September 2024
We at Wes Lachot Design Group are excited to announce that we have been nominated for a 2025 NAMM TEC award!
Our design for Suntone Recording Studio has been nominated for studio design. We would very much appreciate your votes!
June 2024
Suntone Recording Studio of Savannah, GA, was included in the Mix Class of 2024.
April 2024
Wes Lachot Design Group has recently completed Suntone Recording Studio. Suntone is Savannah's latest state-of-the-art multifunctional studio and recording space.
Suntone Recording Studio offers a 600 sq ft live room and dual isolation booths, as well as a wide range of equipment and resources for aspiring and seasoned musicians alike. Click here to read more.
June 2023
B Production/440 Hz Records, located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, was one of the featured studios in the Mix Magazine Class of 2023.
January 2023
Wes Lachot Design Group is featured in an article appearing in January's edition of Pro AVL Asia for the design/build of the new B Production and 440Hz Studios in Mongolia. Click here to read more.
October 2022
Wes Lachot has been invited to give a lecture at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut: “Designing Sound Rooms at the Piano.” The lecture will be an opportunity for him to share his experience as a producer and musician, as well has his methodology and approach to studio design and organic architecture.
The lecture will be held on Tuesday, October the 18th as part of their visiting lecture series.
Further information on the event can be found at the following link: https://events.trincoll.edu/#!view/event/date/20221018/event_id/108003
September 2022
This past week, Wes and Lisa Lachot attended the grand opening of B Production and 440Hz Studios' new production suite alongside national ministers and international diplomats in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
This collaboration between B Production and Wes Lachot Design group was celebrated as a contribution to Mongolia's effort to expand international recognition of its music and film industries. Spearheaded by B Production's owner and operator, Mongolian pop icon Bold Dorjsuren, this studio is part of a national investment in culture and the arts. We are excited to contribute to these efforts, and look forward to further partnership with the many creative artists of Ulaanbaatar and beyond!
Stay tuned for further announcements regarding this studio!
September 2022
Wes Lachot Design Group is proud to celebrate the opening of the Multifunction Music Center at SEN Music Voice Studio in Almaty, Kazakhstan!
After a long collaboration and perservering through the difficulties posed by the pandemic, we are so glad to see the opportnities they are now able to provide for local students in Kazakhstan to advance their skills and enter into the music industry. We're excited to hear what new music will be created by these students and by local musicians who now have a world-class production space to help them share their talents.
July 2022
We are excited to announce that Fallen Trees Studio has been featured in Mix Magazine's Class of 2022!
We're also pleased to share that construction for several studios is well underway, including Suntone Studios in Savannah, GA, and that Chad Cisneros has completed his project, Om Shanto Studios, in Leander, TX.
In addition to celebrating past projects, Wes Lachot Design Group is looking forward to several new projects as summer gets well underway:
Duane Belk and Leah Ann Hilgert are looking to build a high quality studio in Centertown, MO, designed to feature ATC 110 monitors and a spacious live room and control room. Close by, we are also working with Spencer Hoad in St. Louis to modernize an old studio into a top-notch recording space, including a Dolby ATMOS system featuring ATC monitors.
Internationally, we have also begun collaborating with Primoz Velikonja, a friend, client, and owner of Beartracks Studio, on a beautiful riverside studio and practice space in Slovenia.
April 2022
Heading into spring, the Wes Lachot Design Group offices are abuzz with projects!
We have begun a design for Mike Long and Holly Waltrip for a music and immersive projection room in Houston, TX, collaborating with the folks at Christie projectors to realize their vision.
We are working with Jay Kennedy in Buda, TX to build an excellent control room with live treatments and booth for recording and mixing. We have also begun a project for a studio of Peter Magyar in Watchung, NJ.
We are continuing to develop designs for our premier studios with Jim Brown and John Boggess; construction for Studio Gharem in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Chris Berry's studio in Easton, CT are underway, and framing is set to begin soon for Kaz Recording in Vienna, Austria. We are excited to see how these projects progress!
Our friends at Sacred Sound Studios in Costa Rica have completed construction of the exterior dome, and are proceeding with the construction of the interior. Check out the recording they've made inside the dome!
December 2021
Wes Lachot Design Group has been hard at work in 2021 to continue designing world-class recording and mixing spaces, and has expanded to include two new employees to the company!
We have a number of exciting new projects:
We are also excited to announce that Chad Barnard has completed construction on Fallen Trees Recording Studio in Mt. Airy North Carolina. You can see the pictures here
And we have been honored to partner with pop star Bold Durjsuren and producer Bayarkhuu Nyamkhuu on the design of their now-complete studio!
We have also welcomed two new employees: Brooke Credle is our newest designer assisting Wes in creating our studio designs, and Russell Jackson is our new sales manager and resident expert on gear and equipment.
We’re looking forward to seeing what 2022 will bring!
December 2020
Anguilla Music Academy is on the front cover of Mix this month. The excellent article by editor Tom Kenny can be found here.
We at Wes Lachot Design Group are excited to announce that we have been nominated for two 2020 NAMM TEC awards!
Our design for AMA Recording in Anguilla,
and The Hexaffusor 2-D Diffusor Designed by Wes Lachot and Peter D’Antonio
(click here to see one of our designs which use the Hexaffusor extensively).
