Our Tascam DM 3200 Digital Mixing Console

We are audio fanatics here at CenterStage Productions. This probably stems from the fact that our team has over 80 years of aggregated audio experience accumulated from the areas of pro audio, live sound, audio post production, and musicianship. As such, we place equal, if not greater, emphasis on the audio component of our productions. There’s an old saying in the film world that goes something like this: “Good audio can make up for bad visuals, but good visuals can’t make up for bad audio.” We believe amazing results are created when the quality of both elements is maximized. Consequently, we have invested heavily in road worthy pro audio equipment that will deliver the goods on site, be it on stage in 90 degree temps with typical summertime Midwest humidity or in the field on a freezing midwinter Wisconsin afternoon.

We have chosen rugged microphones from manufacturers such as Shure, Audio Technica, and AKG to perform the bulk of our front end audio work. The audio chain continues into one of multiple remote multitrack recording options at our disposal, the choice of which is typically determined during the pre-production process based upon the unique needs of each job.

After production wraps, we then take all of the multitracked audio back into our post-production studio and begin mixing it down into either a stereo or 5.1 surround soundtrack for inclusion with the film footage shot during the event, using our primary mixing surface – a Tascam DM 3200 digital console that serves as the heart of our post production studio.

And it’s this process taken in its entirety, as well as our combined experience, that separates CenterStage Productions from most video shops. We have the tools, the knowledge, and the resources to deliver first rate audio that will compliment, not derogate, the visuals of your production.

To hear an audio-only sample that represents the end result of the above listed process, simply click on the play button below. This high quality MP3 clip is from a live show we tracked inside the Stein Hangar at the Waukesha County Airport/Crites Field in Waukesha, Wis for an outstanding local Milwaukee ’70′s cover band named Stoneship Eden. All editing, mixing, and mastering of this clip were done in-house.

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To read more about the technical details of our audio production and post production process, check out our blog entry here.