The most prestigious classical music concert hall in the world is captured in stereo and quadraphonic impulse responses.

This magnificent orchestral studio is built in 1952/53 as a box in box construction, where the inner 'box' is suspended from chains from the outer box. It is extremely silent and served The purposes of both communist propaganda and recording of classic music, pop music, big band for the Broadcast of German Democratic Republic.

Mechanics Hall is heralded as one of the four finest concert halls in North America. Internationally regarded by performance artists for its superb acoustics, the Hall also houses a complete recording studio.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves (among other purposes) as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Situated on the Zand, the largest square in Bruges, the Concertgebouw's stunning structure complements the surrounding architecture, lending a spacious element to the city's landscape. The world-class Concertgebouw is a triumph of creativity, form and functionality, offereng two superb auditoria.

Here you will find no segregation of ‘producers’ and ‘consumers’, but rather a community of listeners grouped around an orchestra in the most natural of seating arrangements.”

(text (c) Bridget Shield, Trevor Cox 1999/2000)

Utrecht the Netherlands based popular CD recording venue for Baroque orchestras. The eight sided arena features lots of wood combined with concrete details. Stereo and quadraphonic impulse responses are available, recorded with both omnidirectional and directional microphones.

The large concert hall of Sydney Opera House is the largest interior venue at the Sydney Opera House. With its high vaulted ceiling and interior finishes of brush box and white birch timber, it is designed primarily for acoustic performances.

Theatre le Capitole, Toulouse, France

Le Théâtre du Capitole is one of the most famous operas of France. Operas, ballets, operettas, recitals, chamber music, it's an eclectic place of creativity. With four centuries of history, it is today one of the large international scenes of many art forms.

Halle Aux Grains - Toulouse, France

This majestic building was formerly a market hall for the grain market. In 1974, the place acquires a new use: it becomes the official residence of the Orchestra of Capitole, thanks to the acoustic quality of the building it hosts a broad array of performances: orchestral pieces, operas, ballets, and, occasionally, variety shows.

Teatru Manoel - Malta

Built in 1731 by Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vihea as a public theatre. In 1950 started a 10 year restauration, and the theatre has been in operation again since 1960.

Het Beaufort Huis is a former Gothic church built in 1861 and is located in the forests of Austerlitz in The Netherlands. The ‘church room’ has been rebuilt in order to function as a small theatre and because of its nice acoustics and unique location this venue is very popular.

Among recording engineers the modern Philips Hall is known as the finest small auditorium available in the Netherlands. Impulse Responses were recorded with a variety of microphones and microphone setups, including quadraphonic configurations.

This particular room has often been credited as the best chamber music recording venue in the world. It is a top favorite with leading ensembles and soloists - as well as a popular venue for recordings. The perfect setting for all types of chamber music, an ideal size in which to experience the intimacy of chamber music and recital performances.

1913 Schubert Saal (Hall) is the smallest of the three world class concert halls in the Vienna Konzerthaus (http://www.konzerthaus.at). It is intended for small chamber music ensembles, also used in many piano recital recordings.

The interior features an optimum of reflective surfaces to allow for a small gap between direct and early reflections at any listening position. It causes a desirable combination of intimacy and sufficient reverb length in mid frequencies.

The Castle of de Haar (http://www.kasteeldehaar.nl) is the largest and most luxurious of Netherlands many castles. The central Main Hall features a large, high damping carpet and lots of ornaments. A beautiful complex, open and asymmetric reverb.

The Empire Hall samples are of exceptional acoustic quality, and among the engineers favorite of the complete set. They are intimate, reverberant in a smooth manner, and reveal little resonances in the low frequencies.

It's hard to imagine a recording environment more physically beautiful than Allaire. The place is the epitome of the residential studio, in that it offers the best of all worlds technologically and acoustically: a huge Neve tracking/mixing room (the Neve Room) and an even bigger SSL studio (the Great Hall).

Hansa Studios, Berlin - Meistersaal & Live Room

Hansa Tonstudio is a recording studio located in Berlin and it ranks among the most wanted studios in europe. The spacious Meistersaal and the tight sounding live room have witnessed many legendary recordings throughout the decades by a.o. David Bowie, Depeche mode, Iggy Pop and U2.

