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SPEC SHEET Company Name: Harmony 534. Company contact: Jamie Jackson, Studio Manager.
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Harmony 534
534 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Tel.: 212-760-0966
Fax: 212-760-2496
www.harmony534.com
Email: inquiry@harmony534.com
The name truly does say it all. This multilayered, multilevel, multimedia facility, which opened June 1, 2001, represents the dovetailing of the talents of its several principals and staff with serendipity that is unique and complementary. And there's nothing cryptic about the number: It's the facility's address on West 43rd Street, on Manhattan's West Side, central to everything New York.
However, Manhattan does not intrude upon Harmony 534. The 3,000-square-foot, three-story, four-studio audio/video/Web design and hosting facility was built inside the shell of a former National Guard Armory. The result is an unheard-of degree of acoustical isolation for the facility's two audio control rooms and three isolation booths.
Designed by Richard Oliver and his experienced crew–who also provide engineering and support services at Harmony 534–the audio control rooms host two completely digital consoles: a 252 PATH/24-fader Neve Libra, and a 32-input Mackie D-8. Both audio control rooms and the facility's two video suites are designed for 5.1 surround monitoring and mixing, using Dynaudio M-2 speakers for mains and Dynaudio Contour speakers for surrounds, and all studios are tie-lined for audio, video and network links. Audio recording is to a large Digidesign Pro Tools 5.1 system and E-Magic's Logic 4.7 software. Data connectivity is via a mixed 100/1000baseT Gigabit network.
The video post-production suites are fitted with Avid video editing equipment, though Harmony 534's staff can rent and integrate any system a client wants. DVD authoring services will be implemented in the near future.
"It's truly a boutique type of service facility, but a vertically oriented one," observes Doug Romoff, Harmony 534's CEO. "We can service a project from top to bottom–ADR, Foley, audio recording, editing and mixing, video editing, and mix-to-picture–and do it in a very intimate atmosphere where the client basically owns the facility from start to finish." Romoff and fellow founding partner and president Thom Spahn have long histories in the commercial and industrial multimedia industry sectors, and both continue to use the facility for their own multimedia productions. Romoff and Spahn’s accounts include CBS, Slim-Fast and the University of Pittsburgh Health System, and their projects often engage the facility’s entire range of services, including music and voice recording, scoring, picture transfer and editing and layback, all within the walls of Harmony 534.
"If there's anything that characterizes Harmony 534, it's that the facility is a powerful combination of technology and creativity," observes Spahn. "That goes for the staff and the facility itself. It's a very relaxed, creative place to work. The kind of place where you're more productive and more inspired. And that's a nice combination."
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