In 1987, we designed and built Pete
Townshend's sampling room in the Boathouse, Eel Pie Studios. It
was a prototype
for the QSF recording concept. Pete was blown away by the sound
he got in that room. He wrote the factory and told us his story.
It went something like this: “The Boathouse was so smooth
that no one could hear which fader ran the nearfield or farfield
mics. They sounded the same. For the first time ever, I had to tape
along side the faders, labeling the two mics, so my engineers could
remember which fader was the nearfield mic and which was the ambient
mic.”
In
June 2008, a call went out to ASC to design and build the acoustic
conditioning for the orchestra pit and mix platform at a unique
and new production of The WHO’s Tommy. James Johnson (Sound
Designer) has created a unique and unprecedented high definition
3 dimensional sound delivery system called exp3d tm, which will
debut at the show. Mr. Johnsons’ work on Tommy also includes
the design of live and recorded 3d sound effects, and supervision
of the live audio mix.
Along with Janie Hendrix, he was Executive Producer
of the Jimi Hendrix 3D Sound Theater, which debuted at Woodstock
'99. Working from the original master tracks he oversaw mixing in
3 dimensions of Jimis’ music, the creation of 3d sound effects,
as well as sound system design, architectural design and construction
of the theater.
Meanwhile, the ASC crew stepped up to the plate
since the timing was tight with no room for delay. Special acoustics,
in this case modified SoundPlanks, were designed to be arrayed in
the orchestra pit. Head Engineer Arthur Noxon worked with Sound
Designer James Johnson to handle the rock band working in a cement
walled orchestra pit at the Ricardo
Montalban Theater in LA.
In
June 2008, a call went out to ASC to design and build the acoustic
conditioning for the orchestra pit and mix platform at a unique
and new production of The WHO’s Tommy. James Johnson (Sound
Designer) has created a unique and unprecedented high definition
3 dimensional sound delivery system called exp3d tm, which will
debut at the show. Mr. Johnsons’ work on Tommy also includes
the design of live and recorded 3d sound effects, and supervision
of the live audio mix.