May 20, 2010 6:06 PM, Compiled by Barbara Schultz

A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST NEW STUDIOS

Naughty Dog

Photo: Chris Pelonis

Santa Monica, Calif.
Chris Pelonis (Santa Barbara, Calif.) designed a ground-up seven-studio complex for Naughty Dog, a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment and videogame publisher of such monster titles as Uncharted. Pictured is a multipurpose media room, where mixing and QC evaluations take place, and titles are presented to creatives, executives and press. The studio is fitted with Pelonis’ Signature PS110 7.2 surround monitoring; mix and editing equipment is brought in and tailored to suit specific needs. On the ceiling is RPG’s Harmonix Diffusor. RPG’s Modal Edge bass traps are employed on the rear wall; low-frequency repsonse is flat to below 15 Hz. Naughty Dog Site

Red Decibel East

Photo: Jim Demain

Nashville
Multi-Platinum producer/songwriter/engineer Andy Dodd, who with his West Coast partner Adam Watts has worked with Jesse McCartney, Kelly Clarkson, Jonas Brothers and more, opened his new Red Decibel East studio in April 2010. Carl Tatz (Nashville) designed this personal facility featuring Tatz’s PhantomFocus System 4 near-field monitoring, Pro Tools HD6, Avid D-Command 24, and additional monitors from Dynaudio (BM5As) and Yamaha (HSM50). The control room acoustics use CTD Acoustic Lens side-wall treatment, and the rear wall houses a CTD Black Steel primary axial mode absorber. The tracking room has a proprietary soffited acoustic expansion ceiling implementing Auralex Space Couplers.  

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