Customer Comments
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"who would have thought
that I could scribble a few drawings down
on paper, call you guys and have the solution to my mobile
voice over recording dilemma! Well it's true! I am a
voiceover actor and I work from the road on occasion. The
only problem has been making sure my recording environment
is quiet enough. I've tried everything from stepping
into a closet to holding blankets over my head.
No More! The "StoneBooth In A Bag" rocks!
It effectively cuts out room noise and reflection, giving me
a quiet sound controlled area to record in. It's perfect
size fits on a desk and packs up in 5 minutes!
Here are pictures to show you it in use recently in a New
York City hotel room! I'm the envy of my peers, and they'll
be calling you soon!
Thanks again!
Steve Stone |
Thanks Steve! We
proudly offer your booth design for sale to others. We call it "StoneBooth
in a Bag".
Gretchen Stribling
President
Gretch-Ken Industries, Inc.
GK Acoustics
I absolutely love my sound
isolation booth and it's exactly what I planed for!
Thank you all so very much---you were all so very helpful and
courteous!
To Vicki, for the countless phone conversations and emails. To Ken,
for the
wonderful custom work and design. And to Gretchen, for making the
final
transaction from one coast to another smooth and complete.
I will recommend Gretch-Ken Industries to everyone I know!
Sincerely,
April Christine
Chapel~Studios
New Jersey
We do all the audio production
for Universal Studios Hollywood right here on the lot,
and we depend heavily on our isolation booth from Gretch-Ken.
It's comfortable,
well-made and quiet. We even record our phone messages in it.
If you call Universal Studios for park information, you are
listening to a Gretch-Ken booth!
Hope that helps!
Drew Campbell
Technical Creative Manager
The booth is everything I had
hoped and has created a really sane space in the vortex of NY.
Assembly was 'as advertised' -- took a couple of hours with a
friend, no problem. I'd say it's
one of the best investments I've made and I'm really glad you are
pushing to envelope with
this kind of home technology. As a lifelong renter, I'm sure I speak
for my neighbors too!
Excellent work about which I've told a number of musician friends.
Best Regards,
Blake Schwarzenbach
Brooklyn, NY
The sound booth with faraday
cage that I bought from you all last year is working great for me.
It took a small team to assemble it, but we got it together and it's
working out fine.
I'd be happy to have potential customers contact me, particularly
researchers.
Again, I am a psychologist who is using the booth for research
purposes.
Stewart Shankman, PH. D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
"The people at GK Acoustics
were great! They helped us determine our needs for our application
and worked very closely with us throughout the entire process. We
needed a quiet environment to test motors in an assembly line
process. they helped design a booth that had the motor roll in for
testing and then out for the next step of the process. the booth
provided just what we needed. The assembly of the booth was also a
breeze. We were able to assemble it easily within a day. We have no
complaints with the product or the company and would gladly use GK
Acoustics again if the need arise. Thanks GK Acoustics!
Kathy Lester, Process
Engineer
Valmont Industries
McCook, NE
Just had to let you know that the
AudioGirls couldn't be happier with our sound booth.
It does exactly what we needed it to and was relatively easy to
assemble. Bravo to Gretchen and the Gretch-Ken crew for their
exceptional product and customer support!
Lori Rae Martin and Sylvia
Aimerito
AudioGirl Productions "Devastatingly Effective Audio"
Long Beach, CA.
www.audiogirlproductions.com
Attached are digital pictures of
the two isolation booths that we purchased in early July 2003. I
have no idea where to even begin telling you how pleased and happy
we are with these booths. To begin with, assembly was a dream; we
had both booths uncrated and set up within about 2 hours. The
following day the sprinkler company installed the required-by-code
flexible sprinkler drops into each of the booths, and thankfully no
increase in outside sound was noted. The following day we moved our
custom built mixing stations up to the booths, installed 13" LCD
screens (to view the karaoke lyrics) and studio condenser
microphones and headphones, and gave everything a test run. WOW! The
quality of the vocals inside the booths was (and is) Amazing! Our
customers, who range from first time amateurs to aspiring stars,
can't get over the great sounding CD's they get after a recording
session.
