Dark Acoustic Mythology

Dark Acoustic Mythology

By Carl Tatz I am presenting a list of some of the erroneous notions that have kept this technology from being as widely implemented, as it deserves. Hopefully they can be laid to rest. Accurate Monitors Cannot Sound Good The notion that in order to create good mixes,...
PROSOUND NEWS – Getting A “Grip”

PROSOUND NEWS – Getting A “Grip”

By Frank Wells Prosound News, Oct. 2006 NASHVILLE, TN – The personal production studio has come of age, and “the Grip,” the personal space created for songwriter, producer (Chicago XXX, most recently) and bass player for country stalwarts Rascal...
Nashville Lifestyles – Star Tech

Nashville Lifestyles – Star Tech

By Paul Griffith Nashville Lifestyles, June 2006 “I don’t call them ‘home theaters,”’ says Nashville acoustic designer Carl Tatz. “I call them ‘home screening rooms.’ That’s because we do it at a much higher...
Tech Living – Silence Is Golden

Tech Living – Silence Is Golden

By Dan Daley Tech Living, May/June 2005 The proliferation of affordable home theater systems has created a conflict not unlike that of what happens when civilization encroaches upon the wilderness, except the bear might not limit his actions to banging on the wall....
Electronic House – A Better View

Electronic House – A Better View

Electronic House, May 2005 There was nothing particularly wrong with Carl Tatz’s living room. The Space already had a 5.1 surround-sound system that Carl used to listen to music. That same system could also have been used to play movie soundtracks, but not...