In a true problem-solution scenario, New York-based WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) is tasked with perfecting acoustic clarity and speech intelligibility in two Miami synagogues -- all the while maintaining ancient traditions. The issue of overall quietness was equally important to that of achieving the highest quality speech intelligibility at Miami's Lubavitch Aventura South Synagogue. [...]
Build Your Own Studio: The $100,000 Studio Fixing Acoustic Problems, Adding a Classic Neve VR Legend By Wes Maebe Neve VR Legend Console That time of year has come again, where Markkus Rovito and I take a look at how to improve on your current setup. In the previous installments of BYOS, [...]
WSDG Completes The Ultimate Home Theater in Belo Horizonte, Brazil Renowned media facility design and consulting firm WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) has recently completed a home theatre within the 50, 000 sq.ft residence of a young Brazilian couple in Belo Horizonte. though not particularly conversant with technology or acoustics, the client was committed to creating the [...]
By Simon Duff Synchron Stage Vienna opened in July 2016 to great acclaim and a clear intention to become one of the world’s leading film-scoring facilities, both in terms of acoustics and technical facilities. Stage A can accommodate up to 130 musicians, with a control room based around a SSL Duality Delta 96-channel Prostation console. Stage [...]
As the gold (and platinum) dust from the 2017 Grammy Awards settles on the recording industry field, WSDG congratulates the studios, engineers, and artists whose work was recognized this year. Ann Mincieli's showplace Jungle City Studio on New York's Highline hosted numerous "top secret" sessions for Beyonce's critically acclaimed (and multi-Grammy-winning) Lemonade. Electric Lady Studios [...]
By Andrea Shea Uncertainty is the music industry’s new normal as companies and consumers migrate from albums and CDs to downloads and streaming platforms. That got us wondering why the Boston Symphony Orchestra — which wraps up its current season this weekend — has embarked on an ambitious recording project that seems rare [...]
By Marc Loftus The recent opening of Blue Table Post (www.bluetablepost.com) caps six years of planning, along with three years of construction. Located on Dean Street, just five blocks from bustling Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, NY, Blue Table Post is owned by Oliver Lief, a veteran documentary and television series editor. Lief (pictured) has worked with [...]
The designers of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios and Charles Khabouth's INK Entertainment are involved in the legendary venue's revitalization. The El Mocambo will reopen this summer and house a recording studio overseen by the team that designed Electric Lady Studios for Jimi Hendrix. In 2014, Dragons' Den star and tech entrepreneur Michael Wekerle bought the [...]
A third consecutive TEC Award for Best Studio Design now welcomes WSDG-Walters-Storyk Design Group into the ‘Hat-Trick League’. The 2017 NAMM TEC Studio Design Project Award was presented to WSDG for the Boston Symphony Orchestra Control Room on Saturday January 21st. at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel’s Pacific Ballroom. To date twenty-nine, WSDG studio design projects [...]
Top Engineer Ann Mincieli Rules the NYC Music Scene with Her Jungle City Studios By Leslie Buttonow in Music Creation, NAMM 2017, Pro Mixing GRAMMY® Award-winner Ann Mincieli has traveled the world as an in-demand engineer for top artists, and most notably, as the long-time engineer and studio coordinator for Alicia Keys. In 2011, Mincieli [...]
