Spirit Journey
REDSKY Performance is an indigenous dance company in Toronto. We have been working with Artistic Director, Sandra Laronde, for several years and was asked to create a film around a track of music called Spirit Journey. Composed by indigenous musician David Laronde, the track features a solo guitar meditation based on an Ojibway Indian story […]
Haydn Symphony 19 – Recording Reflections
Group of 27 Orchestra with Eric Paetkau In this recording of the g27 Orchestra, the Haydn Symphony 19 features horn predominantly throughout. To achieve greater clarity for the horn and woodwinds I positioned two Royer R101’s between the players and the rear wall of the stage. The microphones were placed high enough that it didn’t […]
Canadian Sinfonietta plays Schubert
LIVE recording of the Canadian Sinfonietta with members of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Arthur-LeBlanc Quartet. Recorded at Heliconian Hall in Toronto the group plays the Schubert Quintet in C Major Op.163, D.956. More info on the group here. Heliconian Hall is an interesting venue. Not a large space, it holds about 100 people comfortably […]
Christopher Goodpasture plays Chopin
Originally from Los Angeles California Chris received his Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School as a student of Hung-Kuan Chen and Jerome Lowenthal. While studying at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto we had the opportunity of recording Chris a few times in Mezzolini Hall. A medium sized hall, on the Steinway we used a […]
It’s Just a Phase – Part 1
It’s Just A Phase – Part 1 By Robert DiVito Originally published in Professional Sound, October 2012 In our stereophonic world, phase and mono compatibility have become less of an ongoing concern as people are finding fewer reasons to check for it. There was a time when broadcast demanded it. Now, with most TVs being […]
JUNO Nomination for Society of Sound Rachmaninov recording
Our recording for the Steinway Label of the Rachmaninov Piano Concerti 2&3 and was nominated for a 2016 Juno Award for Album of the Year, Classical Large Ensemble. This recording features Stewart Goodyear as soloist and the Czech National Symphony, Heiko Mathias Forster, conductor. The recording was edited, mixed and mastered by Robert DiVito with […]
New Society of Sound Recording Reel
Society of Sound Recording Reel from Society Of Sound on Vimeo. We’ve put together a recording reel highlighting some of our live and studio recordings over the past year. Thanks to all of the Society of Sound artists for sharing their talent with us and the world.
Ambient Room Filter
Photo of Adele in studio recording her new record 25. You’ll notice she is using one of those mini ambient room filters with her vocal mic. You can pick those up at any music retailer and are an affordable solution to large baffles and such. I was recording vocals in my studio a few weeks […]
Deluxe Toronto introduces Dolby ATMOS room
Deluxe Toronto has completed a significant upgrade to its mixing rooms, including the introduction of Dolby Atmos technology in Mix 1 – Canada’s largest film mixing stage. In addition to the Dolby expansion, Deluxe Toronto has upgraded all mix room main monitors to the new M2 Master Reference monitors from JBL. These technological improvements have […]