Curriculum

Italian guitarist Marco Taio , grown up under some of the best mentors such as Mauro Storti, J. Williams, A. Ponce and A. Diaz,

is a virtuoso and sought-after soloist on the International scene. His engagements have brought him to various venues all over

the world.

As a professional Sound Designer he has realized more than 300 recordings over the last twenty-eight years, many of which

have been released by some of the major recording labels including Sony BMG, DECCA, DG, Sarx, Ducale, Symposium, Antes

Concerto, Tactus, Arts Recording and Delos.

In Italy Mr. Taio has also directed the sound design of some national broadcasting tv productions and of Sky Classica Channel.

Internationally his Suond Designer career has made him work beside world reknown artists such as S. Mintz, Y. Bashmet, N.

Znaider, A. Toradze, C. Tezlaff, E. Dindo, M. Brunello, S.Accardo, G. Carmignola, M. Rizzi, L. Harrel,Y. Bronfman, V. Repin, V.

Gergiev, G. Noseda, Penderecki, P. Järvi, Charles Dutoit, P. Bellugi, D. Gatti and P. Morandi and many others

Also many prestigious orchestras have decided to have their recordings sound designed by Mr. Taio’s: Symphonic National Or-

chestra Nazionale RAI Turin, Accademia di S. Cecilia National Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Symphonic Or-

chestra F. Liszt of Budapest, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Accademia Bizantina, European Sinfonietta, Chamber Orchestra I

Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, Virtuosi del teatro alla Scala and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Phil-

harmonia Orchestra.

Beside his musical and recording activities, Mr. Taio was a professor at Pavia Univesity, teaching “Technologies of musical pro-

duction and reproductions”.

In 2012 he founded, with two partners, the Hemiolia record company, which deals with the distribution of high quality audio

recordings on Reel to Reel tapes.

In 2014 he founded his own label Open Reel Records, after leaving the previous company.

RECORDINGS

STUDIOS

Sala Giardino - CREMA (CR) The structure has been created in a historic farmhouse dating back to the end of 1600, among the most prestigious and best preserved in the area, located in the immediate vicinity of the city of Crema. It is a typical example of a Lombard farmhouse with a closed courtyard, formed by an eighteenth century manor house, and by adjacent rustic buildings. The entire building has been the subject of careful historical philological restoration with preservation of all the original featu-res, recovery of old terracotta floors, restoration of vaulted and wooden ceilings, reconstruction faithful to the original of the most worn parts using traditional materials (bricks) full, natural wood, hydraulic lime for plasters, without adding cement). The recording room, the control room and the annexed service rooms are located in the western part of the complex, exploi-ting the spaces of the ancient "barchessa" originally used as barns and warehouses. The main hall has an irregular rectangular shape, with protruding pillars and niches. Important works have been carried out to obtain an excellent sound insulation from external noise. The efficiency of soundproofing makes it possible to record in full day instruments such as guitar, lute and harpsichord. The original wall structure was completed with the addition of a completely independent internal counter-walling and the for-mation of an interspace with interposed rock wool panel (thickness 10 cm). The internal walls are finished with plaster based on natural hydraulic lime and painted with lime paint. The flooring was made with the use of old salvaged bricks, treated, not polished. The heating system is on the floor, completely silent.

These constructive characteristics and the use of traditional materials as regards floors, plaster and roofing, favor a slightly re-verberating natural acoustic response. The gabled roof is made of wood (fir) with round beams and 4 supporting trusses, lined with fir boards. The cover section has various layers (for improved thermal and acoustic insulation, as shown in Annex 2): plasterboard (25mm), rock wool (100mm), plasterboard (25mm), rock wool (50mm), polystyrene (80mm), mantle in old tiles. The control room has the same construction features as the recording room (counter-walls, flat wood ceiling with beams, terra-cotta floor, underfloor heating). An audio and video connection (with internal video camera) has been made between the recording room and the control room. Various connection and control room connecting ducts have been prepared for the passage of microphone cables. The recording room has a height at the sides of m. 4.20 and in the middle of m. 6.20, a length of 17.20 m, a width of 8.79 m at one end and m 7 at the other end. The natural acoustics are slightly reverberating, modifiable with the use of mobile panels mounted on wheels (vintage doors, covered on one side, with a sound-absorbent cloth, the other side in antique wood panels).

