Recording company BAM Studios, a major provider of ADR to many of the network TV series and Hollywood features filming here, has opened its fifth ADR studio at Cinespace, after a summer of construction.
The new 1,000-sq. ft. location at Cinespace’s Center Studio Building, 2558 W. 16th St., “works for client convenience and helps with the actors’ hectic schedules by our simply being steps away from their sets,” says BAM founder/owner Brian Reed. “And we are thrilled to be in the epicenter in all the film activity happening in the city.”
BAM has provided ADR to most of the Dick Wolf NBC/Universal “Chicago” series and to Fox series “APB” and Amazon’s “Patriot,” so the addition was a natural expansion.
The new studio is on the Center Building’s fifth floor, a new neighbor to offices for shows “Empire,” “The Exorcist,” “ABP,” “Serving Time,” Claire Simon Casting and 321 Fast Draw.
Loop-based Threshold Acoustics designed and built the stage over the summer months, “with the utmost in quality and technical specifications,” says Dave Leffel, BAM engineer/ADR supervisor.
“Isolation in a building like Cinespace that has so much going on was a concern. We needed to make sure that the new studio would be as acoustically perfect as all four of our downtown studios,” at 1 E. Erie St., he adds.
The Pro Tools system in the new suite is identical to BAM’s main location to make transitioning between the spaces seamless.
The five studios, between the two locations, are connected via a secure, private data link to help the engineers and mixers work efficiently on all the shows at the same time.
BAM has provided ADR services for Disney, Pixar, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and many other Network series. BAM specializes in sound for film, broadcast TV and radio, web, video game and interactive projects with over 29 years of experience staffed by “some of the best sound professionals in the country,” says Reed.