Thank you all so much for a great quality product!
Sincerely,
Jennifer and Greg Travelstead
The Tune Saloon Karaoke
Recording Studio and Merchants
Fairview Heights, IL.
website: www.tunesaloon.com
e-mail:
webmaster@tunesaloon.com

Two 6'x6' Standard Model Sound
Isolation booths, with customized 36" door, additional window at a
specific height, and custom holes in ceiling for sprinkler system
access.

The Audio Video students here at
Alamogordo High School put in many hours in our new sound booth. Not
only did they assemble the entire booth on their own, but they have
recorded and mixed every AHS radio ad including PSA's inside the
booth. Thanks to members of our local media, our booth is equipped
with a mixing board, microphones, a computer with Adobe Audition
(audio editing software) and Frooty Loops (music maker software).
The sound booth allows me to teach in the classroom while work
continues in the booth - they can't hear me and I can't hear them.
The students have recorded PSA's on the importance of reading,
reporting date violence, drinking and driving, and others that have
been played on local radio stations. Recently, the AV students
completed a new DVD presentation for incoming Freshmen that
showcases various aspects of our high school.
All voice over work on the DVD was completed in our GretchKen sound
booth.
I've attached some
pictures for you...photos from the assembly of the booth and of the
work that goes on continually in it. (It is
also wonderful for those overworked teachers who need a power nap or
a scream room : ) )
Let me know if you need anything else
from us. We are enjoying our booth and it has served us well.
Kathy Wallis
A-V Comm Instructor
Alamogordo High School
Alamogordo, NM
My space for my home studio
is quite limited and I needed an
ISO booth with no room for error on the dimensions.
Well, the booth is fabulous and fits like a glove.
It has all the features I need and needed no tools to assemble
it. Great concept. Gretchen is so accommodating to work with
and easy to talk to, answering all my questions concerning my
custom sized needs. Great folks. Great service. Great product.
Great company. Glad I found you. Thank you!
Cyndi Vicino
Voice Actor
Tampa,Fl.
http://www.thevoiceoverpro.com
Gretchen,
We just received shipment of
your standard model sound booth.
As a leading developer of educational web delivered content,
audio quality is very important.
The booth proved to be a perfect and economical solution to our
problem.
Very impressive stuff!
Josh Braun
Vice President - Internet Development
jbraun@childu.com
www.childu.com
I am very happy with the sound
booth. It's perfect. The whole process from researching
the website, to ordering, to shipping, to building the booth, to
follow up customer
service was flawless. Thanks for your help!
Michelle Sobel
RightField Solutions, VP Production
Chicago, IL.
msobel@rightfield.net
I just wanted to let the team
know that they did a great job on my booth!!
I use it everyday for my business, professional studio recording, as
well as
for my own personal use. Comes together like "Lego's" without even
touching
a screwdriver. Amazing! Thanks for a great job and I'm sure I'll be
purchasing
more accessories in the future.
David Lovejoy
Lovejoy Productions
Agoura Hills, CA
www.lovejoysgreenroom.com
We Love the booth! The engineers
were so excited about how much easier
this booth was to put to assemble than any other booths on the
market.
We really like how nice and tight everything fits together without
sound leaks of any kinds. We are using our booth to record tag lines
in a
convention center and the booth will get a lot of use. Thank you for
such a
quality product!
Jeremy Hudson
FamilyNet
Forth Worth, TX
www.familynetradio.com
jhudson@familynetradio.com

Thanks again for all your help.
Gretch-Ken was exceptionally helpful with our voice booth purchase,
and the shipping could not have been quicker.
Chris Price
DJ Dowling
Atherton, CA.
www.djdowling.com
Hi Gretchen - I wanted to let you
know that I received my isolation booth,
and that it worked great. I am glad that I chose your company to do
business with.
Thanks - Kelly
Kelly Rohaly
Seattle, Washington
www.meriphew.com
We needed one of Gretch-Ken
Industries standard model booths
to cut down on the noise coming from a loud machine in our
warehouse.