INSTRUMENTS: In the recording studio there is: - a 2-keyboard organ and a 27-note pedal board. The instrument, built with phonic material of an ancient organ, has the second keyboard (Grand'organo) of 2 main 8, filled with separate rows up to XXIX, Flute in XII, Flute in XV Soprani, Cornetto Soprani, Viola Bassi, Voce Human, Bassoon Bass, Sopranos Trumpets, Octave Flute, Bass Borbone 8, Soprani Bordone 8; at the first keyboard (Positive) bordone 8, Flute 4, XV, Cello 8; Pedal Contrabasso 16, Basso 8 and trombones 8. Unequal temperament. Chorus: 442 Hz - Flemish harpsichord inspired by J.Ruckers

- spinet The recording studio is located on the ground floor, with direct access from the courtyard, so it is particularly easy to place in-struments such as grand pianos and harpsichords.

Recording Studio of Castrezzato (BS)

Large studio of 320sqm. with acoustic treatment and isolation from external noise. In this space it is possible to record from

the symphonic orchestra to the chamber groups. Wide instrumentation available.

Grand Piano Yamaha CF III

Percussions (Complete instruments, from vibraphones, marimba, bass drum xylophones)

Wide range of Drums for both Jazz and Rock Music

Practical platforms and lecterns

AUDIO EQUIPMENT

Multitrack Recorders

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Lynx Aurora 16 + AES 16 Converter AD-DA 16 ch 32 bit/192Khz

Lynx LT-FW. FireWire provides an excellent interface for high sample rate multichannel audio.

RME FIREFACE UFX Preamps . The UFX has four high-transparency preamps bac-ked up by four stereo converters with RME's new parallel con-verter technology.

TASCAM DA-38 Digital recorder 8 tracks Hi8

TASCAM DA 98 HR Digital recorder 24/192Khz 8 tracks Hi8

DAT

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TASCAM DA 45 Professional Dat a 24 bit

TASCAM DA -30 Professional Dat portatile con Phantom 48 volt

MIXERS

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Studer 169 Professional Analog Mixer 10 ch 2 aux 2 master

Studer 169 Professional Analog Mixer 9 ch 2 aux 3 master

MICROPHONE AMPLIFIER

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Millennia Media HV3-D 8 Channel Solid State Microphone Preamp

Millennia Media HV3-D 8 Channel Solid State Microphone Preamp

TASCAM MX4 4 channel mic pre-amp / mixer

TASCAM MX4 4 channel mic pre-amp / mixer

MONITORS

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EMES White TV Nearfield Powered

EMES Black TV Nearfield Powered

MICROFONI

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Schoeps (25) Serie Colette MK 4 (6) - MK 41 (4) - MK 21 (6) - MK 21H (2) - MK 2s (5) - MK 2 (2)

Schoeps (1) MTSC 64 (1 Stereo)

MBHO (2) MBN 608 Lollipop (2)

Neumann (2) KM86 (2)

Total mics 30 unit

COMPUTER E DAW

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DAW su PC con Software Magix Sequoia

CPU Intel Core i5 760 @ 2.80GHz - RAM 12,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-24) - Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55-UD5 (Socket 1156) - 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)

Sony Vaio VPCF115FM/B (Vaio VPC-F Serie)

LAPTOP Intel Core i7 720QM - Intel Graphics Media Accele-rator (GMA) HD Graphics -

ANALOG RECORDERS

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STUDER A-807 (3) - A-812 (1) - A-810 (1)

NAGRA NAGRA T AUDIO TC (1)