Audient Ltd. is a British company based in Herriard, Hampshire, England that designs, manufactures, and markets mixing consoles, audio interfaces, microphone preamplifiers, monitor controllers and signal processors.

[1][2] Dearden met Gareth Davies while working at Soundcraft, and the two partnered in 1980 to co-found DDA (Dearden-Davies Associates) - a company known for designing mixing console in the 1980s and 1990s.

[5] Audient's initial and flagship product is the ASP8024 large-format analog in-line recording console, originally introduced in 1998.

An acronym for analogue signal processing, ASP Series consoles are built-to-order and fully customizable, available in configurations up to 60 channels, all with Class-A microphone preamplifiers, 2-band parametric equalizer with high and low shelving filter, and integrated patchbay, with available options including automation and DAW control.

[7] In 2022 Audient introduced the smaller ASP4816 “Heritage Edition”, with similar design upgrades to ASP8024HE as well as giving the original ASP4816 a makeover.

Other users include sound engineer, Damien Lewis,[31] Skunk Anansie rock singer SKIN,[32] TV choirmaster Gareth Malone,[33] film composer Kurt Oldman,[34] and producer Warren Huart[35] Educational facilities with Audient consoles installed in their music production studios include Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA),[36] Institute of Contemporary Music (ICMP),[37] University of West London,[38] Royal High School in Bath[39] and ACM.