HUMANS MAKING MUSIC

SECOND TAKE SOUND is an an artist-owned recording studio in Midtown, Manhattan, committed to offering you a state-of-the-art, welcoming, and inspiring environment.

SELECTED CLIENT LIST:

Wynton Marsalis / Rick Rubin / Questlove / Malcolm Gladwell / DJ Jazzy Jeff / Reggie Workman / Taylor Eigsti / British Broadcasting Corporation / Rakim / Gregory Porter / Larry Campbell / Jason Moran / Israel Houghton / Ellen Bryant Voigt / Walter Smith III / Joshua Redman / Vijay Ayer / Greyhounds / James Francis / United Nations Climate Week / Julian Lage / Ravi Coltrane / Reginald Dwayne Betts / Joel Ross / Paste Magazine - AV Club / Marked for Death / Chris Potter / Gretchen Parlato / Kevin Scott / Cory Henry / GWAR / Watches of Switzerland / Sasha Masakowski / Geoff Muldaur / Revisionist History Podcast / Larry Grenadier / Vakili Band / Zakir Hussain / Jay Mumford / William Hill III

STAFF:

REED TURCHI - Owner/Operator

Reed Turchi is a musician, producer, and poet, from Swannanoa, North Carolina. His music has been featured by Rolling Stone, NPR, American Songwriter, and more, and his poetry has been published (or is forthcoming) from POETRY, The American Poetry Review, Narrative Magazine, and others. Turchi began his recording career making North Mississippi Blues field-recording albums out of the back of his car for his “Devil Down Records” label, and from there was hired by the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis to revive their independent label, where he worked from 2012 to 2016. Reed is available for recording, mixing, and producing.

DAVID TURK - Chief Engineer

David Turk is a recording and mixing engineer who specializes in music that doesn’t like conforming to labels. With a rich background in ensemble recording, he brings experience spanning folk, indie, rock, soul, Broadway cast recordings, and instrumental jazz. He’s proud to work with incredible New York City talents as well as on projects involving Regina Spektor, Michael League, and most recently Aaron Lazar’s Grammy-nominated duet with Josh Groban.

Next time you see him, be sure to ask him about coffee, cocktails, or thrifting on eBay.

CHRIS ALLEN - Studio B Resident Engineer

Chris Allen is a multiple Grammy Award winning recording, mixing, and mastering engineer. With more than two decades of experience, Chris is one of today’s busiest NYC-based engineers, working with legendary artists in jazz and rock, as well as soundtracks for film and television.

For over 20 years Chris was the chief engineer at NYC’s oldest and one of the industry’s most legendary studios, Sear Sound. Credits include Yoko Ono, Paul Simon, Nate Smith, Gregory Porter, Samara Joy, Fleet Foxes, Margaret Glaspy, and many, many more.

 A Little More About Second Take Sound

Celebrating the timelessness of well-crafted recording

We are proud to be an independently owned-and-operated recording studio. This gives us the ability to put people first, and to offer flexibility to make projects happen that otherwise would not be possible. We work hard to create meaningful opportunities for our engineers, our clients, and the larger musical community and environment. 

We partner with local schools and audio engineering programs to offer hands-on, educational internships that provide a rare opportunity to take part in meaningful work and build relationships in a world that has too-long existed "behind closed doors." We also do our best to work with clients of any budget, and always offer our honest feedback on the best ways to allocate time and resources on any project. 

Second Take Sound exists as a place to create. We welcome any and all outside projects and engineers to make the space a new home for themselves.

SOME SERVICES WE OFFER:

RECORDING / MIXING / MASTERING / REMOTE-RECORDING / REMOTE-MIXING / PODCAST RECORDING / PODCAST FILMING / FILM LOCATION / FILM EDITING / AUDIOBOOK RECORDING / VOICEOVER