Cello Studios, at 6000 sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, is fortunate to have what many people consider to be some of the best sounding large live rooms ever built. Live Room 1 is the large bright room.

Cello Studios, at 6000 sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, is fortunate to have what many people consider to be some of the best sounding large live rooms ever built. Live Room 2 is the tight and mellow room.

Echo chambers 2 4 and 5 at Cello Studios (LA, USA) are legendary ‘artificial’ reverberators built by Bill Putnam. They were used extensively on Beach Boys and Sinatra recordings.

Edison recording, right in the heart of Manhattan is a spacious room that has quite a contained, flat, and evenly distributed room sound. The room has a rich history, but has closed its door as a commercial studio. Right now it is a studio for the private use of the owners amongst which is Lenny Kravitz.

Sound On sound Recording, on Manhattans 45th Street, Houses the popular multipurpose larger tracking room Studio A, which caters to top clients ranging from 50 cent to Eric Clapton. The medium to lively sounding 30 by 26 feet studio is supplemented by several iso booths.

For over 30 years Westlake Audio (http://westlakeaudio.com/Studios/studios.html), at 7265 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, has been the home of top artists. Studio D is Westlake Audio's signature studio. It features an expansive control room, a lounge and a 1120 square feet tracking room.

One of the most prestigious live rooms in the region of Northwest Europe.

Fox Scoring Stage, Los Angeles, USA

The contributions of Fox Music over the last seventy years transcend the field of film and television music. ntroduced by this department are such monuments of culture as "Love is a Many Splendored Thing", "On the Good Ship Lollipop", the score from "Laura" and the "Theme from M*A*S*H". The history...more

Clubhouse is a Word class residential recording facility in a beautiful tranquil region. Apart from the relaxed atmosphere at clubhouse, emphasis lies on the 31 by 29 feet central tracking room. It sounds spacious and lively, and was recorded for this session with minimal damping, resulting in an open, wooden drum sound.

For many decades the present Teldex Studio Berlin was the home of recording teams from Telefunken and later from Teldec Classics. The studio was also the venue for hundreds of legendary recordings, from classic to pop, as well as the place where revolutionary technical developments, like DMM and DVD-Audio, were accomplished.

Until 1990, the chapel of this national monument was still used as a place of worship. In 1991, the Technical University of Eindhoven carried out an acoustic concept, transforming there premises into a recording studio. It was the birth of Chapel Studio.

This magnificent orchestral studio is built in 1952/53. This is the smaller of two orchestral radio studios from the former East German Broadcast. For 40 years this was the home base for two symphony orchestras, one string-dance orchestra, one Big Band and one radio choir.

JET Studio is located in Brussels, right in the heart of Europe. Founded by DECCA RECORDS in 1942, it is the oldest studio in Belgium and one of the oldest studios in Europe. This set contains not only the live room and two iso booths but also the echo chamber and lobby (also used for adding more ambient to recordings).

Trackdown Scoring Stage - Built in 2003, TSC features the latest in acoustic design resulting in one of the finest rooms available for orchestral scoring anywhere in the world.

Todd-AO, Studio City - CA, USA

The Todd-AO stage is historic and is on a short-list of such large facilities in the U.S. Original owner Republic Pictures was awarded a special Oscar in 1945 for building "an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions.” The Stage earned its position in the 1959 printing of the Audio Cyclopedia. More...

Concerts at Tivoli have a capacity of 1000 people. It is considered one of the foremost venues for alternative live music in the Netherlands.
The concert hall was captured in surround using Audio Eases trusted DPA 4006's and Genelec 1037 studio monitor, as well as with Tivoli's own PA system for extra authenticity.

Tonic, NYC, USA

Avant garde and experimental music club Tonic ( 107 Norfolk Street, lower east Side, Manhattan) operates on a curatorial system. Each month, different musicians program Tonic's New Music, Songwriter & Klezmer series. Its performance space was captured in surround using Audio Eases trusted DPA 4006's and Tonic's own PA system for extra authenticity.