DESIGN/PHILOSOPHY
HIGH END SOUND's integrated recording system was designed under the expert guidance and exhaustive testing methodology of recording engineer/studio designer, Henry Hirsch. Together with his partner, acoustician Ross Alexander, Mr. Hirsch has designed some of the finest recording studios in the world. The pair's studio design philosophy requires that each choice must be made based on its global effect upon the entire system. From the start, this concept has been the guiding principle behind every detail in constructing and equipping HIGH END SOUND.

PRODUCTION SERVICES
Whether you are planning a demo recording or a ready-to-go final version of your material, HIGH END SOUND offers "one stop shopping" with a full menu of pre to post production services to suit your individual needs. We can assist you with the arrangement and rehearsal of your material, analysis of conceptual approach, any necessary overdubbing and a scrupulous mixdown process with close attention to detail. Mastering and duping services are also available.

PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS
All the walls and ceilings of HIGH END SOUND's live area and control room have been thoroughly treated with custom designed absorption and diffusion panels as well as low frequency corner traps. The floor consists of a total of nine layers, four of which are wood with varying densities separated by vinyl membrane and seated on neoprene-floated joists extending across separate mortar slabs decoupled along room perimeters by expansion joints. As mentioned above, master acoustician/electronics engineer Ross Alexander played a major role in the design of this studio. Among his important contributions was the specification of more than seventy custom made acoustical treatment panels. The specs for these panels were arrived at through Mr. Alexander's exhaustive sonic profiling and analysis using state-of-the-art technology. Professional construction methods provide the studio with a high degree of isolation between rooms as well as to and from the outside. STC ratings of all partition surfaces, doors and 4-layer control room window fall between 55 and 65. A unique isolation booth designed primarily for tracking live drums offers a high degree of diffusion for a natural live sound with optional added absorption when needed.