Omega Studios’ 2013 Audio Year In Review

The Omega Studios’ Engineers Share Their Favorite Audio Moments in the Studios, in Session and Musical Milestones from 2013

Staff engineers and faculty at Omega Recording Studios/The Omega Studios’ School were asked to reflect on the audio milestones of 2013, whether from their own experiences or from the music scene at large. Since our engineering school has a focus on music and is known for being a music production school, we thought we’d share the music and sessions we’re passionate about.  Basically, the question was, “What will you remember from the 2013 music scene?”  Oddly, nobody mentioned the whole ‘twerking’ phenomenon.  Here’s what they did say:

Robert Scott Adams (Director of Job Placement)

Favorite records from 2013:

• “Head Up High” by Morcheeba
• “Gold” by Carolyn Malachi

Rick Arenz (Chief Technician)

Favorite record from 2013:

• “Random Access Memories” by Daft Punk

Alfonso Bravo (Director of Financial Aid)

Favorite records from 2013:

• “Overgrown” by James Blake
• “Doris” by Earl Sweatshirt
• “Yeezus” by Kanye West

Jim Curtis (Chief Engineer)

Favorite session from 2013:

• Arturo Sandoval, Recording for the Soundtrack to “The Lone Ranger,” Composer Hans Zimmer

You can read about that audio engineering session here!

Mark Dulski (School Registrar)

Favorite record from 2013:

• “AM” by Arctic Monkeys

Cephas Jackson (Engineer)

Favorite technological development:

• DanteNet expansion option added to the PreSonus StudioLive mixers

Neal Keller (Engineer)

Favorite sessions from 2013:

• Hearts and Spades, Recorded live at Omega Studios for the SRLP program, February 12, 2013
• JJ Damage and The Bandits, Recorded live at Omega Studios for the SRLP program, July 17 2013

Favorite show:

• Johnny Grave & The Tombstones on February 8th at The Black Cat Washington, DC (didn’t mix this one, just watched.)

Aaron Levine (Intern)

Favorite record from 2013:

• “Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1” by Chris Thile

Peter Novak (Engineer)

Favorite record from 2013:

• “Random Access Memories” by Daft Punk

Nick Martin (Engineer)

Favorite record from 2013:

• “…Like Clockwork” by Queens of the Stone Age

Scotty O’Toole (Engineer)

Favorite music industry related film from 2013:

• “Sound City” directed by Dave Grohl

Adam Stamper (Engineer)

Favorite session from 2013:

• Rafa Sardina, for composer Marcos Galvany

Favorite record from 2013:

• Typhoon “White Lighter”

Favorite show:

• Goblin, October 4th at Ottobar Baltimore