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A modern recording studio featuring a mixing console, sleek furniture, and soundproofing, with warm lighting and wooden floors

“Thank you for providing a fantastic session at the Manhattan Center. The control room was a pleasure to be in and the sound was great. The choice of speakers was perfect for our session and the relationship between the control room and the ballroom — technically and sonically — was the best it has ever been! Your team was amazing and Josh’s engineering excellence is leading the pack in NYC.”

Dean Parker, Assistant to Carter Burwell

Many of today’s most talented and prolific film composers choose the Manhattan Center’s Studios’ Studio 7 and Grand Ballroom to record their music. Well known for its natural acoustics, the Grand Ballroom has the capacity to record the entire NY Philharmonic Orchestra live, as it did for many musical projects. Here are just a few of the recent projects that were recorded in Studio 7 and the Grand Ballroom:

A modern music studio featuring a large mixing console, multiple audio monitors, and screens displaying sound levels
Maestro (1)
A modern music studio featuring a large mixing console, multiple audio monitors, and screens displaying sound levels
last showgirl
hugh jackman
west side story

From the very first film score ever recorded in 1926 for the film Don Juan to today, over 100 film scores, Broadway cast albums and television shows have been recorded here at the Manhattan Center. Come and be a part of our legacy.

Technical Specifications

  • Lawo mc²56 (80 fader) console
  • Millennia HV-3R 8 – microphone preamp (6 units, 48 channels total)
  • Digital Audio Denmark A-D converters (64 units)
  • ATC SCM110 (LCR) audio monitors
  • Yamaha CL5 (headphone mixer)
  • Pro Tools 12
  • UAD Octo with UAD 2 Ultimate Bundle
  • DT252 single muff headphones (50 units)
  • DT250 double muff headphones (25 units)
NEUMANN:

  • (2) U67 tube, (3) U87, (1) U47 tube, (1) TLM 49, (1) TLM 67, (2) TLM 103 Anniversary, (7) U47 fet, (3) KM 184 (1) KM84

SCHOEPS:

  • (2) MK2S

SONY:

  • (1)C-800G (2) CP55, (1) ECM, (2) ECM 77

SENNHEISER:

  • (2) MD 421, (3) MD441, (2) MKH 8040, (3) MKH 8020, (2) MKH 800-P48, (1) MKH 800 Twin, (1) E901, (1) E902, (3) E904, (2) E906, (2) E914, (2) E935

SHURE:

  • (3) Beta 98 DS, (1) Beta 91, (3) SM 57, (1) Beta 58 (1) Beta 56, (1) Beta 52, (1) SM 7, (1) SM 57 (3) KSM 32

ELECTROVOICE:

  • (2) M160, (2) M260, (1) M500, (2) MC740, (1) MC834, (1) M88

AKG:

  • (2) C414, (3) C460, (2) C452, (1) D112 (1) C24

AUDIOTECHNICA:

  • (2) AT4051, (1) AT 4033

CROWN:

  • (2) GLM200

BEYER:

  • (2) M160, (2) M260, (1) M500, (2) MC740, (1) MC834, (1) M88

BRUEL & KJAER:

  • (4) 4006, (2) 4011

OCTAVA::

  • ((2) MC 012
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