#PALM BEACH SOUND STUDIO PRO#

In 1969, Brook Benton recorded his hit song ' Rainy Night in Georgia' with Atlantic Records producer Arif Mardin. The Albert Brothers (Ron and Howard) established themselves as a production duo at Criteria in the late 1960s with their signature 'Fat Albert' drum sound. The same year, King Records owner Syd Nathan visited the studios with James Brown, and was so impressed by the sound of the studio's 8-channel custom recording console (cutting-edge technology at the time) that he booked an October recording session, during which Brown recorded his hit song ' I Got You (I Feel Good)'. Criteria expanded in 1965, building Studio A with a live room large enough to record a 72-piece orchestra, still Criteria's largest live room today. When production for CBS The Jackie Gleason Show moved to Miami Beach in the early 1960s, Criteria Studios was hired to produce the show's music. 1958-1969 - Early years Ĭriteria's early sessions included jazz bands, commercial work, and small film work. Harned would go on to found MCI, whose success as a recording console and multi-track recorder manufacturer would be closely tied to Criteria Studios' success. Emerman enlisted the help of Grover 'Jeep' Harned, owner of a local hi-fi shop, to troubleshoot and rebuild Criteria's first mixing console, which had been custom-built by the chief engineer at the nearby local NBC affiliate.

that would open in 1958 as the Criteria Recording Studio. Emerman eventually acquired property at the corner of 149th Street and West Dixie Highway in North Miami to build the original 30 foot by 60 foot building designed by architect Charles C.

In 1950, musician Mack Emerman, a former trumpet player with the Les Brown-led Duke Ambassadors, relocated to Hollywood, Florida and began recording on location and in his parents' home for release on his own short-lived Criteria Gold Coast jazz label. Lastly, the Studio M7 production suite has an Slate RAVEN. Studio F is a digital production suite, featuring an SSL Duality console. Studio D has an SSL ORIGIN, the John Storyk-designed Studio E with its 27-foot peaked ceilings also houses an SSL9096J. Studio C has a 20 x 30 foot live room with 19 foot high ceilings, and the 40-input vintage Neve 8078 mixing console formerly in Criteria's Studio A.

#PALM BEACH SOUND STUDIO PRO#

Studio B is a Pro Tools suite with a Solid State Logic AWS900. Studio A is Criteria's largest live room, designed to be large enough to record a symphony orchestra, with a ceiling outline of 3,000 square feet and a Solid State Logic 9096 J console, multitrack tape decks, and a Pro Tools HD3 system. 2.6 1999-2017 - Hit Factory Criteria MiamiĬriteria has seven studios, each with its own letter designation.

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