We would very much appreciate your votes!
The only requirement for voting is to be involved in some facet of the music business.Click here to register and vote. It only takes a minute. To register, scroll down to enter your info (name, email, password, title, and company). Once you click "Register" at the bottom, you will be taken to the voting site. The nominations are in two broad categories, "Technical" and "Creative".
To vote for AMA Recording Anguilla, scroll down to the "Creative" category and click on "Studio Design Project" (it’s the first one listed), check the box for "AMA Recording Anguilla" and then click "Submit" at the bottom.
To vote for our Hexaffusor 2-D Diffusor, scroll down to "Production Essentials" under the "Technical" category, then scroll to the bottom and click on "Wes Lachot Design Group - Hexaffusor 2-D Diffusor", then click "Submit" at the bottom.
Click here for the complete listing of nominees.
Thank you for taking the time to cast your votes for us, we really appreciate it!
October 2020
Even during the pandemic, the offices of Wes Lachot Design Group are humming along. We are thankful for the technology of video conferencing. We have been employing this form of communication already for meetings with clients from out-of-town or out-of-country, but now, by necessity, we also use it for our team meetings and day-to-day design work.
We have a number of exciting new projects:
Kurt Ballou, for whom we designed God City Recording Studio in 2002, has commissioned a new studio in the countryside north of Salem, Massachusetts.
We are designing a music room studio for Mark Brown and his musical family in Bountiful, Utah.
Clint Covey has found a perfect commercial lot in Stow, Ohio on which to build his ground-up recording studio "Anvil Audio".
Chris Asta has commissioned us to design a ground-up backyard recording studio in Washington, D.C.
The mother-son team of Rebecca and Adam Wyatt will be building their commercial recording studio in Savannah, Georgia. The studio will be part of a larger arts complex in the same building.
Completed projects:
Al Jacob’s Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is nearing completion. You can see photos documenting the build process on Warrior Sound’s Instagram page.
Slater Swan spent three years hand-building his own Anjuna Recording Studio in Portland, Oregon. The results are stunning.
Other News:
We are very excited to announce that the WLDG-designed recording studio Anguilla Music Academy (AMA) has been nominated for a TEC award for "Outstanding Creative Achievement" in the "Studio Design" category. We thank our wonderful clients at the Recording Academy for their hard work on this project.
WLDG has been nominated for another TEC award, this one for "Outstanding Technical Achievement" in the "Production Essentials" category, for our patented Hexiffusor design.
To vote for the TEC awards, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
August 2020
Wes Lachot and Peter D’Antonio were recently awarded US patent #10,475,436 for the Hexaffusor 2-Dimensional Reflection Phase Grating Diffusor. Manufactured exclusively in the USA by Brett Acoustics, the Hexaffusor represents the very latest in fully integrated ceiling diffusion treatment for professional recording studios.
June 2020
Pulp Arts (Gainesville, Florida) is featured in the Mix Class of 2020 (June 2020). You can read the article here
Pulp Arts features two fully-equipped studio suites featuring high-end analog consoles, ATC monitors, and Reflection Free Zone (RFZ) control rooms.
October 2019
Strange Weather (Brooklyn, NY) is featured on the cover of this month's Mix magazine (Oct. 2019). There's also a great article with lots of pictures. You can read the article here.
There's been plenty going on, and we have several new projects in the works. Here are a few:
We'd like to welcome all of our new clients to the WLDG family!
September 2019
After year of planning, June Audio's multi-room recording facility is up and running. Three recording suites comprising over 4,000 sq. ft. of recording space make this Utah's premiere recording complex. Owner Scott Wiley has a long track record in the recording industry, with many high profile credits and long established connections.
Control Room A features a 32-channel API 2448 in-line console with 72 channels available at mixdown. Control Room B features a Daking console and the same ATC SCM 150 main monitors as Control Room A, so that mixing sessions can be moved easily between rooms.
The studios have racks full of outboard gear-just about anything you can think of, by API, Chandler, BAE, Manley, Retro Instruments, LaChapell, Lang, Neve, Trident, Langevin, Empirical Labs, dbx, Eventide, Avalon, Lexicon, Overstayer, etc. You can view this project here.
June 2019
The newest Wes Lachot Design Group ground-up studio complex has arrived in Gainesville! The studios are located within the larger Pulp Arts collective campus, providing creative spaces for visual and sculptural artists, along with an innovative record label which offers a high level of artist inclusion. With two fully-equipped studio suites, featuring high end analog consoles, ATC monitors, and Reflection Free Zone (RFZ) control rooms, Pulp Arts is sure to be one of the most sought after studios on the East Coast. You can view this project here.
October 2018
Wes Lachot Design Group has received a commission to design a control room for Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA. We are extremely excited to have been chosen for the job by this most prestigious of music conservatories.
Other recent design commissions include:
Photos for two recently completed projects are now online.
The Atomic Garden is open for business in their new location in Oakland, CA. This studio facility houses two nearly identical control rooms, each opening into a single large tracking room. Both control rooms were designed using true RFZ principles, resulting in exceptional accuracy and imaging characteristics.
The tracking room features fully adjustable acoustics with easily adjustable absorptive and diffusive wall treatments. You can see the photos here.
