LOCATION RECORDINGI am based in New York City and will travel if needed. I can do field recording with battery operated portable equipment, or indoors with small or large Pro Tools systems. I have extensive experience in recording acoustic music (classical, jazz, folk, etc.). Rather than favor any particular technique, I believe in choosing the tools and methods that best fit the particular job. For example: when recording a classical group in a church, a simple stereo microphone pickup might work best; a jazz combo recording in a club might require a multi-microphone setup. For an overview of some of the tools I use in my work, see the equipment section. If you have any questions about the requirements of your particular project, call me at 1-212-666-2257 for a free consultation. To hear some examples of my recording work, go to the AuldWorks Audio Page. DISK TRANSCRIPTIONSPlaying back old records such as 78's or broadcast transcription disks cannot be done with the same turntables and electronics normally used for playing vinyl Lp disks. A wide range of speed adjustment, various sizes of styli and special equalization curves are all needed for accurate results. (See my article, Disk Transcription, for a detailed overview.) My current equipment for transcribing all kinds of audio disks:
I also offer LP to CD transfer services. Go to the AuldWorks Transfer Service page for details. POST PRODUCTION AND CD MASTERINGTwo Pro Tools LE systems are available for mixing and editing, along with other software for editing and processing of various kinds. The Waves Restoration Suite, Sony Noise Reduction 2.0, and BIAS SoundSoap2 are available for audio restoration chores. Red Book compliant CDRs can be burned with Roxio Jam 6 or CD Architect 5.2. CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs can be burned with Toast or with Nero Burning ROM. WAV or AIFF files can be provided in any resolution up to 96 kHz/24 bit. Delivery media can also be DAT, open reel tape (1/4", 2-track, speeds from 3 3/4 ips to 15 ips) or even analog cassette (Dolby B, Dolby C, or DBX-II encoding available on request). My main monitors are the Blue Sky System One, a powered 2.1 system that is THX approved for use in small post production suites. (Skywalker Sound uses the same monitoring system in their post production rooms.) My room qualifies as "small". More than three people at one time (myself included) gets crowded. Acoustics are controlled by the well-known New York City principle of putting a lot of stuff on shelves for better sound dispersion. It actually works pretty well, and gives me a place to put my stuff, too.
COPIESI can make individual copies in the following formats:
I will do short runs of CDRs or cassettes. If you need large numbers of copies (50-100 or more) you are best off going to a duplication house that makes CDRs, commercial-standard CDs or analog cassettes. I know of several such places and can prepare master tapes or CDRs that meet their specifications. If you wish, I can oversee all the details of dealing with such a duplicator. EQUIPMENTField Recording: Shure FP33 three input portable field mixer, Tascam HD-P2 high definition flash recorder, Edirol R-09 flash recorder. Microphones: EV RE-50 (the TV reporter's handheld mic of choice), EV RE-11, AKG C1000-S, Sony ECM-999 mid/side stereo, Crown SASS-P stereo array, etc. Tascam DA-P1 DAT recorder available if DAT tape is wanted. CREDITS (partial)The Radio Foundation: Engineer for NYC-based spoken voice/ISDN studio, owned by former WBAI manager Larry Josephson. Live and recorded ISDN sessions for National Public Radio and affiliates, the BBC and other clients all over the world. Pro Tools recording and editing, tape transfer and audio restoration. Location recording for Larry Josephson's syndicated series, "What Is A Jew?". Recording sessions for Bill McGlaughlin's "Exploring Music" series for the WFMT music network. Voice-over recordings of Phil Schaap for Jazz at Lincoln Center radio broadcasts. Riverside Symphony: Recording engineer for the Symphony's Composer Reading Series at Fordham University, Lincoln Center. Editing and mastering for CD of archival recordings of the Symphony's Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center concerts. Audio restoration: Transfer to CD of the archives of the Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance--over 200 open reel tapes dating to the early 1950's, some requiring extensive restoration. Transfer to CD of tapes of the dance scores of Harvey Schmidt for the Agnes DeMille collection of the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. Digital transfer of open reel tapes for the estate of Arturo Toscanini. Theater-Sound Design: Broadway--Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf by Edward Albee, starring Uta Hagen, Jonathan Pryce, Mia Farrow, Matthew Broderick; directed by William Carden; Majestic Theatre, Broadway, NYC, Nov. 1999; Los Angeles (substitute Peter Gallagher for Broderick), April, 2000. Off-Broadway--Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright, starring Uta Hagen, directed by William Carden, Lucille Lortel Theatre; Collected Stories by Donald Margulies, starring Uta Hagen, directed by William Carden, Lucille Lortel Theatre. Independent Film: production sound mixer for I Love You, I'm Sorry, and I'll Never Do It Again by award winning writer and director Keith Snyder. (February, 2006) Recording Magazine: Featured contributor since 1999. Articles about binaural sound, stereo microphones, headphone monitoring, radio signal processing, recording equipment tests and audio software evaluations. Professional Associations: Member, Historical Committee of the Audio Engineering Society. Engineer for direct-to-disc and live-to-2-track digital recording sessions at the 2001 and 2003 AES conventions. Committee Member, New York chapter of the AES. Historical presenter at the 2007 AES convention. Contact Robert Auld Last changed 2/2008
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