Forte Studios

10/04/2025

It’s always great to see community come together. Happy to have a small part in it the effort!

💙Pufferbilly Days is more than just a festival — it’s a celebration of our history, our community, and the people who call Boone County home. None of this would be possible without the incredible generosity and commitment of our sponsors. From local businesses to community-minded organizations, you have shown that when we come together, we can create something truly special. Thank you for investing in Pufferbilly Days, for believing in our mission, and for helping us keep this beloved tradition alive for generations to come!

Fareway Stores Boone
Boone County Hospital
City of Boone, Iowa
Landus
Mid Iowa Anesthesia and Pain services
Bayer
Boone Bank & Trust Co.
Boone, Iowa Rotary Club
Boone Vision Center
BomgaarsSupply
Bowers Digmann Financial
Bright Light Electric
Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & Museum
Builders FirstSource
Condon's Services
Elite Construction
Elite Outdoors
Forte Studios
Fortress Construction
Great Wind Pathfinder/ Apex Clean Energy
Groovy Hues Painting
Iowa Pork Producers
ITC Holdings Corp.
KWBG AM 1590 and 101.5 FM
LIVE Hydration Spa Ames
MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union
Midland Power Cooperative
Moffit Lake
Molitor Construction
Nerem & Associates Real Estate & Insurance
Pritchard Bro
Redekers Furniture
Saints Avenue Cafe
Stecker Concrete Inc.
TA’s Tree Service
United Bank of Iowa
Walmart
Zylstra Harley-Davidson
515 Co****le
A.B.A.T.E. of Iowa
Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Boone Arts Advisory Board
Boone Community Theatre
Tall Corn Car Club
Boone Ministerial Committee
Boone Soccer Club
Boone Tennis
Bottled Bliss
Chase Decals
DKG Society of Boone
Downtown Boone
Iowa National Guard
Ogden Lions Club
Photon Laser Engraving LLC
Scott Amusements LLC
Star Equipment, Ltd.
Union Pacific Railroad
Walters Sanitation

07/19/2025

Boone County Fairgrounds did not disappoint. Incredible turnout for Not Quite Brothers last night. Great guys to work with that truly care about providing the best fan experience.

Joshua Jacobsen was audio engineer

06/27/2025

Full day session complete with 3 songs recorded, mixed, and mastered along with 3 videos for each song. Great working with Tim and learning about his past touring bands.

06/25/2025

Following a studio project this weekend, we hit the road and helped out with Ogden Fun Days Sunday service featuring Water's Edge Community Church and Grace Global Community Church. Sincerely appreciate senator Jesse Green for the recognition on our work at the event.

06/23/2025

Great time doing a recording for dak0ta.music. A unique project as they also did video recording. Keep a look out for that soon! In the mean time you can check out their page: https://www.dakotamusix.com

06/09/2025

Bobby Hart recently released his music video on a song we worked on a few years back. Looks great!

Midwest Country Music Organization

Directed and produced by . Copyright 2025.

06/09/2025

Ryan Moomey rocked the today! Jay Brannan laid down sweet . Iowa Arts & Culture Music on Facebook

05/04/2025

A modified blumlein technique was used on the in blaine.oglesbee session.

We tracked and simultaneously making for an and without compromise.

04/28/2025

Another busy weekend at the studio! Yesterday we recorded The Sounds of Inspiration, a Southern Quartet in Newton, IA and today we tracked and for Jay Brannan’s upcoming project.

We put to use an aresenal of equipment using Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser, Mogami Cable, Townsend Labs, LEWITT, Shure, AUDIX, Manley Labs, Focusrite Avid Pro Tools ALLEN & HEATH

04/27/2025

Name That Tune!
We got a little something brewing at the studio with Jay Brannan on and Daniel Kluiter on .

Nothing like capturing recording sounds with the right position, choice, and signal chain combination.


AKG Neumann Sennheiser audixmics wearefocusrite shure Mogami Cable Avid Pro Tools

12/01/2024

Behind The Scenes on capturing an authentic voice from a broken audio book. -Standard is not always the best way of approaching a project.

10/10/2024

Recording over Phone and want a more natural sound?

- We encounter these challenges all the time and that’s why we believe the design of the studio environment is the most critical element of any project. Our recent podcast project uses various techniques such as speaker phone recording versus talking directly on the cell phone, using a tube based pre-amplifier, and adding just the right amount of pre-compression and equalization before it hits the recorder. This approach not only ensures less clipping and superior audio quality throughout its travel path, but also provides efficient editing and mixing that saves time and money, which truly captures an authentic voice. Check out our pictured Avalon settings.