🎙 ANALOG AUDIO RECORDING
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VOCAL RECORDING
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INSTRUMENT RECORDING
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AUDIO
EDITING
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VOCAL
TUNING
Every record tells a story. The art of recording involves capturing a story; capturing a magical moment forever. Audio recording is both a technical and artistic process that requires a high level of detail and total control of the process to allow for a proper recording experience. Inside the recording studio, every decision matters. The microphone you choose to record, the placement of such mic, the gear used in the chain, the recording levels, the software used to execute the actual audio recording and everything in between play an important part of the recording process.
When you work with recording professionals at a high level, you don’t hire people based on the fact that they know the basic recording process, but because of their experience, unique skillset and choices in the recording process that allow the artistic expression to happen at “the other side of the glass” flawlessly and without any interruptions.
This is what makes Noisematch Studios a special place in the professional music world. You have the combination of a state-of-the-art facility, some of the world’s highest fidelity tools for sound reproduction & a recording and a team of people with complete mastery of their craft, which has been providing consistent results for over a decade.
Noisematch Studios is an evolution from the traditional “legacy studio” . The rooms were professionally designed by master acoustic designer Horacio Malvicino. The control room (the Stargate) was specifically designed to house a Ocean Way HR2 system (which is the only system of its kind in Miami & South Florida). This system is regarded as one of the best sound reproduction systems ever made. Some fellow system owners include: Dave Matthews, Gwen Stefani, Dave Grohl and Beck.
✂️ AUDIO EDITING
In order to achieve an impeccable sound in modern-day productions, there has to be a great amount of detail when it comes to editing. Audio editing is a complex process that allows every sound source to be reproduced with clarity. Most modern productions have hundreds of sources playing back at the same time. If you use high-end gear to record, the overall quality of the record will greatly improve but it will also reel extremely detailed information, which bring all sorts of noise artifacts with it. Experienced engineers know exactly how to manipulate different types of sources via cutting, trimming, fading & equalization in order to allow their best reproduction.
🛠 VOCAL TUNING
Another huge and generally overlooked item when it comes to a high-quality recording is vocal tuning. With the appearance of Autotune and pitch correction softwares, the music industry changed forever. Almost every song you hear has a high degree of pitch correction, even if the performer is very experienced and performs a good take. It can be used as a dramatic effect or slight retouches to polish a performance.
Each approach is unique and requires a proper setting on the vocals when tracking and in the editing phase. The idea behind tuned vocals is that it should sound natural so the effect of the correction is not noticeable. That being said, only a select few have the right attention to details. You can hear sloppy engineering come through even on major recordings.
That being said, the team at Noisematch Studios has over 15+ years of experience bringing clarity to music so you can rest assured that playback will be flawless & natural even in the most discerning listening environments. We take an artisanal approach when it comes to tuning vocals. Even when we work with very experienced singers, we perform fixes by critically listening to the performances note-by-note and formatting them to sound as natural as possible so that the correction does not take away the performance’s essence.