Tim Hartigan's home studio is a study in simplicity. This all-in-one control room/tracking room features an RFZ front end and custom Slatffusor rear wall diffusors. You can see the photos here.
June 2018
The current issue of Mix magazine, the Studio Design issue, features
Hondo Creek Recording in the Mix Class of 2018. You can check it out
here.
We just received a commission to design a studio complex in Almaty City, Kazakhstan, for the music school Art Studio Sadu.
We've also taken on a design project for a large Hip hop studio facility in Baltimore, MD called Hitman Studios. There will be three recording suites along with dedicated studio lounges, a green screen room, offices, and other amenities.
Closer to home, we've been hired to design a new ground-up studio for Al Jacobs (Warrior Sound) in Chapel Hill, NC.
May 2018
The Elestial Sound project in Gainesville, FL is nearing completion. Stayed tuned for photos of this ground-up studio facility.
We recently got involved in a very cool project in Hérouville, France. Le Château d'Hérouville (aka “The Honky Chateau”) is located in a castle built in the 1700s, and is famous for many hit records from the Golden era (Elton John, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, etc.). The castle has an interesting history going way back; Frederic Chopin stayed there for a time in the early 1800s, and Vincent van Gogh even painted the place. We are designing a new control room for Studio A, and consulting on the acoustics for Studio B as well.
We are also pleased to be working on an exciting project down in Anguilla, a British territory in the Caribbean. Called the Anguilla Music Academy, this educational and cultural outreach facility will include a Grammy Museum, classrooms, and two recording studios, Studio A being a large suite with and API Legacy AXS console and ATC SCM200 monitors.
Other recent new studio design projects include:
December 2017
Happy Holidays from Wes Lachot Design Group! There are new photos to check out: Hondo Creek Recording in Pittsboro, NC and BT's production studio in Boyds, MD.
Here are some of the new projects we're working on:
We're looking forward to a busy 2018!
August 2017
Pulse Music was selected for Mix magazine's feature article “Class of 2017”. You can check it out here.
Recent new projects include:
We have new photos for two recently completed projects! Check them out here:
March 2017
We have photos up for the recently completed Pulse Music facility in NYC. You can check them out here.
We've also posted photos of the new DM Groove Studio in Papillion, NE. Photos are here.
Newly commissioned projects include a new mastering facility for Focus Mastering in Omaha, NE. We're also doing a new studio for Ralph Zazula in Portland, OR. Looking forward to getting out to Portland again...
There's a new article up on the Publications page, a Pro Sound News feature story on Deep River Sound Studios, John Davenport's amazing riverside studio retreat in the country. John was formerly a house engineer at The Hit Factory. You can check out the article here:
January 2017
The Pulse Music studio facility in Manhattan is now complete. The studio features a total of six control rooms, with an API console in Studio A. Photos coming soon...
Dana Murray's project in Papillion, NE is completed. This studio features a vintage custom Auditronics console and ATC main monitors. Photos coming soon...
Eric Shih's studio project in Northville, MI is completed. The console is an API 1608, and the main monitors are ATC SCM150's. Photos coming soon...
BT Transeau's project in Boyd's MD is almost completed. Synthesizer wizard BT's keyboard collection is unbelievable, and something to see. The main monitors are the top-of-the-line ATC SCM300's, with additional dual 15” subs on each side! Photos coming soon...
We have lots of new studio design projects in the works. Here's a list of the most recent ones:
June 2016
Rhett Voga's new studio, Straight To Tape, is featured in this months Mix Class Of 2016. You can check it out here.
Also check out photos of the studio here.
WLDG has been hired to design a new control room for Josh Druckman's Outlier Inn Recording. This studio is located on a bunch of acres in upstate New York, a few minutes from the original Woodstock festival site.
We also have a great new project in Manhattan for Joel Kipnis and Pulse Music. This is a 5-studio complex with nice city views from several of the studios. Studio A will feature an API console, lot of vintage gear, grand piano, and a unique acoustic design.
Down in Sarasota, FL, we're designing a studio for Truefire, "the planet's largest and most comprehensive selection of online guitar lessons” according to Guitar Player Magazine.
Closer to home, in Asheville, NC, we're working on a new studio for film composer/orchestrator/engineer Alex Davis. This is going to be a nice project in a beautiful location with nice nature views.
March 2016
The current issue of Mix features an article by Wes Lachot titled "10 Tips For Small Room Acoustics". This article contains lots of great ideas to make your not-so-perfect mix room sound more accurate.
Also included in the March 1026 issue of Mix is a nice article on Manifold Recording's Ian Schreier. You can read the article here.
New projects include a multi-room facility for Davis Hart and Michael Tubbs in Gainesville, FL. Also, Brett Acoustics and Canova Audio are putting the finishing touches on Rhett Voga's studio up in Ridgefield, CT, so stay tuned for photos of that project!
December 2015
Mix magazine has a great cover story this month on John Davenport's studio, Deep River Sound Studios. Tom Kenny's interviews with John and Wes are pretty in-depth, and the article includes some nice photos. Check it out here.
Our new projects include a multi-room facility for June Audio Recording Studios in Provo, UT (Scott Wiley, owner). We're also starting up a new project in Auckland, New Zealand, for Nick Poortman Productions. We're very excited about both of these new projects.
