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, the pair joined forces to found Sonic Den, a new recording studio that would not [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
WSDG is proud to announce that our project bid with partner Architecture Club has been selected by the Basel Music Academy as their winning entry for the 'MAB Campus 2040' Project! For more information on exciting upgrades planned for the campus, view the Basel Music Academy Project Page!
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 [...]
Pictured here L to R: Maxime Le Guil (Mix with the Masters), PK Pandey (Symphonic Acoustics), John Storyk (WSDG), Victor Levy-Lasne (Mix with the Masters) and Dirk Noy (WSDG) WSDG Founding Partner John Storyk and Partner Dirk Noy were onsite with Mix with the Masters to oversee the finishing touches to their new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