Gretch-Ken Industries custom designed a booth to fit our
requirements
which had windows all the way around and a ventilation system on
top.
We had to have a 35 db drop in frequencies ranges of 800-1500 hertz.
We were so thrilled when we assembled the booth and it worked great!
Steve Abbott
Scafco Corporation
www.scafco.com

Hi guys!
Thought you might find this photo of interest, currently being shown
on the
Haley-Davidson website.
(Takes some browsing to find it. go to:
http://www.harley-davidson.com/en/home.asp?bmLocale=en_US
then click on "View photos from the Open Road Tour". Under
"photo Essay",
select Toronto, and then click "next" until the image comes up.
It's roughly 16 frames in.)
As I'm sure you'll recognize, it's the sound isolation booth we
bought from you,
which we "re-purposed" into a self-run video recording booth.
Harley's guests enter the booth, close the door, and record a
personal story about
their favorite ride, best bike story, etc.
The "stories", recording in high-rez 16:9 DVCAM format, are
archived,
and complied into reels, which are then edited/authored into DVDs
and displayed
elsewhere in the show.
Booth is holding up nicely, having now traveled from Lorton, VA
(where it was fitted out), to Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles,
and Toronto, and is now on its way to Dallas,
then Mexico City. We're traveling it in one piece,
rather then breaking it down each time.
Love the product - we'll certainly keep you in mind for future
installations.
Dan Moalli
Design & Production, Inc.
Lorton, VA
www.d-and-p.com
This booth was custom designed
for Harley Davidson's 100th Anniversary Tour,
where Harley riders go into the booth and
record their Harley experiences and road trip stories.
This booth was custom designed with an interior
dividing wall to separate the camera
from the person telling the story.
The booth is working wonderful
for me. I had several representatives
come to my hearing center and they were very pleased with the
results of the booth.
I appreciate all the good customer service that was provided!
I will call you again if I need any more booths.
Don Murphy
Fort Gratiot, MI
www.starkey.com
We needed a booth for hearing
testing.
Your booth was easy to put together and looks great!
Steve Frost
www.esci.net

Although voiceover's are my
livelihood, I never imagined putting one in my
house (studio). After doing the research I found out how expensive
and
costly it could be. I got on the internet and found you guys and man
what
a blessing. The entire experience was smooth and your suggestions
were right on. I saved myself a lot of headaches, and yes money.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. My booth is the rave of my piers
and
I don't have to drive as much (I live in Southern California).
Oh Yeah, one more thing. My booth arrived on a Thursday and I was
recording on Friday.
Best Regards,
Jesse Corti
La Canada, CA
I am very happy with the booth.
The service was great!
You go above and beyond for your customers.
Slim JG
Recording Artist
Miami, Florida
www.slimjg.com
“After determining our sound
capture needs, we located Gretch-Ken Industries through
a search of the Web for sound booths. Our multimedia experts were
very pleased to
learn that we could customize the layout of the sound booths without
any additional
costs.
The sound booth
assembly was quick and easy. Upon receiving two 4' x 6' booths,
we were able to set them up the same day. We later added microphone
arms and
computer monitors to each booth, an additional customization that
was very easy
to accomplish. Our overall experience with Gretch-Ken was
excellent.”
Thanks,
Danny Nichols
Multimedia Design Specialist
NFSTC
National Forensic Science Technology Center®
Largo, FL.
Science Serving Justice
www.NFSTC.org
We couldn't be more pleased with
the booth. We were amazed at how solid the booth is considering how
easy it was to put together. Every piece fit flawlessly and it's
been in use since the day we set it up.
Thanks,
Michael Tuite
University of Virgina
GK Acoustics worked with me
every step of the way to create; not only a completely custom sized
isolation booth to fit into the small space I had, but one that
looks, works and sounds great as well.
The service and quality product I received from GK Acoustics was way
above anything I could have expected.
Thanks a ton.
Tom Macduff
Irvine, CA
I've got a full blown Pro Tools
system and lots of gear set up in my
apartment and my iso booth is piled full of speakers for various
amps
including a half stack connected to a 50 watt Marshall.
