Huber Music Room by WSDG

Article source: Walters Storyk Design Group (WSDG)

An inspirational view of the Pacific coastline melds with flawless acoustics to establish the ultimate creative environment for musician/businessman, Chris Huber’s personal studio.  “Music has always been an integral part of my family life,” Huber reveals.  “When we bought our home a few years ago I knew exactly where the studio would live.  Our primary aesthetic concern was to retain the panoramic ocean view through our ground floor windows. I researched studio designers and discovered Walters-Storyk Design Group-WSDG through their work on a Brazilian studio with a sweeping view into its live room through an enormous ‘Cinemascope-style’, control room window.”

Image Courtesy © Chris Huber

• Acoustic Consultants: Walters Storyk Design Group (WSDG)
• Project: Huber Music Room
• Photography: Chris Huber

Image Courtesy © Chris Huber

On his initial 2012 site visit, WSDG Project Manager, Joshua Morris, clearly recognized the need to preserve the view.  “WSDG has considerable experience with formidable expanses of glass,” Morris says.  Our work at NY’s Jazz at Lincoln Center complex, and more recently with the Berklee College of Music’s in Boston are prime examples of our track record in taming large reflective surfaces.  Chris Huber was on target when he connected the dots between Diante Do Trono, and the personal studio he envisioned.”

Image Courtesy © Chris Huber

While its view is an irrefutable “eye catcher,” the Huber Music Room is a serious working studio, constructed with complete room-within-room isolation. Recording and mixing take place ‘in the box’, using Apple’s Logic Software. The room is outfitted with Barefoot Micromain 27 close-field speakers and a pair of soffit-mounted FBT 12MA PA speakers.  “We’ve been able to pump the volume up to twelve with a high comfort level within the studio and, no sound leakage to the rest of the house,” Huber says.  “And, the isolation works both ways: zero family related commotion intrudes while we’re recording.”

Image Courtesy © Chris Huber

WSDG worked with local contractors Greg Muise of Wardell Builders and Kevin “Clutch” Page of ProCraft Media to ensure an impeccable translation from drawing to completed studio.   A previous local studio project collaboration with ProCraft assured Morris of a highly skilled systems integration.  “Chris Huber was committed to high end finishes,” Morris reports.  “Lots of wood and massive amounts of glass – on paper it looks like an acoustic nightmare! But, we performed extensive acoustic modeling to ensure flawless room acoustics, incorporating sophisticated absorptive elements including perforated wood wall treatments and ‘acoustic ceiling plaster’ which looks reflective but is actually highly efficient low frequency absorption.  The Huber Music Room is a textbook example of an ideally realized acoustic balance.”

Image Courtesy © Chris Huber

In addition to family and friend recording projects, Chris Huber will also be using the studio to mix the sound track of “Smoke Filled Lungs,” an independent feature film he is exec producing with producer/writer/actor (and former Navy SEAL) Jason Cabell

Image Courtesy © Chris Huber

“Having my own studio has been on my ‘bucket list’ forever,” Huber concludes. “WSDG has done an excellent job in helping me realize that goal.  And, it’s interesting to see how having a professional tool like this is already leading to unexpected creative adventures.”

Image Courtesy © Walters Storyk Design Group (WSDG)

Category: Music Centre

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