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 [...]
Hearing Tests Acoustics / Studio Design By Sam Inglis The advice of professional acousticians can be hard to evaluate on paper — but what if you could actually hear the results of their work before building starts? Dirk Noy is the founder of WSDG's Swiss Operation "If you have a recording space that is 100 [...]
John Storyk, known for designing studios for legends like Jimi Hendrix and Jay-Z, brought his expertise to this community theater. By Jonathan Ortiz The Bedford Playhouse Whether the work week is getting you down or you just need a brief break from reality, movies are an ideal escape. They pull you into a world unhindered [...]
Stitcher Podcast Studios, NYC & Zhejiang Conservatory of Music Hangzhou, China NEW YORK: WSDG Walters-Storyk Design Group, Partner/Director of Business Development, Sergio Molho reports that two recently completed projects are nominated for the 2020 NAMM TEC Awards Outstanding Creative Achievement Award in the Studio Design Project Category. “We are especially pleased to have both Stitcher [...]
The Whittle School is in late-stage talks to lease 622K sf at Tishman Speyer’s Wheeler redevelopment By Rich Bockmann Whittle, meet the Wheeler. Chris Whittle – one of the brains behind the private, for-profit Avenues School – is nearing a deal with Tishman Speyer to make its Wheeler development in Downtown Brooklyn the site of [...]
STUDIO SPOTLIGHT: LAKEHOUSE RECORDING STUDIOS CONTRIBUTE TO THE LASTING LEGACY OF ASBURY PARK’S MUSIC SCENE By Kevin Cornell Continuing our monthly look at awesome recording studios – from the scenes they serve and the atmosphere they cultivate for independent artists – we find ourselves in the seaside town of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Known for [...]
Designers Showcase Their Hottest Studios of the Year Every June, Mix surveys leading studio designers and acousticians and asks for a look at their latest and greatest projects. This year’s “Class” includes personal studios and commercial rooms in major and smaller U.S. markets. Some have spaces for tracking or maybe a booth; some are for mixing. There’s [...]
WSDG - Walters-Stork Design Group applies the lessons learned in building world-class recording studios to ultra high-end home theaters. By ANTHONY SAVONA The Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG) is known worldwide for the recording studios it designs. Founder John Storyk started his studio-design career in 1969 with the legendary Electric Lady in New York City for [...]
There is no media education without pro audio education. By CYNTHIA WISEHART (Click on each Project's Title to View our Project Pages!) Montgomery County Community College - Blue Bell, PA “Nothing in the media world is silent.” John Storyk states the obvious without irony. But though the need for audio education may have always been [...]
