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Past Event: Home Studio Construction & Tour

April 20, 2022 at 6:00 pm

Location: Planet Earth, via Zoom (originating from metro Seattle WA, USA)

Moderated by: Greg Dixon

Speaker(s): Steve Kirk - Steve Kirk Productions

 For our April meeting, PNW committee person Steve Kirk discusses the unique challenges of rebuilding his recording studio in a residential environment. The topics covered will be:

  • Finding the right contractors for the job.
  • Soundproofing a small studio.
  • Materials and concept used in creating a reliable listening environment.
  • Ventilation and sound leakage management.
  • Studio signal chain.
  • Sound leakage challenges and solution

Steve will present some short, recent music examples.

About Steve Kirk

Steve composes for multi-media, and runs Steve Kirk Studios based in Port Orchard, Washington. Projects include Ron Gilbert's Thimbleweed Park and, more recently, Bartlow's Dread Machine. The original soundtrack is now available on Bandcamp: Bartlow's Dread Machine soundtrack.

Steve also uses his studio to produce and arrange music for other artists. Other projects include music for the iOS releases "Skurvy Skallywags" for Beep Games and "Cookie Jam" for SGN. Steve also composed Cantina music for the Star Wars MMOL game "The Old Republic". Further projects include music for the Disney game version of "The Princess And The Frog", and the FarmVille Theme for Zynga. Before that, Steve worked on the wonderfully creative "Voodoo Vince" (Beep Games) composing over three hours of music for the game. The original soundtrack audio CD has received rave reviews, and is available here: Voodoo Vince soundtrack.

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