By David Weiss What’s the common thread that runs through all of Latin America? With diversity abounding throughout this vibrant region, a unifying factor can be hard to identify. And we’re talking about a very sizable chunk of planet Earth: spanning the northern border of Mexico clear to the southern tip of Chile, from easternmost [...]
The famed studio architect will speak about his work creating podcast facilities for Stitcher and Spotify’s Gimlet Media at this year’s The Video Show in Washington, D.C. on Thursday December 5th from 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM. Washington, D.C. (November 13, 2019)—Last year, 61% of the podcast fans who responded to a survey by Discover [...]
RPI Gets Immersive WSDG (WALTERS-STORYK DESIGN GROUP) INTEGRATES AUDIO-VIDEO-3D IN NEW HASS MEDIA CENTER One year ago, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the world’s third largest technological research university, founded in 1824, opened a new fully immersive audio/video/3D production, editing and mixing complex on its Troy, N.Y., campus. The new facility, designed by Walters-Storyk Design [...]
A Boon To Boston’s Underserved Indigenous Live Music Community By Howard Sherman BOSTON MASS. Recording industry gear guru, serial entrepreneur and long-time Boston-based studio owner PK Pandey shuttered his original Mad Oak Studio in 2011 when the building owner decided to monetize the property. A search for new quarters produced a desirable building site, but the [...]
Noted acoustician and architect has improved sports sound, both in-venue and broadcast. By Dan Daley The thought of celebrating a 50th anniversary makes architect/acoustician John Storyk slightly ill at ease, as he approaches the half-century mark of a career that has helped improve the sound of scores of sports and broadcast venues globally. However, when that milestone [...]
BY LARRY CRANE | PHOTOGRAPHS BY LARRY CRANE A young intern fresh out of Full Sail University gets a big break (and a nickname) from Missy Elliott, works alongside producers and engineers like Timbaland, Jimmy Douglass [Tape Op #130], Demacio Castellon, and Polow da Don, and ends up mixing hits for Keri Hilson, Britney Spears, Keyshia Cole, Meek [...]
by James Careless, Church.Design Every house of worship (HOW) design and build project is different. But the challenges that can arise with HOW clients? Many of these are the same from project to project. Mindful of this fact, Church.Design asked two seasoned HOW experts for the common challenges they encounter when serving church clients, and the solutions [...]
WSDG CELEBRATES JOHN STORYK’SFIRST 50 YEARS OF ACOUSTIC INNOVATION AT AES 147th PRO AUDIO CONVENTION Marking the 50th Anniversary of his design of Electric Lady Studios for Jimi Hendrix, WSDG Walters-Storyk Design Group, co-founding partner, John Storyk looks forward to meeting with friends, peers, past and current clients for a personal e-toast and a Red Carpet picture opp at [...]
From Hendrix’ Electric Lady Studios in the ‘60s to future-forward broadcast, educational and commercial spaces half a century later, John Storyk and WSDG extends its capabilities into the next 50 years! It all started with a serendipitous ‘Big Bang’ in 1968, when legendary architect and acoustician John Storyk — then an unknown recent architecture grad from [...]
By Dan Metz Stitcher Studios Live Room A. Photograph by John Muggenborg. The moment the door closes in one of Stitcher Radio’s three new recording studios, the room fills with silence. Real silence; the kind that makes a New Yorker wonder if they’ve ever heard it before. For a third floor office in midtown Manhattan, the experience [...]
