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Gospel Artist Kirk Franklin

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Multi-platinum gospel artist Kirk Franklin recently completed the transformation of a vacant furniture warehouse in Downtown Arlington into a $2 million, state-of-the-art recording studio unlike any in the country today.

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Fo Yo Soul Entertainment, which opened in November, is located in a two-story stone and glass building at 102 S. Oak St. The 9,000-square-foot structure, originally built in 1968, was extensively remodeled with specialized construction techniques designed to block outside noise and vibrations from downtown traffic and the nearby train tracks.

But that’s not the only thing the makes the building unique. It’s also the first recording studio in America known to feature prototype technology that can change how large the space sounds, making it seem as intimate as a jazz club or as spacious as a cathedral, with a few simple taps on a computer screen.
“You can literally change the design of the building on a laptop,” said Franklin, a long-time Arlington resident who recently gave MyArlingtonTV a tour of Fo Yo Soul. “There are speakers and there are microphones in the walls. It can sound like whatever you want it to sound like with the touch of a button.”
Franklin’s recording studio was designed by the Russ Berger Design Group, a North Texas firm whose experience includes projects for the University of Texas Dallas, Lakewood Church and NFL Films.
Transforming the furniture warehouse into a state-of-the-art studio required creative engineering, especially since the building is close to a busy rail line. To prevent outside noise and vibration interference, the original slab was dug out and the walls and ceiling were anchored to a new “floating” slab, said Russ Berger, president of the Russ Berger Design Firm.

“Nothing touches the outside structure. You don’t have any vibrations from the train. You don’t even know it’s going by,” Berger said.

Franklin’s studio also features a prototype electronic architecture system typically found in much larger venues to correct or enhance acoustics, Berger said. The Electronic Architecture: Studio system, made by eCoustics Systems, has a pair of microphones that capture the sound within the room – whether that’s singing, instruments, or clapping. It then digitally creates the pattern of reflections and reverberation that match the kind of acoustical environment the user has selected, reinforcing that sound back into the room through the speakers distributed across the walls and ceiling.

“You can make it sound like a small club or a cathedral or anything in between. It’s an amazing system,” Berger said. “We worked with the manufacturers to develop something that specifically works well in studios and production spaces. Kirk’s studio is the first.”

Other renovations included installing thick, soundproof glass and cutting out a portion of the second floor to create a taller double-height space for the recording room.

“Kirk had a vision to create a real gem in the arts district,” Berger said. “He made a significant commitment to the City of Arlington, his hometown, to locate his business and the studio there. He could have put the studio anywhere but he was determined to support the downtown development, right in the heart of the community to show his support.”

Last year, the Texas Commission on the Arts designed Downtown Arlington as one of the state’s cultural districts. Franklin’s studio is a welcome addition to Arlington’s growing cultural arts destination, said Tony Rutigliano, president and CEO of the Downtown Arlington Management Corp.

“What I hoped we would accomplish in Downtown was to create a place that would attract a creative class of people,” Rutigliano said about the importance of seeking the cultural district designation. “What I wanted to do was announce that we are interested in supporting the arts, whatever the form.”

Franklin, who has won 12 Grammy awards, is expected to begin recording a new project at the studio this fall, said Ron Hill, president of Fo Yo Soul Entertainment. Some of the new studio’s recent clients include gospel recording artists Tasha Page-Lockhart and Marvin Sapp, Hill added.

“Fo Yo Soul Entertainment would like to thank Alan Petsche and The Petsche Group for making this dream become a reality,” Franklin said.

 

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