Alps Studio

The focus of Chris' studio is with composition in mind, allowing us to score to tape with MIDI and audio directly, or to write the score and dump to printed parts for an orchestra to play in a live session later. Because our studio has fully embraced both Apple and Windows environments while still maintaining analog and digital tape machines, we have the ability to work with any formats of audio and video. Besides writing and sequencing, the studio is well suited for post production, editing and dubs, voiceovers, encoding, preparing for the web, live webcasting, podcasting and other multi-media formats and events. With our affiliation with nearby Refraze Studios, we can also track, edit and master full sized orchestras or any type of ensemble with ease.

Click to see Studio PhotosThe studio is centered around a Mac Pro quad xeon system featuring Digital Performer, Cubase 4, Finale 2007, Final Cut Pro, and Media Cleaner as the main titles of software. We also maintain several Windows machines featuring the new 64 bit version of TASCAM Gigastudio 4, NI Kontakt3 and EMU EmulatorX sample engines, and other multi-media projects featuring Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge, Batch Converter and Noise Reduction as well as SONAR and other popular titles. We try to keep up to date with a good selection of the latest sound sample libraries including the full pro edition of the Vienna Symphonic Library.

Because of Chris' professional experience as a web developer, we host a Windows Server 2003 web server directly in the studio and are able to publish audio and video files directly to the internet in a safe, easy and secure setting for clients and directors to have instant access to the music being written. Other benefits include live webcasts and interviews taped directly from the studio to the internet.

We are just up the street from our audio partners in Dayton: Refraze Recording Studios. Working with Refraze gives us instant access to an amazing warm sounding recording room in Studio A as well as the very gifted cast of people that make up Refraze including Owner and Engineer Ron Pease and Engineer Gary King. Because of these talented guys, their work with southern Ohio philharmonic orchestras and the location smack between Columbus and Cincinnati, we are able to deliver feature film quality full orchestral composition and production at a fraction of the cost of doing the same kind of project in Los Angeles or New York City. Read more about the Dayton Team here and the amazing value we can bring to your film or television production.

Some of the audio production possibilities we offer include:
  • Music tracking including full philharmonic orchestra, chamber groups, Jazz big bands, small ensembles, vocals, rock and pop music tracking
  • ADR and Foley tracking
  • Audio Post Production
  • Audio mixing and mastering
  • Tape/CD/DVD duplication and replication
  • Musician and vocalist contracting services (union and non union)
 Testimonials
"Don't tell him too much. Let him figure you out musically. Get to the core. "
-- Baird Thompson


"Here's where sound, music and message meet! Chris Alpiar goes from the top down, then the bottom up. [He's] thoroughly professional and entertaining."
-- Baird Thompson


 Chris' Notes
Attention Dayton Rock fans! Go see Orange Willard and see the high energy new sound they are making. They have a new album coming out (with a track with your's truly playing sax) and are leading the way in the Dayton Band Playoffs. So if you like to rock, make sure you get out and see this band thats just bustin at the seams with heat.


Are you a fellow composer? I help admin an awesome growing online community of composers started by composer Chris Merritt. There are all kinds of forum topics, discussions, workshops and more there, so get your music out and come join the fun :D


"The triple is the most exciting play in baseball...home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them."
-- Hank Aaron on triple (1998)


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