Audio Recording Studio | Cleveland, OH Recording Studio

WHO WE ARE

Audio Recording Studio started downtown Cleveland in the 1950s. In 1992, owner Bruce Gigax custom built a studio utilizing room-within-room construction for superior sound isolation. Audio utilizes state-of-the-art technology and provides 40 years' experience and guidance to ensure a quality recording. We specialize in acoustic recording — but also have extensive experience in spoken word, orchestral, chamber, choral, jazz, solo, and ensemble music. Your project starts with recording at your location of choice; mixing in our control room; editing and final assembly; and, if desired, replicating any quantity of CDs. See Instruments for the beautiful Steinway information...

Our Services

Studio Recording

Our studio has been designed and built to enhance your recording. Acoustic treatments such as floating floors, shock mount hung walls, and moveable partitions help get the sound you need without unwanted artifacts.

Remote Recording

You choose the venue right for your music, and we ensure you will sound your best! The next step is to meet in the studio and mix it.

Mixing and Post Production

Our Control Room is a comfy place to mix and edit your project. We have a selection of studio monitors and headphones available so you’ll know how your mixes translate on different playback systems.

News

Two summer Interns had a rewarding time!

We had the pleasure of welcoming Ryan Kohn, a Kenston graduate and Margaret Ferris, a Solon graduate, to our studio… Read More

Georgina Gatto

Georgina Gatto, Soprano is originally from Beachwood, Ohio and now lives in the Cayman Islands. Georgina recently release her album… Read More

LudwigMasters Music Publishing

We were back with our longtime friends from LudwigMasters Music Publishing in November working on their 2018 new music compilation.… Read More

The Audio Recording Team

Bruce Gigax - Owner and Chief Engineer

Owner Bruce Gigax has been in the recording business since 1977. As Audio Supervisor for The Cleveland Orchestra since 1986, he’s had the privilege of recording that great orchestra at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, on remotes around Cleveland, and in residency at Miami’s Knight Concert Hall (2006-2017). He is a 1977 graduate of Mount Union with a degree in Music, majoring in Voice. He, too, may lend his talents if needed. But greater than that is his input from 40 years' experience in recording all genres. Outside Audio, Bruce enjoys singing as a soloist at church and paid performances.

Reed Wheeler - Engineer

Reed Wheeler is a 1986 graduate from Indiana University's School of Music, majoring in Recording Arts and Sciences. He continually works in studio and on remotes. Reed has engineered recordings of all genres. Reed has provided voice-overs for various recording projects and plays guitar, bass, and sings.

Mascot

Often seen in the studio are Bruce's wife, Trina, and Bentley, the new Audio “mascot”. Bentley joined us in September 2017. He is a 4-year old Yorkie-Poodle. Coco and Skippy are playing in doggie heaven.

Client Testimonials

"Any artist fortunate enough to work with Bruce Gigax has the huge advantage of his wealth of experience, including his many years in Cleveland’s Severance Hall preparing concerts of The Cleveland Orchestra for radio broadcast.

It is always a comfort to know that Bruce is at work on the other side of the glass. He brings his keen musical judgment and discriminating ear to every project."

Brian Dykstra

Ragtime artist
Centaur Labelwww.centaurrecords.com
reviews and audio clips www.fanfarearchive.com

"Bruce Gigax is an extremely talented recording engineer and has been vital in bringing our multiple acoustic guitar instrumental projects to fruition. Through meticulous editing, mixing and mastering, he brought out the best in our compositions. Bruce clearly has a keen ear for music, and he has provided top-quality sound for our style."

Mike Pocci and Sean Sency

acoustic instrumental guitar and composition
Socci and Pency

"Bruce Gigax at Audio Recordings is an invaluable resource. His acute ear for music and sounds is very evident as I read my scripts, which is the narration for my DVDs. Equally important, he has the creativity to select and add the perfect music for various sections of my DVDs.

I have worked with Bruce for over twenty-five years and cannot praise him enough for his exceptional and outstanding work. Unequivocally he has my highest recommendation."

Cynthia Bassett

Travelogues - www.myraretravels.com

"When it comes to perfection in audio recording, Bruce Gigax is in a class by himself. Not only does he bring a wealth of experience of audio technology to his craft, but also a keen sense of music since he is a trained, college-educated musician.