September 2015
We have lots of new projects to report, from pretty much all over the map.
Here's a list:
We welcome all of these new clients to the WLDG family, and we look forward to a busy building season!
August 2015
We have three extremely exciting new projects going on, all in exotic locations:
More coming soon-stay tuned!
June 2015
Deep River Sound Studios is featured in this month's Mix article "Class of 2015 - Acoustic Design For 18 of This Year's Coolest New Studios"ť. You can read about it here
Wes Lachot Design Group was recently commissioned to design a studio for jazz percussionist extraordinaire Dana Murray, in Papillion, Nebraska. Other new projects include a ground up studio for Eric Fenger in Homer, Alaska.
March 2015
John Davenport's studio by the Deep River is up and running. This ground up project features dramatic views of the Deep River, and is outfitted with an API Legacy Plus console and ATC SCM 200 monitors. Check out the photos here.
New commissions we've taken on recently include:
November 2014
We have a couple of very exciting new projects in the works:
John Keane has commissioned WLDG to design a ground up studio near Los Angeles, CA for writing, tracking, and mixing. John has been composing the music for TV's biggest hit show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" for 15 years, and is also an in demand film composer and studio drummer (Chicago, etc.).
Over on the opposite coast we've been hired to design a ground up studio for producer, film composer, and electronic music artist BT. BT was recently nominated for a Grammy, and has collaborated with a long list of artists including Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, Britney Spears, and Madonna.
Meanwhile John Davenport's studio is nearly complete. This studio features an API Legacy Plus console and ATC SCM 200 monitors. Alexander Berne's studio - a mammoth undertaking - is also nearing completion, and will house a Rupert Neve Designs console and Dynaudio M3A monitors. We should have photos for these projects by our next update, so stay tuned...
June 2014
Bunkersound, Steven Raets' studio in Chapel Hill, NC, is featured in the Mix Magazine Class of 2014, Mix's yearly round-up of the recording industry's top studio building projects. You can check it out here
New WLDG design projects include a 1400 sq. ft. tracking and mixing studio for Rhett Voga in Ridgefield, CT.
March 2014
Bunkersound has just opened it's doors in Chapel Hill, NC. Several other studios are in the final stages of completion - more photos coming soon!
The February issue of Pro Sound News contains a cover story on studio design featuring interviews with Wes Lachot, Fran Manzella, and Paul Cox. Check out the article here
January 2014
Since our last update we have some great new projects to report:
Bunkersound (Chapel Hill, NC) is up and running. Photos coming soon. Roger Street Friedman's studio in Sea Cliff, NY is also complete; see photos here.
October 2013
Strange Weather has been nominated for a 2013 TEC Award
The AES Convention is coming up Oct. 18-20 at the Javits Center in NYC. Hope to see some of you there.
Our latest European project is a studio for Olivier Fournier's production company Studioscope, near Angers, France. This is going to be a very large studio in a beautiful setting with stunning views of the countryside from the tracking room.
We've also received a commission for a new project in Springfield, IL for producer Camron Yates.
Studios nearing completion are Mark Corrigan's place in Newport, RI, and Roger Friedman's place in Sea Cliff, NY. Photos coming soon…
September 2013
Producer Dustin Bennett's studio in Lake Forest, IL is up and running. Here's a shot of the control room:
There are also photos up of the newly completed Rarefied Recording in San Diego, CA. Check out the photos here
We're pleased to announce that Wes Lachot Design Group has been selected to design studio facilities for Catawba College in Salisbury, NC. Catawba College has an expanding popular music department, and we are very happy to be a part of this challenging project.
June 2013
Pine Mountain Studio in Cloverdale, CA is complete, and is up and running! Photos of Rarefied Recording and Dustin Bennett's place coming soon!
Strange Weather is featured in this month's Mix magazine Class of 2013; congratulations to Marc Goodman and his staff!
New projects include a studio for Ryan Dusick (formerly of Maroon 5) out in Los Angeles, CA
Hope to see everybody at the 2013 PotLuck Audio Convention in Tucson, August 2nd and 3rd.
May 2013
Several building projects are just finishing up as we write this. Tony Brett and his crew are out in Cloverdale, CA putting the finishing touches on Pine Mountain Studio. Thom Canova and his wiring crew are in San Diego doing the final wiring for Rarefied Recording. Dustin Bennett's studio in Lake Forrest, IL is also very close to completion; we should have photos up on the website of these projects very soon.
Recent new commissions include a studio for Rodrigo Cuevas in Mexico City, and a studio for Steven Raets in Chapel Hill, NC. We're also designing a post-production room for Nick Daley in Seffner, FL, as well as a mobile control room for Frank Martin in Winston Salem, NC.
Wes will be a panelist at the upcoming PotLuck Audio Convention which is in Tucson this year August 2-3. It should be a great time - hope to see you there!
January 2013
Strange Weather has completed construction and is now open for business in Brooklyn. Photos are here. SoundStruck Studios in downtown Dubai, UAE has also recently opened. Check out this new WLD studio here. Also recently completed is Archer Avenue Studio in Columbia SC. Photos are here.
