WSDG: Architecture and Acoustics

Tangerine Mastering plans expansion, “The Analog Lab” at Tangerine.

Tangerine Mastering finishes a busy year with planed expansion of the physical facility and its capabilities. The studio is acquiring an adjacent space, which will double the actual studio footprint and improve workflow throughout the facility. The end of year workload exceeded the facilities capabilities and forced the offsite outsourcing of some non-critical production and all back office staffing and tasks.

The physical expansion will facilitate the opening of “The Analog Lab at Tangerine” which will include facilities to cut our lacquers and acetates on a newly acquired classic Neumann VMS70 lathe, with an original Neumann console. The new expansion will also include a Fisher Scientific tape baking oven and new restoration equipment. The Analog Lab will also have multiple formats of 2 track tape machines and a 17″ transcription turntable with speeds from 16 RPM to 98RPM which will allow the handling of all disk transfer including half speed mastering.

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WSDG-AES Event a Hit at Le Poisson Rouge (LPR), NYC

The AES New York Section hosted a behind-the-scenes tour of Le Poisson Rouge last week, a 21st Century multimedia art cabaret at 158 Bleecker St. Since opening in September, 2008, the club has presented such eclectic artists as Lou Reed, They Might Be Giants, John Zorn, Ronnie Spector and, Monteverdi’s opera The Coronation of Poppea.

Walters-Storyk Design Group project manager Joshua Morris and consultant David Kotch described the key design elements employed at LPR, such as multiple stage and audience configurations and special acoustic treatments (e.g. studio-style sound lock construction to eliminate leakage from main performance room into lounge area). Masque Sound co-principal Geoff Shearing and consultant David Kotch also spoke about the technology selection and installation of the sound system. All in all, over 100 people were in attendance!