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Sound Recording Studio and Audio for Film and Video (Studio A)
Our sound recording studio features Digidesign's top-of-the-line ProTools HD3 system. Take advantage of up to 128 channels of 24 bit/192Khz sample-rate playback, 128-track lock-to-Betacam-SP and/or Quicktime Video, 5.1 to 7.1 surround-sound recording, mixing and monitoring, and extensive non-destructive digital audio processing capabilities.
Our spacious, sound-controlled recording studio designed by Walters-Storyk Design Group, and live room can accommodate recording sessions, automated mixing and complete audio post-production.
We provide a full range of audio services including live recording, mixing for film and video, sound FX editing and foley, sound design, dialogue replacement, CD and DVD audio mastering, and sound-installation design consultation.
SERVICES:
Audio post-production for film/video
Music production - tracking and mixing - New: Yamaha Upright Piano available
Voice-over production
CD audio mastering
DVD Production / Surround Sound:
DVD-V - 5.1 Production with DVD Studio Pro
DVD-A - 5.1 Production with Disc Welder Steel and Bronze
CLIENT LIST: Art In General
Association of Independents in Radio
Robert Clem
Holly Crawford
DCTV
Mark Eisenstein
ESP-DISK
Kitchen Films
Joan La Barbara
Labyrinth Dance Theater MODE Records | MOMA Department of Film
Meridith Monk
Yasuaki Nakajima
NYCLU
QRS-TV
Jennifer Reeves
Nelle Stokes
Morton Subotnick
Temple University
Urban Bushwomen
Viva Media |
ENGINEERS:
Paul Geluso is a New York based sound artist, music producer and engineer. As the chief audio engineer for Harvestworks, he has worked with a vast array of emerging media artists who use sound in their creative work. He has recorded, mixed and mastered numerous music titles in addition to creating sound for award winning films and videos shown on HBO, PBS and MTV. Currently, he is performing live with his electro-acoustic music trio ATOM3 , developing surround sound software for Digidesign’s Pro Tools with Audio Research Labs while producing new artists for Vurse, an artist management company he co-founded with Manex Ibar of Sony Classical in 2005. Paul continues to teach audio production, electronics and music technology at New York University directing the Stephen F. Temmer Tonmeister Technology Seminar , specializing in stereo and surround microphone techniques for recording classical music.
Leslie Lavelenet is a Freelance audio engineer and sound designer with credits on over 40 albums and CDs. He has worked on several major film soundtracks with producers Callum Greene, Neil Hollander and Victoria Maldonado. In addition to his work at Harvestworks, he is the founder and President of Easy Note Record Production Inc. He has held engineering posts at Ibero American, Looking Glass Studios, KVL Audio Visual and AT&T Downtown Digital. Gisburg has held a variety of positions at such studios as C5.inc., Greene Street Recording, Harmonic Ranch, Planet 10 Post, Post factory, Sound One-Todd A.O., and Soundtrack f/t. Her sound for film credits include Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks, Ed Burns' Ash Wednesday, John Turturro's Illuminata, Mark Christopher's Studio 54 and many others. Her CD recording credits include projects by the Cassatt String Quartet, Dieter Schnebel, Gary Lucas, Myra Melford and Marc Ribot. In addition to her engineering work at Harvestorks, she also teaches our popular ProTools courses. Jody Elff is an audio engineer, composer, and artist living and working in New York City. His audio production credits include work with Laurie Anderson, Bang On A Can, Tan Dun, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, and many others. He has composed and performed music for film, dance and theatre including the score for the feature film “All The Wrong Places”, and is the resident sound designer for the National Theater of the United States of America. In performance, he uses custom software environments for dynamic physical control over sonic manipulation. His fine art installations have been shown in galleries and museums internationally, including a sound piece commissioned by Lyon Parc Auto and permanently installed in a public parking facility in Lyon, France.
EQUIPMENT:
Dimensions
Control Room 16' 17', with 12' ceiling, isolation room 14' x 12', machine room
Computer
Macintosh-based ProTools V. 7.3.1, Superdrive (CD/DVD burning), Live, Reason, MAX/MSP, DVD Studio Pro. Plug-ins: Waves, SSL4000, Restoration Bundle.
Recorders
Digidesign ProTools HD3, Digidesign 192 I/O, Digidesign Sync I/O, Sony Betacam SP PVW2800, Otari MTR-12 II (1/4" reel-to-reel), Alesis ADAT 8-track digital, Aiwa ADFB50 cassette tape recorder, Panasonic HiFi VCR.
Console / Microphone Preamps
Soundcraft 600, API 3124.
Monitoring System
Meyer Sound HD-1, NHT pro surround sound monitoring system up to 7.1, Yamaha NS10M, Tascam DSM 7.1
Outboard Gear
Eventide H3000SE, Lexicon PCM-60, Technics turntable SL-1200 MX2, Phillips CD-player 921.
Microphones
Neumann KM 184, 2 AKG 414, Electrovoice RE20, Sennheiser 41, Shure SM57, Shure SM58, PSR microphone array for surround sound recording.
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| | PSR microphone array. Photo Kristina Gee | 5.1 mixdown to binaural. Photo Urte Beyer
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Video Monitors
Sony PVM-2530 (control room), Hitachi CT1 386B (isolation room)
Midi Equipment
Roland MKB 1000 weighted key contoller, Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter Analog Synth
Hardware and software support for Harvestworks is provided by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Cycling 74, NHT-Pro, Ableton, and Digidesign.
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