The booth works well enough that I can wind up the Marshall to
get that signature roar! I also use it to record vocals. I've
completed
several projects now - both my own and projects for friends.
We all dig it. It's also a great conversation piece☺
Steve Gray
Woodside, California
Well....WE LOVE IT!
Here's the report:
The thing arrived in fine shape. due to the fact that even the BUMS
in NYC
are unionized, we had to uncrate it IN the truck outside the loading
dock of
our building! No matter, we got it all in, THEN the fun began!
Partially cause we're idiots, and partially cause we were putting
this in a
VERY tight space, the construction was not so smooth, but it IS
mostly
our fault. Anyway, after getting an ex-football playing intern from
one
of our clients to come up and help the two aging rockers (me + my
bro),
we got it done. I was very impressed by the ease that things had
connecting once we got those corner braces in the right position.
The best thing is that I'm very happy we went with you guys.
We'd seen both your competitor's booths in different NYC
situations and were a bit unimpressed as to the amount of leakage
we heard. While none of these style booths are completely silent,
yours by far is the quietest! We figure this is due to the superior
DOOR!
First thing we did with it was to record the vocals for the theme
of the new animated series coming in April on Comedy Central called
"SHORTIES". We're also doing a LOT of acoustic guitar recording in
there
with a two mic setup. Sounds great!
The 6'x4' booth is also big enough to keep a 'half-stack' amp setup
in there and STILL be able to sit a guy down to record acoustic
guitar
or winds, etc...
We started out doing most of our music "in the box", using samplers
and PODS. Having this booth means no more compromises!
Now then....the ONLY teensy gripe we have, and it aint a big one nor
unexpected, is the noise level of the cooling fan. While not
horrendous,
it is a loud enough low hum to be too loud for any quiet recording
situations (vocals, acoustic guitar). I've heard and read similar
gripes
with every other standard fan setup in these style booths so I was
kinda prepared. Having said that, the fan REALLY does move some
air in there!
That out of the way, we really LOVE the booth and feel secure we
went with the best company to build it! AND WE CAN TAKE IT WITH US!
Thanx again!
C.P.Roth
Adam Roth
Roth Brothers Music Publishing, LLC
dutchlow@nyc.rr.com
The custom sound isolation booth
works great. Everyone is very happy with the results.
I don't have much of a quote, but I will say that I would definitely
use and recommend
your services again on any future projects.
Wayne T. Hoffman
Ethicon End-Surgery
Cincinnati, OH
The booth is just amazing! I know
that sounds cheesy but that's the way I feel.
It isolates a lot of sound. Now all of my recordings are a lot
cleaner.
Theo Chou
Mint Sound Audio
San Mario, CA
The booth works GREAT! and was
easy to put together.
I use it for drums in an apartment building.
The booth cuts the noise down considerable, by more than half.
Not even the recording studio down stairs gets that good of results.
Gretchen gave me honest answers about the booths abilities, unlike
other
companies I talked to, who told me what I wanted to hear just to
make a sale.
Peter Savad
Brooklyn, NY
Hello Liz,
Thank you for all of your help
and yes the booth is working great!
I am very satisfied with the way everything turned out.
The booth assembly was very simple and I am very happy
that I did business with you.
Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Anton Iagounov
Singnal Hill, CA
I was very pleased with booth. It
boosted our sound quality 100%.
I was very excited about the booth because it helped our sound
quality so much.
Mike Smith - CEO
InOvation Entertainment
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Thank you so much for the booth
it is working great!
As you know, I live in New York and the noise is terrible.
Now with my new booth, I can finally do my meditation in peace and
quite.
Thanks!
Dede Storms
New York, NY
I received my booth and I am very
happy with it. If I need any more booths,
you will be the first ones on my list to call. Customer service was
great!
Don Murphy
Fort Gratiot, MI
Just want to let you know that I
have been delighted with your excellent
customer service and attention. Not only my order was delivered
sooner than
expected, but also arranged so I could receive it on a convenient
day (key
for those with 9-to-5 s). I received follow-up calls and treated
with
courtesy and respect. To Karen and Gretchen, special thanks.
