Danny Walsh transfers large collection of sync'd ADAT tapes with Merter Yildirim

Dubway tape technician and transfer specialist Merter Yildirim recently wrapped a large tape transfer with local NYC saxophonist Danny Walsh (Aerosmith, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Bruce Springsteen), doing something we don’t do every day–transferring a number of synced ADAT tapes to allow for re-aligning of two or more tapes in post. This is a tricky process, utilizing several synchronized units like the Alesis ADAT recorder above, and the perfect scenario in which to call someone like Merter.

Listen to Danny smoothly take on Coltrane’s timelessly difficult Giant Steps, below.

Dubway records Irish quartet at the Irish Consulate for Panopticon

Dubway and Panopticon NYC engineers piled into the Irish Consulate on Park Ave earlier this month for a spirited session with a guitar, violin, and woodwind quartet. The recording is part of a shoot organized by friends-of-the-studio Panopticon NYC for the consulate.

Dubway engineer Mark Frongillo handled the location recording, which combined elements of live concert recording and location audio for film. With our experience doing music, post, location sound, and everything in between, Dubway engineers are a great asset in hybrid situations like this!

Behind-the-scenes production shot of the beautiful shoot location in the Irish Consulate.

Mark Dancewicz records for RedBrick Filmworks

Mark Dancewicz in the studio. Picture courtesy Andrew Wilson Agency.

Actor Mark Dancewicz (Blue Bloods, Diabolical) joined us in the studio last month to record VO with studio engineer Zach Grappone for an upcoming project with RedBrick Filmworks. Studio engineer Louis Fisher contributed additional engineering for the session. The recordings will be part of the upcoming film project Witnesses, a period-piece-style dramatization of one of the founding myths of the Mormon Church; the release will include both a narrative drama and a two-hour documentary feature.

The film should be set to release later this year, with a theatrical release currently planned for the summer. You can find more news and updates here.

Dubway transfers large collection of Janie Cooke recordings

The industry standard Snackmaster Pro. Never bake food and tapes together!

Over the past month, singer, songwriter, and producer Janie Cooke has been at the studios with Dubway tape transfer specialist Merter Yildirim, transferring her large archival collection of tapes and recordings. Dubway maintains a collection of legacy recording devices including tape machines which help, alongside Merter’s work preserving the tape itself (through restorative processes like baking), to get your recordings safely transferred into a more durable medium.

A poet, songwriter, producer, and performer, Janie Cooke has performed at all the major NYC venues–Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, and more–both solo and alongside greats like Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Saunders, and Angela Bofill. Some of Janie’s vocal arranging and performing can be heard on the 1983 Zest track, linked below.

Collections of any size that are worth holding on to, are worth transferring. Give us a call to have us safely transfer your collection!

New trailer for Blackfin & Discovery+ show "Unseamly"

We’re thrilled to announce that UNSEAMLY is now available to stream on Discovery+! The show was mixed by Dubway engineer Nathaniel Reichman, and has joined a slew of Dubway-assisted content that also released with the launch of the platform earlier this year.

You can sign up for the service here to watch the show, or preview a sneak-peak trailer from the producers above.

Producer Calvin Singh in the studio with Peter Dinklage for new series

By Harald Krichel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=131332928

Calvin Singh, one of the bright minds behind award-winning and AFI-affiliated documentary production house Citizen Jones, is hard at work at a new animated project, with a few familiar faces behind the microphones. Last week, we had the pleasure of remotely recording one of the best in the business, Peter Dinklage, who will be voicing a character in this upcoming project. The session was recorded by Dubway engineer Zach Grappone, who, like most of our engineers, spent the last year perfecting his remote recording techniques.

As production season continues and deadlines approach, Dubway remains fully operational as one of the only SAG-AFTRA certified studios in the city. Give us a call for any remote recording needs you have!

Blackfin and CNN partner to produce "Jerusalem" with Dubway post-audio

Jerusalem © Shutterstock.

CNN and non-fiction production house Blackfin are partnering on Jerusalem, a new limited-run series that will cover six important historical events from perhaps the most storied and contested city on the planet. Details about this project are hard to come by, as CNN is premiering this as part of their slate of new programs for 2021, but the producers claim that the series “will use a mix of verite footage and interviews, high-end cinematic scenes, and cutting-edge VFX to bring the ‘City of God’ to life as never before.”

