Sound capturing is almost a sacred act where confluence together: concentration, perception and a professional music and technical preparation.

Alessandro Simonetto, founder of OnClassical

The recordings are usually performed in churches, auditoriums, theaters, precisely chosen, under the supervision of the sound engineer, according to the best acoustic and logistical needs. The placement and testing of recording equipments require from one to two hours.

Our are very competitive prices compared to those commonly required by sound engineers and record companies. The recording quality is very high because it comes from a deep knowledge of art to capturing sounds, including acoustic and psycho acoustic phenomena, instrumental organology, and a professional music preparation and artistic sense.

It is inopinable that the musician, before the engineer of sound, know the sound of his instrument: it would make sense producing a very sophisticated sound that does not correspond at all to that of the instrument played?

Alessandro Simonetto, founder of OnClassical

Inside our home, in the quiet foothills of Pove, near to Bassano del Grappa, we also own a recording studio. Very different from other studios, which are dry (anechoic) and totally inexpressive, it is designed by Simonetto with a system of outer empty rooms (main room of c. 25 sq.m. plus director room, echo room, deposits, for a total of 120 square meters) that amplify the sound and color it as a natural sound board that amplify the sound and color as a "cash harmonious" natural. A simple system of mobile tents also diversifies the reverb response. The study contains:

Blüthner grancoda Piano (1952), aliquot

Ruckers-Horn  two manuals Harpsichord (from Antwerp 1638) (8', 8' + liute, 4')

Hi-Fi with Dynaudio, Triangle, Boston, Alesis speakers.

Equipment (detail)

Microfonic preamplifier (2 Amek 9098, 1 RME OctaMic), 2 recorder DAT (Tascam, Sony), 1 recorder CD (Tascam), AD/DA converter (Edirol UA-1000, RME FireFace 800), portable computers (Toshiba Satellite P20 + HP), various softwares (+ plug-ins, VSTs, DXs), 4 Mb DSL internet line, 30+ bands stereo equalizer, 8-channel headphones amplifier, headphones (AKG 240, 270, 701), internal wire cables (inside walls) with 6+2 balanced in/out, MIDI, in/out RCA, very low impedence audio cables (Belden, Klotz, Proel, Cordial, Neutrik attacs), various stativs (4-7 m. Manfrotto), video camera on wall, luminous signal...

 

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^[0] Vedi: http://onclassical.com/blog/articolo.asp?articolo=41

We use almost exclusively microphones Neumann (KM 100 series, KM 184, TLM 103, K 47 [M 147]), AKG (2 Buls C414) of our property. DPA, Schöps, Sennheiser and other mics. only upon request.