Q. Would I (the client) be able to plug my instrument into your mixer, or hear myself through a pair of headsets while I record myself?
A. Sorry, no. This is not possible at this time. We currently only do acoustical location recording and hence any type of recording where the performer would need to plug their instrument into our mixer, or would have to be wearing a headset to complete a successful recording session is not available. The same applies if your instrument needs to be amplified by an external speaker (electric guitar, electric violin, etc.). In this case Musical Horizon cannot guarantee sound quality due to possible feedback from your instrument's amplifier. However, if all of your instrumentation is acoustical, capturing this sound is our specialty.
Q. Can you give me the output of each of the microphones?
A. Sorry, no. The signals from each microphone are mixed inside the mixer. We do not record with a multi-track recording unit.
Q. How long does it take to set up the equipment?
A. It depends on quite a few factors: the size of the room, location of where the audio enginner will record, whether or not stagehands are helpful and prepared, the number of mics being used, etc. It takes approximately 40-60 minutes to set up all of the equipment. For concerts and recitals we will show up a minimum of one hour before your perforance's start time (this is normally when stagehands would arrive). The recording location needs to be accessible to the audio engineer at this time.
This means that your recording session will more than likely take longer than 2 hours.
Q. Do I have to pay you up front?
A. Musical Horizon cannot give you a final cost invoice until after all the editing is complete. We require deposits to be made beforehand. These deposits go towards your final cost. You pay us the remainder, when we deliver the finished product. If you are paying via credit card or PayPal, we require the payment to be made at least 24 hours in advance. If paying by credit card, please add an additional 7% to cover credit processing fees.
Q. How much would you charge to do...?
A. If it is not covered on the site, feel free to ask, we can try to help you out for a reasonable cost.
Q. What are the music credentials of your lead audio engineer?
A.
Max Sverdlove is a violinist first and an audio engineer second. Recording/editing started off as a hobby, where he quickly found out that it was a needed service. Hence, Musical Horizon was born. Max has received a Bachelor's of Music in Violin Performance from Penn State University and has been a regular attendee of the world-reknown Bowdoin International Music Festival, where he has been a student of Lewis Kaplan from the Juilliard School. Max has also taken quite a few classes in recording/editing of both audio and video from programs in his high school, at Penn State, as well as privately.
Q. The prices have changed since my last visit here. Are you going to charge me the new prices?
A. If we change our prices, you get charged the price you agreed to in your contract. If we have a disagreement on price, bring me your signed contract.
Q. I heard you give discounts?
A. Yes see the coupons page. There are also several other coupons floating around - check in NJ music journals, for example.
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