The WAV Lab

01/06/2024

Amazing musicians take the stage for a night of Prog Rock benefiting Make A Wish foundation. Highly recommend this show!

The Visulite Theatre is Charlotte, NC's premier place for live music. Featuring some of the best performers of today from a variety of genres, the Visulite Theatre offers the ultimate live music experience. The Visulite Theatre offers full bar service, with a large selection of beer, wine and liquor...

11/29/2023

Congrats to Once Below Joy for the win! "Best New Band" Readers Choice Award from Queen City Nerve!
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11/22/2023

Black Friday sale starts early.

Use code... 50lbTurkey ...for 50% off sound effects at our shop. The large bundle would be +10GB of UCS tagged sounds for $40 or the new Piano Impacts or Noise Box with Kontakt presets for $25.

Great as a starter bundle or expansion pack of samples used in sound design for film, games, or other video projects.

Visit the post for more.

10/11/2023

Demo for Piano Impacts sample library! This unique set of samples works as a source for risers, impacts, hits, jump-scares, or other intense moments in a film soundtrack or game audio scenario. 🎃🤖👽💀

Learn more here: https://thewavlab.com/product/piano-impacts/

10/11/2023

Demo for Noise Box sample library! This unique set of samples works as a percussion source for samplers, creepy metallic fodder for creating tension in a film soundtrack or game audio scenario. 🎃🤖👽💀

Learn more here: https://thewavlab.com/product/noise-box/

09/28/2023

We opened the studio in 2020. But we just now made a website! Please check out the info and new storefront. Maybe in a few more years we'll have a grand opening party? 🥳

Sound Design and Audio Services

09/19/2023

NEW sample libraries almost done! Introducing...

Noise Box and Piano Impacts

Both are deep dives into two sound sources perfect for scary films, intense video games, or anything Halloween season. Each have many GB of 96kHz edited WAV complete with UCS metadata. Both will also include Kontakt NKI presets. Designed to be useful for video editors, sound designers, and the most adventurous music composers.

Piano Impacts was a Wurlitzer baby grand dismantled w/ sledgehammers & hand saws.

Noise Box is a deep sampling of the called "Moonlight"

Both come w/ edited WAV of the original sounds, and DESIGNED sfx with advanced hardware processing chains, and Konkat NKI. Sound designers will find it's good source material for pedals like Microcosm and other FX chains

Release date pending.... but it's very soon. 👻

08/19/2023

Remembering this gem. It was a dark and cold night.... the moon was full... we smashed a piano.

Edits for Piano Impacts and the Tetsuo Noise Box almost done. BOTH will be ready in time for Halloween jump scares and spooky editing needs. 🎃

06/22/2023

On today's episode of The WAV Lab...

It's Christmas in June.

06/02/2023

When Artists record here... We talk about streaming, Bandcamp, and physical media strategies. Here are a few links that explain why and what we're talking about.

(more links and info in the comments)

The most successful artists are the ones that lean into physical product sales, and that's a problem for labels and streaming services.

05/20/2023

We're hiring two female voice actors for a June recording studio project. Auditions are open for local voice/stage/film actors with interest in children's media and/or guided meditation media.

Voice demos may be submitted online. Auditions are held next week at the studio.

Scan the QR code or click this link to apply and for more info
https://forms.gle/Ko8knUayUHEkm2ju9

04/07/2023

It was an incredible week. Thanks to Steinway Piano Gallery - Carolina and Adkins Piano Service for the use of their beautiful Model D and talented technical work making it sound so good.

Extra special thanks to Dr. Matthew Manwarren and Dr. L Mark Lewis for bringing this music to life. Photos curtsey of Karl Wagner at Subpixel Creative.

03/31/2023

Baffled Omni test.

03/20/2023

1000+ sound effects for film, game, video, etc. Just released and available at >20% OFF for the first 30 days!

Years of foley, sound design, and location recording. Edited, named and tagged to UCS standards for easy search via Basehead or Soundminer or etc.

3000+ sound effects / recordings: A general sound effects collection that includes SIX of our first category-focused micro library releases, plus HUNDREDS of additional files, priced at a substantial discount compared to buying collections separately. 1100+ separate WAV files recorded at 24bit, 96kH...

12/02/2022

https://capitalculture.bandcamp.com/
It's FRIDAY! Specifically.... it's Capital Culture release day Friday.

Do you enjoy hard rock guitar heroics? Click the link
Do you like jazz-rock fusion? or guitar instrumentals? Click the link
Do you know Jason Poore, Neil Alexander, and Woody Norwoood?

Click this link and enjoy your FRIDAY commute. Its' a 25min power punch of an EP. Read the story on the Band's landing page.

https://capitalculture.bandcamp.com/

4 track album

11/29/2022

The WAV Lab presents...
All live. No edits. All original music.
Guitar. Amps. Pedals. Bass. Drums. Mics.
The first EP from Capital Culture releases this Friday.

11/29/2022

Congrats to Art and Pete, and the BrookstoneBards on the release of their crowdsourced-livestream-songwriting album extravaganza! A most unique album origin story. Recorded and mixed here over the last few months.

Join them on their album release live stream.

Welcome to the Bards Fam! We are an all-request piano show specializing in fun rock and roll! Post your requests in the comments, and clap and sing from the comfort of your living room! Donations are appreciated! The original home of the !sploob.

08/28/2022

Support local music... CLICK LINK AND LISTEN
https://linktr.ee/vintageharmonicsymphony

Congratulations to Bobby Vaziri and everyone involved with VHS Music on the release of "Songs of Wood and Stone" earlier this month. (Folk Rock Americana) Recorded and Mixed at The WAV Lab.

View vintageharmonicsymphony’s Linktree. Listen to their music on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music here.

08/11/2022

Kari Giles violin POV. Two days of sampling for Poiesis Violin are completed. The tones are incredible.

02/23/2022

The old board is on, faders down, channels muted. The drum kit setup but quiet today.

Many people are very sad for this farewell, but we're all glad to have known such a passionate and kind dude. Thank you Chris Garges for everything. You helped a lot of people do their thing better.... and left a lot of mojo and inspiration with us.

01/11/2022

The WAV Lab on location. Temp broadcast studio build out. 10 screens. 24 laptops. 6 cameras. 1 mixer.