We've got several exciting new Projects to report. Renowned engineer John Davenport (Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, John Lennon) has recently commissioned WLD to design a ground up studio for his recording and film complex on the Deep River, near Sanford, NC. Avant-garde saxophonist extraordinaire Alexander Berne has commissioned a large studio complex in central Florida. Rich Goldberg has commissioned a commercial studio for Denver, CO. ID Labs (Snoop Dog, Lil Wayne, Maroon 5, De La Soul) has hired us to complete the acoustical designs for their new studios in Pittsburg, PA. Other new Projects include a private studio for Blake Ohlson in Daniel Island, SC, and a private studio for Mark Corrigan in Newport, RI.
October 2012
Wes is headed out to San Francisco for the AES Convention, and will be there October 26, 27, and 28. If you're attending the convention and would like to get together, send an email to wes at wes lachot dot com.
Marc Goodman's Strange Weather studio in Brooklyn, NY is nearly complete. Tony and his crew will be heading up soon to put on the finishing touches. Dustin Bennett's place out in Lake Forest, IL is also nearing completion, while Rarefied Recording in San Diego, CA is also moving along nicely. Also in the final stages of construction is Primoz Velikonja's studio in Kocevska Reka, Slovenia, and SoundStruck Studios in Dubai, UAE is now fully complete (photos coming soon).
We've got two new Projects starting up in California, one for Harrison Street Records in San Francisco, and the other for Pine Mountain Studio in Cloverdale.
August 2012
Wes Lachot was part of the acoustics panel at the recent PotLuckCon in Tucson, AZ, along with Chris Pelonis, Larry Swist, Eric Smith, Carl Tatz, and Russ Long. We're glad to see that Craig Schumacher has gotten the conference rolling again, and it was great to see lots of old friends at the conference.
New WLD Projects include a nice ground-up home studio addition for Branded Records in Cary, NC. Owner Mitch Dancik was lead singer for the great New York City-based '70s rock band Just Water. We're also pleased to announce that we've been selected to design a home-based studio for Roger Friedman in Sea Cliff, NY
June 2012
Manifold Recording was chosen as one of the featured new studios in the Mix Class of 2012. Here's a link.
Composer Jason Graves' new studio was featured on the cover of the Italian magazine Computer Music Studio (this month's edition). You can read it here. (if you read Italian).
Tony and Ray of Brett Acoustics are currently in Dubai U.A.E. finishing up work on SoundStruck Studios, in the heart of downtown Dubai. The studios should be up and running in the near future - check back for photos coming soon. Meanwhile, construction is continuing on Strange Weather in Brooklyn NY, Twelfth Street Studios in Austin TX, Roy Silverstein's studio in San Diego CA, Dustin Bennett's studio in Lake Forest IL, and Primo? Velikonja's studio facility in Kocevska Reka, Slovenia.
We have a new project near Muskegon MI designing a multi-room facility for Terrestrial Media. Owner Mike Naramore is building a large Studio A complex with an and API console and an 800 sq. ft. tracking room, and well as several smaller studios.
We've also taken on a new design project for Archer Avenue Studio in Columbia, SC, with construction due to begin soon.
Our latest new commission is a ground-up facility for Joe Moorhead and Squeaky Chair Productions near Cleveland, OH. This promises to be a really nice facility with a large tracking room, and API console, and beautiful nature views.
February 2012
Truphonic Recording has recently opened for business in Charleston, SC. You can check out the photos here. Tony Brett and crew just finished up construction, and after a couple of days off, Tony jumped on a plane and headed over to Dubai to work on SoundStruck Studios. After that he's headed to Mark Goodman's place in NYC (Strange Weather) and Dustin Bennet's place in Lake Forest, IL, among others...
November 2011
Wes Lachot Design Group is pleased to announce that Manifold Recording has been nominated for an Outstanding Creative Achievement Award by the TEC Foundation in the category of Studio Design. Located in central North Carolina near the Research Triangle, Manifold Recording has reinvented the concept of the world class recording studio, and has been featured in Mix, Pro Sound News, Pro Audio Review, and many other publications. This multi-million dollar facility has been called by reviewer/producer Alex Oana "one of the finest recording studios built in the world in the last decade".
October 2011
Composer Jason Graves' studio is finished and up-and-running. Manifold Recording was featured in the August issue of Pro Audio Review, as well as the September issue of Pro Sound News. You can see the articles on the Publications page.
August 2011
Lisa and Wes just returned from the Dominican Republic, where we've just received a commission to design a control room for Juan Luis Guerra, one of the preeminent musicians in all of Latin America. Juan has been the recipient of 15 Latin Grammys and two Grammys, and has sold over 30 million records. We are very excited about having the opportunity to work with Juan and all of the talented people around him.
In other equally exciting news, we've just received another major international commission, this one in Dubai, UAE, designing a multi-room facility for Charles El Soueidi. This promises to be a very unique project, and we'll be heading over to Dubai in the coming weeks.
Another new project on the boards is a studio for producer/publisher/record exec. Olivier Chastan, in Woodstock, NY. Chastan as worked with a long list of artists, including Whitney Houston, Cold Play, Pearl Jam, DMX, and Jay-Z.
A bit closer to home, Manifold Annex, the film scoring and post production suite, is finally complete. Photos are here.
