Technical Director, SevenSeas Studios, NYC, NY
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Technical Director at SevenSeas Studios
- President and Owner at Tech Mecca Inc.
- Past
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- Design Engineer at Purple Audio LLC
- President and Owner at Singularity Enterprises Inc.
- Technical Support at Rupert Neve / AMS-Neve
- Technical Director at Clack Recording Studios
- Technical Service Manager North America at Audio Kinetics Ltd.
- Technical Services Manager at Martin Audio Video Corp.
- Recording Engineer / Producer (Sole Proprietorship)
- Technical Director at Trackworks Recording Studios
- Technical Support at Empirical Audio
- Assistant Recording Engineer and Maintenance Technician at All Platinum Studios
- Assistant Recording Engineer and Maintenance Technician at Secret Sound Studios
- Education
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- Institute of Audio Research
- Point Park University
- The Catholic University of America
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John Klett’s Summary
2008 will mark my 32nd year working in professional sound and music recording studios and audio post production facilities. In that time I have done nearly every job and sat in nearly every chair. The bulk of my work is in the technology, the equipment, the systems, the facilities and infrastructures.
Last January I started working on a large project for SevenSeas Studios. This year, 2008, we'll be building a large multi-room audio recording and production facility of roughly a dozen and a half "rooms" in roughly 18,000 square feet in Manhattan. After it's built it needs to be kept going so I expect I'll be there for a while. Of course one has to be prepared for the unexpected.
John Klett’s Specialties:
• Studio Systems Design... power, interconnect, installation, integration
• Clean Power Systems for sound, and recording facilities
• Classic and Vintage Studio gear repair, restoration, custom upgrades
• Custom design and build... mixers, consoles, processing and specific application
John Klett’s Experience
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Technical Director
SevenSeas Studios
(Music industry)
2008 — Present (less than a year)
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President and Owner
Tech Mecca Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Music industry)
June 1997 — Present (11 years)
Tech Mecca provides Audio Engineering and Technical Consulting and Design Services to Sound and Music Recording Studios, Post-Production Facilities, Professional Audio Manufacturers, Recording Artists, Producers, Musicians and Engineers
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Design Engineer
Purple Audio LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
September 1997 — January 2007 (9 years 5 months)
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President and Owner
Singularity Enterprises Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
July 1987 — December 2002 (15 years 6 months)
Incorporated in 1987 to provide Technical Audio Engineering, Consulting and Design Services. Klett founded Singularity after leaving Martin Audio, initially to take on the North American Technical Support Manager role for Audio Kinetics, Ltd.. and to provide contract technical service and suport services to Rupert Neve, Inc.
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Technical Support
Rupert Neve / AMS-Neve
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
April 1988 — October 1998 (10 years 7 months)
formerly Rupert Neve, Inc. and Siemens Audio
UK based manufacturer of analog and digital recording, production and mixing consoles for music, broadcast and film. Work included console restoration, repair, modification, refurbishing, commissioning, decommissioning, documentation, engineering, troubleshooting and custom projects. The work covered the full Neve console range from 80 Series through V/VR Series Music Consoles, and 53/54 Series through V-Film Post production broadcast and film consoles. -
Technical Director
Clack Recording Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
February 1991 — June 1995 (4 years 5 months)
Multi-room digital and analog audio-for-video post-production facility in mid-town Manhattan serving cable, network and agency clientele. Complete renovation of all technical infrastructures in an operating facility including central machine room, analog and digital audio routing, video routing, facility wide synchronization and machine control, Integrated and supported SSL ScreenSound/SoundNet, Digi-Design Pro-Tools, AMS Logic3/AudioFile, various Otari, Sony D-2, ISDN audio patch systems. Designed, specified and provided ongoing consultation during construction of a custom API 2488 style analog audio console that was placed in operation in Clack Studio A. Clack Studios has since became Hot Head Studios.
