Dubway Studios

Dubway Studios
Recording Studio
Industry Audio post production, Music
Founded 1981 (1981)
Founder Al Houghton
Headquarters Financial District, Manhattan, New York City, United States
Services
Website Dubway Studios

Dubway Studios is an audio post and music production facility located in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. Services offered at Dubway Studios include tracking, recording, mixing, mastering, music production, voice-over sessions, and remote connections via Source Connect, phone patch, and Skype.

Dubway’s clients have included: HBO, Discovery Channel, Nick Jr., PBS, Showtime, McDonald's, iTunes, IFC, NFL Films, Twentieth Century Fox, NPR, The New York Times, Antony & the Johnsons, Devendra Banhart, Patti Smith, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Cyndi Lauper, Dar Williams, Alicia Keys, Joseph Arthur, Dan Bern, Richard Barone, and Cat Power.[1]

History

Founding and original studio - Midtown Manhattan, New York

Dubway Studios was founded in the 1981 by Al Houghton in the historic Music Building in Midtown. The building was known to house a community of musicians and artists and was featured in The New York Times.[2][1] It was here that Al Houghton recorded They Might Be Giants' eponymous debut album, and Lincoln, their second album.[2][3][4][5]

Second location - Chelsea, New York

After 16 years Houghton and his made the decision to move Dubway Studios to Chelsea, where Mike Crehore joined him as a partner. The studio remained here for 14 years until relocating once more. During this time Dubway expanded into television production, providing the audio for Nick Jr.'s award-winning animated children’s series, The Backyardigans and Bubble Guppies.[2][1]

Current location - Financial District, Manhattan, New York

Dubway's current residence is in Manhattan’s Financial District at 42 Broadway New York, NY, located on the 22nd floor of the historic building built in 1902 and designed by Henry Ives Cobb.[1][6] Dubway Studios shares part of the complex with Engine Room Audio.

Al Houghton partnered with Michael Rubin to form Rhumba Recorders, a full-service music and audio production company that provides original songs and scores, musical direction, music and voice recording, sound design, and audio post-production for children’s media. Houghton was the Sound Production Supervisor for Nick Jr.'s Emmy-nominated series, WallyKazam![7] Dubway continues to record music, film and television audio, podcasts and audio books.

Recording Studios

The control room of the mezzanine studio featuring an SSL 4064 G+ console and a variety of racked analog outboard gear.

Main floor

The main floor of the complex is centered around three smaller control rooms accompanied by two isolation booths and a larger triangular grand piano room. The three sound rooms are fit to record voice-overs, vocals, guitar, bass, piano and many other smaller instruments.

Mezzanine studio

The penthouse Mezzanine studio features an 1100 sq. ft. recording space featuring 20 ft. ceilings, two large isolation booths, a vocal booth, and an SSL 4064 G+ console.[2][1] Dubway shares the mezzanine with Engine Room Audio, who converted the original rooftop executive squash court into the current studio.

References

[1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [8] [9]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dubway Studios: Relocation, Rebuilding, and Renaissance". SonicScoop. 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kleinfield, N. R. (1992-12-20). "Babel-on-Hudson: House of 100 Bands". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  3. 1 2 N. R. Kleinfield (1992-12-20). "Babel-on-Hudson - House of 100 Bands". NYTimes.com. New York City. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  4. 1 2 "Lincoln - They Might Be Giants | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  5. 1 2 "They Might Be Giants (band): I really like the album 'Flood' by TMBG. I've got a few others by them, but don't like them as much as flood. Which other TMBG albums will I like?". Quora. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  6. 1 2 Miller, Tom (2012-07-28). "Daytonian in Manhattan: Henry Ives Cobb's 1903 No. 42 Broadway". Daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  7. ↑ "Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program". Wikipedia. 2016-12-08.
  8. ↑ "BACKBEAT: ASCAP, The Black Eyed Peas, Raphael Saadiq, President Clinton, Usher and many more". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  9. ↑ "They Might Be Giants". They Might Be Giants. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
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