New permanent light installation at KEXP reimagines live room performances with Kinect and Surface By Athima Chansanchai Just as stars illuminated skies for journeys to new lands, a background of string lights has become a familiar touchstone for fans of Seattle-based radio station KEXP, where they discover new music all the time through videos of live [...]
On Thursday evening, June 1, John Storyk, architect/ acoustician and founding partner of WSDG -- Walters-Storyk Design Group, will address the popular Alto Music Happy Hour Series. With credentials ranging from Jimi Hendrix's historic Electric Lady in 1970 to New York's Jungle City and Paul Epworth's The Church Studios in London, WSDG has set a [...]
By Adam Savage Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG) has announced the completion of Beijing's 55TEC Studio, which it says 'represents a new level of production sophistication for China'. The studio was created by WSDG, and saw studio owner and Golden Melody Award-winning recording engineer Li You join forces with Wu Yongheng, (AKA Bei Bei, a well-known drummer [...]
By David Weiss It’s not easy to construct a creative sanctuary in Brooklyn. In fact, it can be downright torturous. Post starts with a different focus at Blue Table. But Oliver Lief, founder of Blue Table Post in the borough’s bucolic Boerum Hill neighborhood, is living proof of any number of inspirational clichés: [...]
Next-Gen Reference Tracks: 12 Top Engineers Share Their Essential Reference Mixes By David Weiss Dirk Noy, Director of Applied Science and Engineering, WSDG Dirk Noy (photo by Patrick Mer) Role in the Studio: Acoustical consulting and systems engineering with experience in engineering, recording, mixing. Credit Highlights: Studio design projects for Church Studios, London [...]
Hace unos días les presentamos las propuestas premiadas en el concurso de diseño del nuevo edificio de prácticas musicales de la Universidad de Los Andes en Bogotá, Colombia. El futuro edificio de prácticas musicales de la institución bogotana se emplazará en el costado sur del denominado Campito de San José de la institución y contará con salas de ensayos, salas de [...]
By Steve Harvey Acoustic treatment and sound isolation are two critical issues when designing and constructing a project studio. Anecdotally, such facilities are trending toward a smaller footprint—a factor that can add a degree of difficulty to the sound treatments. First, however, let’s define our terms, says John Storyk, founding partner of WSDG Walters-Storyk Design [...]
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 [...]
