“In our line of work, a lot of success comes down to being in the right place at the right time, or as we say: “Proximity = Opportunity”. I was given the opportunity to join Ty Fy Studios as part of Dan Fontana’s team, supplying the inhouse Walt Disney Entertainment mix engineers and sound designers. The guys at Ty Fy are an amazing group of individuals that operate the studios at the Roy E. Disney Production Center in Orlando with a list of clients second to none worldwide; a total dream gig.”
Ty Fy are responsible for music and audio production for Disney Parks and cruise liners all over the world. Dan and his colleagues will often mix and master on site, usually at night when there are no visitors and during quiet periods on the ships.
The team will typically be working on extremely complex projects like ‘Rivers of Light’ in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, requiring multiple channel mixing and multi-point surround sound playback. Sound to light, sound to vision and dynamic time delays on moving set pieces are all part of a day’s – or night’s – work.
For such location assignments the team have fully portable Pro Tools HD rigs, while back at HQ in Orlando four studios plus several edit suites are equipped with Avid, API and SSL Duality consoles, Genelecs and Pro Tools systems throughout.
Sound effects, Foley and voiceovers are also frequently captured on location, and this is where microphone choice is critical.