"I had worked in a number of rooms designed and built by Carl Yanchar, and had always been impressed by his custom designed YDCG 15-2B monitor systems. I was very excited to be able to work closely with him in designing a state-of-the-art educational facility that incorporated these amazing mains, and I was not disappointed. Carl is the only studio designer I know of who is also an audio engineer / technician. That experience and understanding of the big picture proved to be invaluable. Without Yanchar Design, the project would have been a huge mess."

Jay Henry, Program Director
Recording Arts & Technology, Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California



"Yanchar was the perfect choice, creating a design that fits today's record economy and workflow model. He understood where I was going with the acoustics and the style. One of the things that was important to me about the main live studio was that it had some live sound to it and then we could dull it down. There's nothing worse for me than a dead room that you're trying to liven up. It's much easier to go the other way."

Robert "Bobby" Ferrari, Studio Manager / Producer / Engineer
Odds On Records & Studios
Henderson, Nevada



"Yanchar Design & Consulting Group has designed studios for us on two separate occasions at different locations, and both times, the results were excellent. They have a thorough knowledge of studio acoustics and a great visual aesthetic. They were open to client input as far as function and design, and the final design drawings were detailed and accurate. All of our advertising clients comment on how beautiful our studios are and, of course, the sound is phenomenal."

Blaise Smith, Executive Producer
Music Orange
San Francisco, California



"Carl Yanchar designed our facility from the ground up in 2002. The studio has been open nearly seven years and we have yet to find one thing we’d want to change. The traffic patterns are extremely efficient, and the acoustics are magnificent. To this day, I am still blown away by the place every time I walk through the door."

Tom Tatman, Producer / Chief Engineer
Catamount Recording, Inc.
Cedar Falls, Iowa



"Carl's hands-on approach to design and acoustics sets his firm apart from the rest. They are innovative, knowledgeable, and adaptive to on-site conditions. His extensive background in the audio and video field brings certainty to his projects. Their designs range from old-school traditional to state-of-the-art cutting-edge. It is always a pleasure to work with Carl and his professional team."

Dale Peterson
DP Builders
Santa Clarita, California




...."Soto fell in love with the room, which just happened to have been designed by Carl Yanchar, who set up studios for Kenny Rogers, jazz guitarist George Benson, and even some of the rooms at Chicago Recording Studio (CRC). “The rooms are acoustically tuned, a nice large live room, there’s carpet on half for more of a dead sound, wood on half for more of a live sound. There’s a marble vocal booth, everything’s all wired, it was pretty much plug-and-play when I got here.

“I’ve never won anything,” Soto says, “I finally got my piece of heaven on earth.”
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Jerry Soto on Soto Sound Studio (formerly Studio 53, now Planet 10)
Palatine, Illinois

October 2002, Illinois Entertainer
For full article, go to: http://illinoisentertainer.com/2005/10/jerry-m-soto-1952-2005/