Marina Myles
LEX PRODUCTIONS, NY
The booth is great! we love it!
the sound booth increased availability with our
students to create Soundridge mulit-media projects
Kansas State University
Computing & Network Services
Manhattan, KS.
Just a quick note to thank you
(and your crew) for the great booth.
I received it a few weeks ago, way ahead of schedule. Everything
went
together very nicely and it does exactly what I need it to do.
Thanks again for the great booth. Well worth the money!
Jeff Lyons
Lyons Den Design
www.lyonsdendesign.com
The booth works Great! I am very
satisfied with the booth and the service!
It was exactly what I expected it to be when it arrived. I am a very
satisfied
customer! I would absolutely order from you guys again!
Mike Lucas
Pixelbox Visual Design
Elm Grove, WI.
I am very very happy with my 8' x
14' booth and with the service provided.
Fast delivery and NO hassle! Great booth for everybody! Between
Payment
and installation it took about 3 weeks, Un-believable! I would order
from you
again if I need anything.
Angel Zanbrano
Eartelligence Group Broadcasting Studios
Pembrooke Pine, Florida
Our booth looks great, works
well, and was easy to put together!
Thanks,
Rich Machle
LZSI Multi Media
Aurora, CO
I love my booth, it is works
great!
Gilbert Thomas
Albuquerque, NM
I loved the booth 4'x4' Premium
booth and it was very easy to put together.
We used the booth at the Wescon 2003 trade show in San Francisco,
Cal.
We asked to have the booth delivered on a specific date, and it was.
What great customer service!
Tom Shain
Floyd Bell Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
I am very happy with the booth.
The service was great!
You go above and beyond for your customers.
Slim JG
Recording Artist
Miami, Florida
www.slimjg.com
Amazingly convenient to have a
booth in my facility.
It's great to pen the door have them step in and start recording.
J-Design
Jeff Deponte
Kaneohe, Hawaii
Having the booth makes the audio
crisper and cleaner than we
have ever worked with before. Puts out great audio!
Dave Callender
Cox Media
Springdale, AR.
I'm 100% happy with the booth. It
is more than I expected!
The booth adds professionalism to my studio.
Justin Graham
Track House
Central Falls, RI.
I love my sound booth. I
find it to be one of the most important pieces of my home studio.
Without my sound booth, i would not be able to record crisp quality
vocals as I have been
For the past several months. This has been one of the most important
purchases of my
musical career and has been essential in not only my vocal
recording, but in also the peace
desired by my family and neighbors.
I am deeply grateful to you and your company for the prompt
shipment, the easy assembly, and most of all, wonderful service.
Raquel J.
Pine Brook, NJ
"Our GK Acoustics Isolation
booth allows us to create audio from voice-over's to sound effects
quickly and cleanly. By having a dedicated audio production booth we
have allowed our creative's to focus on the material instead of
worrying about how we're going to make it happen."
Drew Heidgerken
15 Letters Inc.
Chicago, IL
Yeah, I love it! Works
Great. This thing is so quiet I take naps in it at lunch!!
Craig Welzbacher
Culver, CA.
www.otxresearch.com
Hey Liz,
Still working on the documentary off and on. Got into commercial
work, doing TV spots for Pepsi and Clear Channel radio. Using the
booth of course. My brother who's worked for *a local Top Hits Radio
Station* forever (he is the program director) thinks your iso booth
has a better sound environment than the million dollar 'set up' at
*the local Top Hits Radio Station*.
Paul Fraserbr />
Seattle, WA.
*name of radio station bleeped out for
privacy purposes*
The booth is working great. I purchased
the booth because I needed a way to ensure an
acoustic continuity to all of the vocals that I record in my sound studio and
the booth has
provided that continuity. It has ensured that the vocals I record are picked up
and not all
of the outside noise that is part of the sound studio's environment. Thanks for
a great product!
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom Elliott
Fort Smith, AR.
www.fathert.com
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