May 2011
Manifold Recording is on the cover of this month's Mix Magazine (May 2011). The accompanying feature article can be seen here:
Image courtesy Mix Magazine
April 2011
Manifold Recording's main studio is finally finished, after 4 1/2 years of hard work by everyone involved. Special thanks to RPG Diffusor Systems, Tony Brett and his acoustical installation crew, Thom Canova and his wiring crew, McLean Builders, Rob Warren (draftsman par excellence), Lisa Lachot, and all of the other tradesmen and professionals who made it happen. And thanks most of all, of course, to owners Amy and Michael Tiemann, who made it all possible. Here's a photo; there are more here.
January 2011
Our latest completed project, Sound Temple Studios in Asheville, NC, has opened their doors, after finishing up construction just before Christmas. Check out the photos here
Meanwhile, Manifold Recording (Pittsboro, NC) is almost complete; we expect to be commissioning the 64-channel API Vision console in mid-February. Stay tuned for more details and photos coming soon...
November 2010
We just got back from the AES Convention in San Francisco, where we had a great time meeting with new clients, manufacturers, and many friends, old and new.
We've just taken on a new ground-up studio design job for Roy Silverstein in San Diego, CA. We're looking forward to traveling out to CA to see the lot and get started on that project. Another new project has come along, this one in Lake Forest, IL, for up and coming producer-engineer Dustin Bennett.
We've also just been hired to design the acoustics for a new live performance venue called The Haw River Ballroom, in Saxapahaw, NC. This medium sized performance space is part of a larger construction project, the re-purposing of a 100 year old cotton mill by the Haw River, which will also contain lofts, apartments, shops and restaurants. Check out the Saxapahaw River Mill website at www.hawriverballroom.com/.
October 2010
The Manifold Recording project is nearly complete, after three years of construction. Here's a photo of the recently completed cloud in the Studio A Music Room:
For more info on the math behind the cloud, follow this link: http://blog.miraverse.com/2010/09/26/week-142-music-room-cloud/
We have recently received a new commission for a studio in Austin, Texas. Studio owner Paul Wesley Riekert has purchased a former church building just across the river from downtown, which we will be converting into an 1800 sq. ft. studio suitable for everything from small bands to large ensembles. Paul is calling the new facility Twelfth Street Sound, and has brought in well known engineer producer Kevin Szymanski (Foo Fighters, Etta James, Dr. John, Delbert McClinton) to run the place. This is going to be a really fun project in a great town.
September 2010
We've received a couple of new commissions since the last update. One is in the Dallas, Texas suburbs, for the popular contemporary Christian artists Shane and Shane. Their plans include a large A room suite as well as a smaller B room, lounge and other amenities. The beautiful, multi-acre site includes a stunning band house built completely of native stone, with a nice outdoor living area and swimming pool. Our other new project is a full service facility for Freshley Media, located in Charleston, SC.
June 2010
Congratulations to Clear Track Productions (Clearwater, FL), whose new Wes Lachot Design Group studio was chosen for Mix Magazine's Class of 2010, currently on sale. Here's a preview, and a link:
Image courtesy Mix Magazine
Wes Lachot is the feature interview in this month's Studio Magazin (Germany):
Image courtesy Studio Magazin
April 2010
Lot's going on: We have recently received three exciting new design commissions--one in NYC, one in Cologne, Germany, and one in Kocevska, Slovenia.
The NYC project is a partially ground-up 2,000 sq. ft. recording studio for Strange Weather, a happening studio business owned by Marc Goodman, located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn (a 10 minute subway ride from downtown Manhattan). This is going to be a nice place, with a 600 sq. ft. tracking room, a large control room, and plenty of amenities.
Next up is our new recording studio commission in Cologne, Germany, for client Tobias Sheffel. This studio is also a partial ground-up, partial renovation project. We are excited to be building in Cologne, home of Europe's largest Gothic cathedral.
Then there's our newest project, a completely ground up recording studio for Primoz Velikonja, in Kocevska, Slovenia. This is our second design commission in Slovenia, and we can't wait to see the country, which is reportedly one of the most beautiful places anywhere on earth.
Meanwhile, construction is progressing steadily on the Manifold Recording project in NC, Jesse Lurie's studio out in Santa Barbara, Sound Temple in Asheville, NC, and several others. Some of these studios will be coming on line later in 2010. Keep coming back for updates and photos...
February 2010
Clear Track Productions has been completed in Clearwater, FL, and is open for business, with several large Projects already booked. Tony, Thom, Bryan and crew did a beautiful job - check out the photos here.
Our latest commission, a home studio for our newest client, Simon Skalar, is half a world away - in Kamnik, Slovenia.
The Manifold Recording project continues to progress. Here's the blog: http://blog.miraverse.com/
Meanwhile, Sound Temple Studios is gearing up for construction is Asheville, N.C.
November 2009
We have several exciting new Projects in the works:
Currently on the drawing boards is a design for a new studio for Robert George in Asheville, NC, called Sound Temple Studios. Also coming up is a new studio in Charlottesville, VA for Scott Brady's Alchemy Sound, LLC. Under development in Cary, NC is a new facility for Minor Gleason's Cat's Away Studio.
Wow, that's a lot of new Projects! There are others in the pipeline...
