5.1 surround. SPR has become one of Montreal\u2019s busiest post-production facilities and has won many awards along the way. Its projects extend from corporate videos to television commercials, TV series and feature films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the end of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s, as young sound engineers came into their own, many new enterprising studios appeared on the Montreal scene. Denis Pantis During the ’60, he began to produce the first francophone rock\u2019n\u2019roll records ever produced in Quebec. In 1962, he met Mich\u00e8le Richard and produced the \u201cTwiste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1819,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1789","1":"hesm","2":"type-hesm","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nListen! Audio productions (1973 – )<\/h2>\n
Studio St-Charles (1976-1996)<\/h2>\n
TM Audio (1978- 1990)<\/h2>\n
Studio Place Royale
\nAudio Postproduction SPR (1979 – )<\/h2>\n