Paul Geluso

(MTech Program Director, Master's alumni)

Paul Geluso’s work focuses on the theoretical, practical, and artistic aspects of sound recording and reproduction. He has been credited as producer, recording engineer, mastering engineer, and/or musician on hundreds of commercially released recordings, including Grammy nominated and Latin Grammy nominated titles and award winning films. His research focuses on new ways to capture, mix, and process immersive audio for playback on multi-channel sound systems, and co-edited the "Immersive Sound: The Art And Science of Binaural and Multi-channel Audio" book published by Focal Press-Routledge. He has taught classes in music production and technology at Bard College and the Peabody Institute, in addition to serving as the chief sound engineer at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts for more than 2 decades. Working with artists who use sound as a creative medium, his collaborative sound works have been exhibited at the The New Museum, Art In General, Storefront for Art and Architecture, Gale Gates Et Al, Cooper-Hewitt School of Design, London's SPACE gallery, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts, the DUMBO Arts Festival, White Box Art Gallery, New York Electronic Arts Festival, ISSUE project room, and NIME. He has received individual artist grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and Meet the Composer. Professor Geluso received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1988 and a Master of Music in Music Technology from New York University in 2000.

J. Chris Griffin

(Adjunct Faculty Member)

"J. Chris Griffin is heavily involved in the Music industry, working on records with John Legend, Kanye West, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Kelly Clarkson, JoJo, UK groups Mis-Teeq and The Corrs, Russian superstar Sasha and jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. Other International credits include Vietnamese phenom Thuy “Top,” Brazilian pop stars Labanca and boy-band P9. Independent live recordings include the New Pornographers, Ben Kweller, The Veils, Peter Bjorn and John, The Blonde Redheads, Art Brut and many others. 

A 26-year SESAC affiliate, his own compositions are all over television and cinema with credits including music for CBS's "NCIS" and NBC's "Dateline" as well as prime-time and syndicated shows on television all over the world. 

Chris has programmed sounds and demo-songs for several major synthesizers including Reason and all related Reason products, McDSP's Synthesizer One, M-Audio's Pro Keys 88 and 88SX, and has contributed heavily to the production of musical equipment for many years. His own products include S73, Studio Piano, SAW-1 Discovery, and Virtual Audience, unique synthesizers in the Rack Extension format (available in the Reason Studios Shop). His best-selling sample-discs "Premium Electric Pianos" and "Premium Vintage Keyboards" were distributed by AVID and M-Audio, and his Electromechanical Refill, originally distributed by Reason Studios but now integrated into the Reason Factory Soundbank is still current and widely used 23 years after its initial launch.  

As a vocal teacher and founder of The Pop Vocal Academy in New York, Chris has seen his students and clients achieve incredible success as top-ten Billboard chart artists, winners of The Apollo Amateur Hour Next-Gen, contestants on NBC's “The Voice”, ABC’s “American Idol", featured performers on FOX’s “Glee” and lead roles in Broadway productions. 

As a clinician, Chris has been featured with Antares, Reason Studios, AVID, M-Audio, Soundcraft and other major manufacturers at trade shows, international conferences, and professional trainings. He was a featured producer/engineer for “Mix-Con” sponsored by Sonic Scoop and The Deli magazine. Most recently he was the face of the Antares Vocal Production Academy, a series of videos showcasing production techniques utilizing Antares Auto-Tune plugins.

This live session, featuring Tony Moreno's Students, was recorded with the full ensemble performing together in the same room—capturing the energy and spontaneity of a true live performance. (The vibraphone was recorded in an isolation booth.)

What you’re hearing is the Live Console Mix straight from the SSL Duality desk—no overdubs, no post-production polish, just the real sound of the room.

Musicians:

Drums: Hayden Miller

Bass: Alvin Liao

Keys: Juno Sugiarto

Saxophone: Adithya Vaidhyan

Vibraphone: Dylan Smith

Artist: Siyi Liang

“Lumin” is a bass-driven techno track with hypnotic acid elements. The main bassline was made using the Erica Synths DB-01, giving it a raw and direct feel. Inspired by artists like Rrose and Kangding Ray, the track blends experimental sound design with steady techno grooves.

This song was originally a pitch for a reality competition for a K-pop group debut. All the musical elements and mixing are completed on Ableton. The instrumental track was first completed by me, then Andrew (Mtech Grad Alumni) and I wrote the melody together. Vocal was recorded by Andrew, and I mixed it. 

Artist: :english

Recorded vocals on SM7B into Volt 2 interface and the rest is entirely digital. I did a lot of frequency manipulation and fine tuned many aspects of the song so I'm curious on the professional opinion in relation to the way the listener will interact with the different aspects of the production. 

Spotify: Spotify Link