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How the Mexican Recording Studio Sonic Den ‘Raised the Bar’ with the Help of WSDG

Features include Yamaha monitors to a 13 Genelec-speaker, Dolby Atmos for Music-certified immersive production setup. Producer/engineers and longtime friends Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz have been stalwarts of Ciudad Obregon’s music scene for the past several decades. Seeing an opportunity to better serve the city’s musical talent who they felt lacked a world-class recording studio, [...]

2022-09-06T04:34:24-04:00July 20th, 2022|News|

Sonic Den – Realizing a Dream in Mexico

Producer/engineers Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz worked with WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) to bring their studio, Sonic Den, to life. Ciudad Obregon, Mexico (July 18, 2022)—Producer/engineers Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz, longtime friends, joined forces to found Sonic Den and called on acoustic consulting and A/V integration firm WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) to bring their dream studio [...]

2022-07-20T23:35:05-04:00July 20th, 2022|News|

John Storyk: On Designing Great Recording Studios — Large and Small

John Storyk is one of the top acousticians in the world. An architect and acoustic expert, Storyk co-founded Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG), an international firm that designs studios — ranging from major music studios to small podcast facilities. Beginning in 1968 with Electric Lady Studios for Jimi Hendrix in New York City, Storyk has more than 50 years of [...]

2022-09-06T04:32:22-04:00June 30th, 2022|News|

Record-Making Roots in Bergen

Vinyl is hot — again. So is Trutone Mastering Labs, a vinyl record-cutting studio born 50 years ago in a North Jersey basement. When co-founders Carl and Adrianna Rowatti moved to Orangeburg, New York, the studio moved with them. PERFECT HARMONY Adrianna and Carl Rowatti, co-founders of Trutone Mastering Labs; designer/architect John Storyk with [...]

2022-09-30T03:43:20-04:00June 15th, 2022|News|

Rejuvenation of a Historic Cultural Site

The Kursaal Engelberg was reopened at the beginning of the year after extensive conversion and renovation work. Various technical upgrades and installations were also carried out as part of this work. One of the biggest challenges for the companies involved was to maintain the excellent room acoustics of the popular event location steeped in history [...]

2022-07-13T20:29:24-04:00June 9th, 2022|News|

2022 IIDA L.A. Chapter Design Award Presented to Spotify Studio Design Team

Pictured here L to R are Matt Ballos, John Storyk, Josh Morris and Will Brown. WSDG is proud to be a member of the design team awarded the prestigious 2022  IIDA Los Angeles Chapter CALIBRE Award  in recognition of their collaboration on the Spotify Production Complex at L.A.’s Mateo Campus.   Nominated by [...]

2022-05-31T13:52:30-04:00May 27th, 2022|News|

Dutchess County SPCA’s barking problem solved with help of local businesses

Isabel Keane, Poughkeepsie Journal The bark is worse than the bite — a fact the Dutchess County SPCA recently learned to be true. The sounds of howls and barks have resounded the SPCA's hallway since an expansion in 2015. More than simply headaches for the staff, the sharp echoes caused anxiety for the animals the Hyde [...]

2022-05-13T18:44:13-04:00May 13th, 2022|News|

Blueprint for Success: Always Look Forward, but Occasionally Gaze Back

Continuously explore new ideas and solutions, but lean on the shoulders of your heroes from time to time. And here I thought 2020-21 was drama filled. Good news: COVID-19 is fading away. Bad news: Ukraine. Seems we’ve had enough drama for five years! Fortunately, we all continue to share our love for music, art, and [...]

2022-05-11T18:00:57-04:00May 11th, 2022|News|
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