Mediasound

Defunct American recording and mastering studio, located on West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City.

Opened in June 1969 by owners [a=John Roberts (50)] and [a=Joel Rosenman], inside the former Manhattan Baptist Church. Supervision for the studio's planning and design was entrusted to [a=Harry Hirsch], and [a=Bob Walters] was involved since the early days. The studio was famous and appreciated over the years for the ability of its engineers to better adapt to the most varied musical genres (Rock, Soul, R&B, Jazz, etc.) and for the particular sound that was obtained from its recording studios, in particular Studio A, which had been set up in the nave of the pre-existing church.
Purchased by [l=Domino Media Inc.] in July 1983, which renovated and upgraded the facility, spinning it off to a separate company (MediaSound Inc.), which was run by [a=Michael D. Hektoen], with [a=Susan Planer] in charge of day-to-day operations. Mediasound Studios closed in the early 1990s.

Also credited as:
[b]- Media Sound
- Media Sound Studios, NYC
- Media Sound Studios, New York
- Media Sound Recording Studios
- Media Sound, Inc
- Media Sound, Inc. New York
- Media Sound, NYC
- Media Sound, New York
- Media Sound, New York City
- Mediasound, New York
- Mediasound Studios
- Mediasound, Inc, NYC
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Engineers known to have worked here:
- [a=Fred Christie] (Chief recording engineer in the 1970s)
- [a=Ray Janos] (Chief mastering engineer in the 1970s)
- [a=Michael Barbiero]
- [a=Tony Bongiovi]
- [a=Michael Christopher (2)]
- [a=Bob Clearmountain]
- [a=Nicholas Dembling]
- [a=Gerald Gabinelli] (Staff engineer)
- [a=Gregg Mann]
- [a=José Rodriguez]
- [a=Alan Varner]
- [a=Carl Beatty]
- [a=Michael DeLugg]
- [a=Godfrey Diamond]
- [a=Doug Epstein]
- [a=Joe Jorgensen]
- [a=Harvey Goldberg]
- [a=Michael H. Brauer]
- [a=Jeffrey Lesser]
- [a=Ron St. Germain]
- [a=Ed Stasium]
- [a=Bill Stein]
- [a=Don Wershba]
- [a=Walt Copeland]