The Recording Booth at Open Jar

THE RECORDING BOOTH:

This acoustically treated studio overlooking Times Square provides an ideal recording environment for modern music and sound production. Outfitted with a 5’ x 7’ isolation vocal booth, production desk, top-quality gear, and a qualified audio engineer, the Recording Booth is ideal for mixing, as well as providing an inviting atmosphere for producing, writing and recording:

  • Vocal Tracks

  • Voice Overs

  • Demo Tracks

  • Audio Books

  • Dubbing

  • more!

PRICING: $125/hour (includes experienced Engineer)

AUDIO ENGINEER:

  • Audio engineer can capture and mix your project as needed.

ISOLATION BOOTH:

  • 5’ x 7’ VocalBooth with internal ventilation system, adjustable lighting, and producer window overlooking Times Square.

  • Acoustic fabric wrapped double-wall interior walls provide a premium “room-within-a room” sound reduction VocalBooth. The unique sub-floor acts as a separator between the booth and the preexisting room for reduced low frequency reverberation.

    Decibel Reduction Specs* (Accurate to +/- 3dB)

    Frequency ( Hertz )    125      200   500   1,000   2,000   4,000
    Reduction ( dB )          29       36       44        46      48           65

  • Door: The solid wood door with triple seals.

  • STC Rated Windows: Door Windows: STC 40, Wall Windows STC 38.

GEAR LIST:

Interface: 

  • Apollo Twin X Heritage Edition

Microphones:

  • Neumann TLM 102

  • Shure SM7b

  • Neumann u87 (available upon request)

Monitoring:

  • Yamaha HS7

  • Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO(2 pairs)

  • Sennheiser HD 600 Open-back headphones

Instruments:

  • Roland Juno DS-88

Software:

  • Pro Tools

  • Logic Pro X

  • Garage Band 

RECORDING STUDIO COORDINATOR/ENGINEER - DAN WEINER

Dan Weiner has worked extensively as a music producer and audio engineer over the past 20 years. He produced, mixed and engineered the Billboard #1 album “Hey Gurl, It’s Christmas” by Randy Rainbow, has produced music for Sesame Street, produced an album of Neil Sedaka music featuring Neil himself, and produced and mixed the opening track for Coca-Cola's 125th Anniversary Celebration featuring K’naan. Other highlights include recording vocals for Big Freedia (best known for Beyonce’s “Break My Soul”) in collaboration with Macy Gray, Will Lee (The Late Show with David Letterman) and Micaela Diamond (Tony Nominee). Dan has also mixed promotional content for Broadway shows “Natasha Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812” and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”. He was also the Audio Post Production Supervisor for the 2020 and 2021 NAMT Fests. For voiceover work, Dan recently recorded actor Asia Kate Dillon ("Orange Is The New Black", "Billions") for Disney & Marvel's "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur."