SECOND TAKE SOUND is an artist-owned, six-time GRAMMY Nominated (two-time GRAMMY Winning) recording studio in the heart of New York City.

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.

QUENTIN ANDRIANASITERA - Staff Engineer

Quentin Andrianasitera is a recording engineer originally from Paris, France, now based in New York City. Before relocating to the U.S., he worked as an in-house engineer and head assistant at Les Studios Saint-Germain, contributing to a wide range of international recording projects across pop, film scoring, and contemporary music.

Over the course of his career, Quentin has contributed to Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated projects and has also served as personal engineer to producer Andrew Wells. His work includes sessions and recordings involving artists and composers such as Alexandre Desplat, The Rolling Stones, Selena Gomez, Michael Kiwanuka, RAYE, Olivia Dean, Girl in Red, Daniele Luppi, Polo & Pan, Myles Smith, and Kids Return, as well as major international productions including Emilia Pérez, Gran Turismo, and the legendary French rock opera Starmania.

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.

HUMANS MAKING MUSIC

We are proud to be an independently owned-and-operated recording studio. 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