He is patient, meticulous about achieving the proper balance of a large ensemble, and tackles each task with perseverance that drives him to create the very best product for the listener. In my opinion, he is simply the best."

Dr. Larry Kass

Producer, musical director, vocal arranger, script, pianist/organist - The Mighty Wurlitzer Radio Hour - razzmatazzproductions.net

"I searched long and hard to find a place to record. I needed a studio with state-of-the-art equipment, a well-maintained and responsive piano, and a recording engineer who could read and edit complex scores.

Bruce Gigax offered me everything I sought and at a very reasonable price."

Stephen Swanson, baritone
David Gompper, piano

"Working with Bruce Gigax and his team at Audio Recording over the past 28 years has been more than just a wonderful experience for me and my company. They accommodate our scheduling anomalies; continually upgrade equipment and techniques; and always deliver the very best product possible.

I can comfortably say that for my genre - spoken word meditation with music - there is no better studio for recording, editing, mixing and delivering the most beautiful sound possible."

Belleruth Naparstek

Health Journeys Inc - Guided Imagery

"Bruce, without a doubt recording my CD ‘One Dream’ at your studio is one of the best recording experiences I have ever had. I visited many studios looking for the right ingredients and I found them all at Audio Recording. It's a clean, efficient, spacious studio and a lovely environment to work in. Bruce has the patience of a saint. And -- he can read a score!

Most importantly, his enthusiasm towards projects, encouragement and constructive criticisms resulted in some of the best singing I’ve ever done."

Helen Welch

vocalist - http://helenwelch.com

"When it comes to sound, I am an extreme perfectionist. Working with Bruce is a pleasure, as he too is just as much of a perfectionist as I am. Great attention to every little detail. Bruce discerns even the smallest nuance; the level of sound perfection he strives for is achieved in the highest quality.

Philip M. Cucchiara

Harpsichord Builder & Technician -www.facebook.com/philip.cucchiara

"WCLV, Cleveland's 50+ year old classical radio station, has worked with Audio Recording on The Cleveland Orchestra radio broadcasts since 1965. Bruce Gigax has recorded the Orchestra for broadcast for 40 years.

The results have been lauded by stations around the world, by respected audio professionals, by the musicians of the Orchestra and by listeners. WCLV is proud of our decades-long association with Bruce Gigax, Reed Wheeler and Audio Recording."

Robert Conrad

President, WCLV

"Bruce Gigax and I have been musical associates for at least 30 years. I have had dozens of recording sessions with him at Audio Recording.

Everything about Bruce (and his studio) is first class. He misses nothing and has extremely exacting standards, which have been honed through years and years of associating with the finest musicians and the finest repertoire. Why would I fly to New York when Audio Recording is 7 minutes from my house, reasonably priced, and I get to work with Bruce?"

Thomas More Scott, Ph. D.

Pianist/singer/composer
Associate Director of Music Ministries,
First Congregational Church of Hudson

"I have had the pleasure of recording 5 projects at Audio Recording: Without exception, every one of these projects went smoothly.

Great care was taken in every aspect of the process – making the musicians feel comfortable and ensuring everyone could hear what they needed to hear. The facilities and the people at Audio are first rate. It is my studio of choice."

Jack Schantz

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Professor of Jazz Studies at University of Akron

"As a choral arts educator, I feel it is very important for all ensembles to professionally record on an annual basis. However, nothing compares to the human element behind that equipment. The engineers are supremely knowledgeable of choral music. They are sensitive to the positioning of voices, balance with instruments and they easily adapt to any recording venue of the director's choice. The monetary investment is well worth the total experience and final product."

Sally Schneider

Former Director of Choirs, Firestone High School, Akron, Ohio

"Bruce Gigax and Audio Recording made my first professional recording with The Blossom Festival Band many years ago. In all of my years as a professional musician, conductor and arranger, I have yet to find any producer, recording engineer, editor, and —most importantly— musician with the professionalism, skill, taste, and musicianship of Bruce Gigax and team. I don't say that lightly - I've worked with the top people in the field, and Audio Recording and Bruce Gigax are incomparable."