In other news, the Capitol Broadcasting project is complete, and the studios are up and running (12 studios in all). Photos coming soon. Over at the Manifold Recording job site, the main Music Room and Iso-booths have been dried in - yeah!
Clear Track Productions in Clearwater, FL, is almost complete. Tony Brett and his crew are headed to Florida and expect to have the acoustic finishes completed within 2-3 weeks. Sonic Circus is delivering the SSL G+ series console on Nov 16th, and Thom Canova and crew will begin final wiring the following week.
In Raleigh, NC, construction work is about to begin at Jason Graves private studio. Our project in Santa Barbara, CA is also about to start construction. Stay tuned!
September 2009
The Mixing Room, a post production facility in Omaha NE is up and running. We just got back from the final room tuning, and we're real excited about this one. New photos are here.
We've just taken on a couple of new design Projects. One is for VuDu Studios in beautiful Port Jefferson, NY. VuDu's current very popular recording facility is located in Freeport NY. The other is a composing studio for Jason Graves in Raleigh, NC. Jason is a successful composer in the video gaming field, and has a hot track record and an impressive client list.
The Manifold Recording building project continues to progress, as the music room masonry is now complete and the control room and booth walls are nearing completion. Soon, the masonry will begin to go up for the Annex building, where Studio 2 will be located. There are lots of photos on the Miraverse website blog here: http://blog.miraverse.com/
July 2009
Charleston Sound is on the cover of this month's Mix Magazine (July 2009). The cover and accompanying feature article can be seen here:
Image courtesy Mix Magazine
June 2009
The Mix Magazine Online Class of 2009 slideshow features Charleston Sound, which we completed several months ago and is now open for business. Tony Brett supervised the acoustical construction and finishes, with help from Thom Canova and Brian Brett. Follow this link and check out photos # 25 and 26: http://mixonline.com/slideshow_1/index.html
Manifold Recording construction continues, with blockwork reaching the 28th course (out of 36 courses total). Here's a photo of the live room under construction:
May 2009
The exciting news this month is that the Manifold Recording project has expanded to include an additional control room in the Manifold Annex building. The "B" Room will be roughly the same size as the "A" Room, and will house a Harrison Trion digital console. This room will be set up primarily for video recording and editing, and digital audio, and will feature full surround monitoring. In order to fully exploit the surround capabilities of the room, we will be working with RPG Diffusor Systems to design a custom "Waveform" wavy diffusor that encloses the entire room. Stay tuned for further details!
April 2009
Blueprints have been completed for the Capitol Broadcasting Co. project (WRAL and WCNC - Raleigh, NC). Construction is due to begin shortly, and the project is projected to be completed by late summer/ early fall.
Our latest design commission is for a recording studio in Santa Barbara, CA. We've also been hired to do a residential studio in Livermore, CA.
Construction is well underway for The Mixing Room (Omaha, NE). Tony Brett is supervising all acoustic aspects of the project for WLD. Nearby in Lincoln, NE, construction is about to begin for the SadSon Music Group studio facility.
ClearTrack Productions' new studio in Clearwater, FL is almost complete. The anticipated opening date for this one is 4-6 weeks away.
March 2009
Charleston Sound Studio is featured in MIX Magazine online; the article is here: http://blog.mixonline.com/briefingroom/2009/02/24/api-1608-replaces-a-digital-console-in-new-charleston-sound-studio/
AudioGrotto of Newport, KY has hired us to redesign their new control room. We've just completed the new design, and construction is underway. Photos coming soon...
Manifold Recording construction is coming along nicely - the blockwork is up to the 8th course and climbing. The tracking room will feature a 24 ft. ceiling, so there are a total of 36 block courses above slab level!
February 2009
We've just received a commission to design the new radio broadcast and production studios for Capitol Broadcasting Company (WRAL-FM, WCMC-FM). This new facility will house a total of 12 broadcast and production studios, as well as a master technical/server room. We'll be working on this project with the architecture firm Clearscapes PA.
November 2008
We're pleased to announce the commissioning of another design project in Omaha, NE. This one is a post production facility, and should be up and running some time in mid-2009.
We also have two new recording studio Projects on the drawing boards, one in Charlotte, NC, and the other in Norman, OK. Stay tuned for further details.
September 2008
Charleston Sound has opened it's doors for business, and is already booking large blocks of studio time. Studio owner Jeff Hodges has pulled out all of the stops, and has outfitted the studio with an API console, Yamaha C-6 Conservatory grand piano, and Hammond C-3 organ and Leslie. Check out the photos here.
Also newly opened for business is PureMix Studio D.
August 2008
Mixmasters Studio has opened in downtown Augusta, GA. Here's a snapshot:
The studio is conveniently located a block and a half from a public square with a statue of James Brown (Brown hailed from Augusta). Bands taking a break from tracking can push a button and have their picture taken with the legendary former hardest working man in show business.
Pure Mix Studio D is up and running in Wake Forest, NC. Here's a preview snapshot:
That's studio owner Troy Henry (right) checking out the new SSL AWS 900 console with Barry Poynter, who's building a new WLD studio in Little Rock, AR. More photos to come in the near future - stay tuned.
July 2008
We have a couple of new Projects in the works:Producer/engineer Barry Pointer has hired us to design a new control room design for Poynter's Palace in Little Rock, AR. We've also been commissioned to create a complete studio design for Mike Johnson's Clear Track Productions in Clearwater, FL.