Seasoned TV mixer Nathaniel Reichman engineered the mixes of the show’s six episodes, working (remotely) alongside producers from both Blackfin and the network. Reichman has previously mixed more high-profile projects than we can count, and is sure to deliver an exciting mix to match the material.

Check back for more announcements, including a release date, as they come!

Dubway records with VH1's "Brunch With Tiffany"

Last fall, we had the pleasure of recording with Tiffany Pollard’s new show, Brunch With Tiffany. Episodes typically consist of host Pollard sitting down with a guest–recent episodes have featured Nina Bo’Nina Brown, Momma Dee, Ceaser, and Trixie Mattel, to name a few–and chopping it up over brunch (with mimosas). We won’t spoil any surprises by revealing how the current season deals with the pandemic, or Pollard’s star-studded guest list…you’ll have to check the show out for that!

Dubway engineer Louis Fisher oversaw recording lines, utilizing one of our Orbiter rigs to run the session remotely to be as safe as possible against the pandemic. You can read more about our Orbiters at the link above, or give our office a call to book.

Brunch With Tiffany is streamable on VH1; new episodes stream with an active TV subscription service. Need to get caught up? This playlist has you covered.

Discovery+ streaming service launches with Dubway-assisted programs

Television titan Discovery has just launched their web streaming service, Discovery+, with thousands of hours of programming from Dubway-assisted projects and exclusive new content, including Unseamly, a new investigative nonfiction show produced by Blackfin and mixed by Dubway’s Nathaniel Reichman.

Discovery+ will launch with some of the best content from its’ collection of channels–TLC, ID, Food Network, HGTV, and more–plus programming from some additional networks, including the BBC Natural HIstory Collection and A+E. The new programs partnering with Discovery+ for launch are representative of the networks’s usual areas, with shows in the documentary, true-crime, food, travel, and lifestyle genres. There’s also a large amount of new reality TV in addition to Discovery’s 90-Day Fiancé (and spinoffs), with shows featuring Ludacris, Brendon Urie, Martha Stewart, Amy Schumer, and Kevin Hart.

Unseamly, the Blackfin-produced docu-series, will release on the platform February 12th. We had an excellent time mixing this with our longtime friends at Blackfin, and can’t wait to see it on the new platform!

New York City Council candidate records for the campaign with Dubway

Photo courtesy Isseu Diouf Campbell.

Local politician Abdourahamane Diallo recorded voice over narration for a new piece with us last week, as part of his ongoing campaign for a seat on the NYCC. The short video focused on Diallo’s life story and how it guides his choices as a politician. Diallo is a Guinean-American immigrant who moved to New York eight years ago to attend college; he currently serves as general secretary of the Bronx Borough President’s African Advisory Council and sits on Bronx Community Board 3, in addition to his work with his foundation Guineans Succeeding in America (GSA) .

Dubway engineer Marc Frongillo oversaw the recording, which utilized one of our Orbiter remote recording rigs to ensure complete COVID safety between all participants in the session.

Dubway closes out 2020 with Cyberpunk 2077

High-rise life in Night City, from CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077.

It’s been the roughest year in memory for a lot of folks, and like most of you, we’re thrilled to say: good riddance, 2020.

Even in the worst years there are bright spots, however, and this project was one of them–something that helped remind us that better, different times existed and would exist again. We’ve been patiently waiting for the go-ahead to announce, but now that it’s finally out, we’re happy to share that our studio contributed to last years biggest video game, CD Prokekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077! Throughout the year, Dubway engineer Pascal McGilvray Guard linked with talent supplied and produced by London-based project production studio SIDE to track voice-over and dialogue performance for the richly detailed world of the game’s setting, Night City. Most of these sessions involved remote connections to London or further afield studios, managed technically by McGilvray Guard and the SIDE producers to ensure a smooth recording process within such a complex, large production schedule.

Cyberpunk is available from most major game retailers, with updates continuing to be released. Incidentally, if you find a favorite Cyberpunk glitch that involves dialogue or voice-over lines, get in touch at info@dubway.com–we always love hearing our work in the field!