Recording accessories

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜’๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€? When we record chorale music, we cover metal music stands with scarves or towels for two reasons: ๐Ÿญ. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น: Bare metal reflects sound back toward the singers, which can affect how they hear themselves and muddy the recording....

Wagner Ring Cycle in Dolby Atmos

Dirk and Mark spent over 1,000 hours editing, mixing, and mastering to create sixteen hours of finished music. Four epic operas. One groundbreaking release. Today, weโ€™re proud to announce the worldwide release of the first complete recording of Wagner’s Ring...

Soundmirror 2.0 Design

The vision is starting to come to life. Swipe to see the brand new architectural drawings for the future Soundmirror: a state-of-the-art, multi-room post production studio inside a historic 1920s bank. Once complete, the space will include: 2 large Dolby Atmos mixing...

Mahler in Pittsburgh

At Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts early this morning, our producer Dirk Sobotka, working closely with Maestro Manfred Honeck on playbacks and preparation for today’s final Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh performance of...

Swing Symphony in Detroit

Blanton and Mark just wrapped a terrific week of live recording with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, capturing the world premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ Omar Suite, and Wynton Marsalis’s epic Swing Symphony, where the orchestra was joined...

Grammy Win!

Congratulations to Blanton, Mark, and our friends at Houston Grand Opera for their Best Opera Recording win (Heggie: Intelligence) at the Grammys!