We recently designed and installed a new sound system for the Hillside Theater at Taliesin (Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Spring Green WI). The new system sounds great! Hi to all of our friends at Taliesin.
May 2008
Congratulations to our clients Brad and Jenny Smalling (Evergroove Studio) for their front page article in the April edition of Pro Sound News. Evergroove Studio, located in Evergreen, CO, is one of the first studios in the country to go solar.
A nice photo of the Overdub Lane control room was featured in the April edition of Pro Audio Review.
The Eckberg-Dancy music pavilion is currently under construction. Check out these photos:
Charleston sound framing is completed, and wiring is underway. Owner Jeff Hodges has started a construction blog with http://www.charlestonsound.com/news/
The Pot Luck Audio Convention (formerly known as TapeOpCon) is June 6th-8th in New Orleans. Acoustics forum panelists this year will include Wes Lachot, Chris Pelonis, Fran Manzella, Jeff Hedback, and Jeff Madison.
April 2008
Here's an article on Wes Lachot Design Group client Focus Mastering in Omaha in the Omaha Reader. Also, there is an article in Keyboard Magazine about the new console at Overdub Lane.
April 2008
Here's an article on Wes Lachot Design Group client Focus Mastering in Omaha in the Omaha Reader. Also, there is an article in Keyboard Magazine about the new console at Overdub Lane.
February 2008
Evergroove Studio, located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Evergreen, Colorado, is the first Wes Lachot client to go solar! Read all about it here.
April 2008
Here's an article on Wes Lachot Design Group client Focus Mastering in Omaha in the Omaha Reader. Also, there is an article in Keyboard Magazine about the new console at Overdub Lane.
March 2008
Overdub Lane Recording has a recently remodeled control room. The new Wes Lachot designed control room features an API 1608 all-discrete console and Dynaudio Acoustics M-3 active main monitors, with Bryston amplification and crossovers.
Construction is progressing on the Manifold Recording project. You can see construction pictures at owner Michael Tiemann's blog: http://blog.miraverse.com/. Also, Michael is keeping a photo diary as construction progresses. Check it out here.
February 2008
Evergroove Studio, located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Evergreen, Colorado, is the first Wes Lachot client to go solar! Read all about it here.
January 2008
Two new exciting Projects to report: One is a new 1900 square foot studio for Charleston Sound, LLC, located in Mt. Pleasant, SC. The other is a ground up studio facility for bassist Rick Eckberg and vocalist Shannon Dancy, in Hillsborough, NC.
December 2007
Focus Mastering is now up and running (see photos here). Owner Doug Van Sloun reports "Listening to a bunch of different stuff. Sounds great! I'm starting to get comfy already."
The Planet Red project (Richmond, VA) has expanded, as owner Andreas Magnusson has decided to go ahead and build the entire facility all at once rather than splitting the build-out into two phases. We look forward to beginning construction in early 2008.
The Manifold Recording building phase is also about to begin (Chapel Hill, NC). We anticipate breaking ground either this month or next. Really excited about this one!
We're also about to begin construction is the new multi-room facility for PureMix Recording in Raleigh, NC. This promises to be a very interesting project.
November 2007
PureMix Recording Studios has selected Wes Lachot Design Group to develop plans for a new facility in Raleigh, NC. The new studios will include a large complex for tracking and mixing, as well as a second control room and iso-booth suite for overdubs and mixing. We will be collaborating on this project with our good friend Jeff Hedback of Hedback designed Acoustics. Jeff's firm is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.
September 2007
Two new design commissions have come along recently. One is a new control room and lounge for Planet Red Studios in Richmond, VA. Owner/producer Andreas Magnusson plans to renovate the rest of the facility (including tracking and iso-booth areas) in 2008. Also about to begin construction is a new control room for Smitty's Studio in Greensboro, NC, owned and operated by Mike Garrigan. Wes Lachot Design Group associate (and master carpenter) Tony Brett will be supervising construction for both Projects.
August 2007
Our latest project to reach completion is Enamel, a studio for the band The Faint, in Omaha, NE. See the "Projects" page for more info.
July 2007
Wes Lachot was recently invited to Taliesin (Spring Green, WI) to speak on the subject of architectural acoustics. The lectures were attended by apprentices, faculty, and staff of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, as well as several visiting artists and architects. More information is available in the "Articles" section of this website.
June 2007
Plans are underway for the design of a new mastering facility for Focus Mastering in Omaha, NE. Mastering engineer Doug Van Sloan, owner of Focus Mastering, was previously with Studio B in Omaha.
The 6th Annual TapeOp Conference is June8-10 in Tucson, AZ. Wes will be discussing his new Projects. Come on out and join us.
May 2007
Wes Lachot Design Group has been selected to design a new recording studio for Grayson Guitars, in Prince Frederick, MD.
A new recording facility for the rock band "The Faint" is nearing completion in Omaha, NE. The studio is located in the heart of downtown Omaha, and will feature a Trident console and custom RPG adjustable acoustics.
April 2007
Modern Recording in Chapel Hill, NC has just opened a new studio facility designed by Wes Lachot Design. Photos coming soon.
