Product Reviews
PhantomFocus System Studio Monitors Review
The PhantomFocus System has evolved into a portfolio of physical studio designs and products that hold their ground against anything in the world today.
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New Products
Unity Audio Unveils Mini-Boulder Studio Monitor
Drawing from its larger Boulder MK-III 3-way studio monitor, Unity Audio has introduced the more compact Mini-Boulder.
New Products
Ocean Way Audio Unveils HR5 Studio Monitor
Ocean Way Audio’s new HR5 reference monitor system offers 100 degrees of horizontal dispersion.
Music Production
CTD Brings Focus to A Cappella
Carl Tatz Design recently completed a PhantomFocus MixRoom in Ridgefield, CT, for Ed Boyer A Cappella.
Gear and Technology
Carl Tatz Discounts for Cyber Monday
For today only, Carl Tatz Design (CTD) has discounted its Carl Tatz Edition Argosy Dual 15-800 line of workstations by $300, and its PhantomFocus eChair by $25. These discounts will show up in the shopping cart upon purchase at...
Gear and Technology
Review: Carl Tatz Design PhantomFocus eChair
By Russ Long. I’ve had the opportunity to work and audition several of Tatz’s proprietary PhantomFocus monitoring system-equipped spaces, and they are sonically spectacular. For that reason, I knew that an audio production chair worthy of the PhantomFocus name...
Music Production
Amplified Wax Adopts PhantomFocus System
Amplified Wax in Spokane, WA, recently hired Carl Tatz Design (CTD) to install its new PhantomFocus System (PFS) nXp Series HD-4002 high-definition precision monitoring instruments system.
Music Production
Crystal Gayle Gets CTD Monitoring
Country legend Crystal Gayle has installed one of Carl Tatz Design's new line of PhantomFocus Monitors at her Audio 51 Music studio on Nashville's Music Row.
Music Production
OK Studio is in Tune with CTD
The Music Group in Edmond, OK recently chose to have TEC Award-winning Carl Tatz Design install a dual version of its PhantomFocus monitoring system in recording complex's studio A control room.
Business
MTSU Adds Five Carl Tatz Systems
Middle Tennessee State University's Department of Recording Industry studios recently added five new Carl Tatz Design PhantomFocus Systems. The installations were in studios used for MTSU’s B.S. in Audio Production and M.F.A in Recording Arts and Technologies programs in...
The Wire
The Carl Tatz Interview
Russ Long conducts a Q&A with TEC Award-winning studio designer Carl Tatz for an in-depth conversation about his MixRoom and PhantomFocus System projects
Recording
Opry Upgrades to PFS-2
The Grand Ole Opry has installed a new PhantomFocus System, PFS-2, as part of a recent control room upgrade.
Music Production
Tatz Treats Chante Pejuta
Carl Tatz recently completed a new personal MixRoom for singer/songwriter Eaden Shantay.
Music Production
Willisoundz Renovated
Willisoundz Studio recently underwent a renovation that included the installation of PhantomFocus System technology as well as Carl Tatz Acoustic Lens modules by Auralex.
Recording
Red Decibel East Gets Focused
Red Decibel East studio owner Andy Dodd has implemented a new-generation Carl Tatz Design PhantomFocus System to drive his ADAM S3X-H monitors.
Business
Tatz Takes On MTSU Control Rooms
Control rooms D and E at Middle Tennessee State University’s The Department of Recording Industry were recently refurbished and acoustically redesigned by Carl Tatz Design. The two mirror-image rooms use Carl Tatz Design (CTD) PhantomFocus System 4 monitor tuning...
Business
Vaughan Music Scares Up PhantomFocus
To launch their new teaching studio, Cindy Vaughan, CEO of Vaughan Music Studios in Columbus, Ohio, and chief engineer Mark Abrams, traveled to Nashville to work with a PhantomFocus System (PFS) developed by Carl Tatz Design LLC (CTD).
Recording
CTD Takes PFS Upstairs
Carl Tatz recently visited Oklahoma's Upstairs Productions to implement his PhantomFocus System monitor tuning protocol.
Recording
Scott, Tatz In Blue Grotto
Noted engineer/producer Ken Scott recently heard a PhantomFocus System from Carl Tatz Design during a recent visit to Nashville’s Blue Grotto Studios.
Recording
MontAnna Reprises with CTD
Monty Powell and Anna Wilson's new MontAnna Mix Room in Nashville was designed by Carl Tatz Design LLC, just like their previous studio.
Gear and Technology
Carl Tatz Design PhantomFocus Monitor Optimization System (PFS)
PFS allows your speakers to sound how they are supposed to sound if your room “wasn’t being so destructive,” offers Tatz. Here, PAR’s senior contributor enthusiastically confirms this claim.
Business
Tatz Takes Ashly
Carl Tatz has been using an Ashly Audio processor for his PhantomFocus System installations.
Business
Tesla Taps Tatz
Troy Luccketta, drummer with the band Tesla, recently implemented a Carl Tatz PhantomFocus System at his studio.
Recording
Tatz Updates Yes Master
Carl Tatz implemented a new PhantomFocus System 2 for Nashville's Yes Master Studios after the facility's 10-month post-flood renovation.
News
Tatz Tunes Two for Lehning
Carl Tatz did such a good job tuning Kyle Lehning's main monitors he had to return to tune the nearfields.
Regional and Local
Ryman Focuses with Carl Tatz Design
The Ryman Auditorium has upgraded its broadcast control room monitor system with Dynaudio speakers, Bryston amplification and Carl Tatz Design's PhantomFocus System.
Gear and Technology
ADAM Audio Aims to Go Transparent
ADAM Audio's new SX-Series reference monitors feature completely redesigned transducers, drivers and electronics in an effort to enable the most transparent reproduction possible.
Archives
CTD PhantomFocus Monitors Nashville
Carl Tatz Design's PhantomFocus Monitor System has been implemented by several of Nashville commercial facilities and personal home studios. Studios using the system include The Grip, Platinum Lab, High Point Manor and Yes Master Studios.
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