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Technical Service Manager North America
Audio Kinetics Ltd.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
July 1987 — October 1990 (3 years 4 months)
UK based manufacturer of synchronizers, auto-locators and automation systems. Products included Q-Lock and Eclipse Synchronizers, Mastermix Console Fader Automation Systems, Striper and Gearbox Time Code Peripherals. Provided systems integration, product installation, after sales and warranty support and out of warranty technical support for over 600 Q-Lock and Eclipse synchronizer systems and 120 Mastermix console fader automation systems in North America - primarily in the USA. Other products supported included Melquist automation (the predecessor to Mastermix), Mastermix II and Reflex automation systems, the InteLocator autolocator system and the Pacer low cost synchronization system.
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Technical Services Manager
Martin Audio Video Corp.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Music industry)
April 1985 — July 1987 (2 years 4 months)
Large Professional Audio Dealer - Directed and Managed technical services shop with seven technicians and an administrative assistant. Provided technical support to sales, product QA and on-site commissioning, after sales and warranty support for well over 100 product lines.
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Recording Engineer / Producer
Sole Proprietorship
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Music industry)
July 1975 — June 1985 (10 years)
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Technical Director
Trackworks Recording Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
August 1979 — August 1983 (4 years 1 month)
Audio Post Facility for Radio and TV - MCI, Otari, Trident, Auditronics... Wired and installed original two room facility in 1979, expanded to three rooms in 1981. In 1982 did planning and design for five room facility with central machine room on another floor of the same building and, in conjunction with the architectural firm and various subcontractors, provided specifications for and coordinated architectural, acoustical, electrical and mechanical elements.
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Technical Support
Empirical Audio
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
November 1979 — April 1981 (1 year 6 months)
North East Sales Office for Trident Audio Developments, Quintek, Audio Kinetics, Melquist, Court Acoustics, Audio and Design, Valley Audio and others... Technical training for Trident TSM, Series80, Fleximix, TriMix and Series 70 consoles, Audio Kinetics InteLocator, Q-Lock 210 and 310 Synchronizers, Melquist and Valley VCA fader automation systems... Provided sales and after sales technical and warranty support; installed, commissioned and provided technical and operational training for Trident TSM and Series 80 consoles and Valley Audio VCA automation systems; set up and exhibited Trident console products at several AES trade shows.
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Assistant Recording Engineer and Maintenance Technician
All Platinum Studios
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)
February 1977 — November 1977 (10 months)
Quad Eight console, MCI JH-16-114-24, Scully 280, Ampex 440, Scully disc mastering lathe etc.. Typical day started with cleaning and aligning tape machines, trouble shooting and repair of equipment faults, set up sessions, mic placements, track and take sheets, engineering overdubs, tape op during mix, and at the end of the day cutting multiple test lacquers and tape duplication. All Platinum later became Sugar Hill
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Assistant Recording Engineer and Maintenance Technician
Secret Sound Studios
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
October 1976 — July 1977 (10 months)
MCI JH-428 (later JH-632) MCI JH-16-114-24 (later Studer A-80), ATR-102 etc.... typical day included vacuuming and cleaning the entire studio, taking out the trash, cleaning and aligning tape machines, trouble shooting and repair of equipment faults, wiring, set up sessions, mic placements, running errands and getting food for the sessions, keeping track and take sheets, engineering overdubs, tape op during record and mix and anything else they could think of - all for less than $50 per week and free food.
John Klett’s Education
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Institute of Audio Research
Sound and Recording Technology 1976 — 1977
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Point Park University
none, Journalism and Communication, 1975 — 1976
second time I dropped out - I suppose it was a result of having ADD and being in the seventies
- Activities and Societies:
- technical maintenance and disk jockey at college radio station
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The Catholic University of America
none, Physics and Math, 1974 — 1975
I dropped out... I loved physics but not enough to deal with four to eight or ten years of education
- Activities and Societies:
- rebuilt equipment and fixed up wiring in college radio station, Disk Jockey
Additional Information
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John Klett’s Interests:
music, audio, electronics, home brewing beer, science fiction, science fact, physics, acoustics, MacIntosh Computers since 1985
John Klett’s Groups:
AES, Audio Engineering Society from 1976 to 2001
ASA, Acoustical Society of America, 1980 to 1988
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Music Industry Forum member
