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ABOUT THE COMPANY


Denson Entertainment Group of Companies, LLC. is the parent company of Audio Acoustics Home Theatre, Denson Design, International and Kirk Denson Productions. The collective goal and vision of Denson Entertainment Group is to strive for excellence in providing electronics design and acoustical consulting and to remain dedicated to the reproduction and enhancement of the auditory and visual experience in the intended environment.

SERVICES PROVIDED

Audio Acoustics Home Theatre

As a consultant to home builders, architects, interior designers and homeowners interested in owning quality home entertainment systems, Audio Acoustics Home Theatre is a THX Certified Home Theater System Designer/Installer. The company places intensive focus upon room acoustics and only the best quality home entertainment components are specified. Audio Acoustics Home Theatre also works directly with homeowners who desire a custom designed home theatre system capable of reproducing film and audio in a 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1 environment.

Services include:

  • Pre-wiring of custom homes with audio, video and structured wiring for spec homes and model homes for home builders.
  • Design of THX Certified Audio and Video systems for dedicated and non-dedicated homes and commercial structures.
  • Installation of THX Certified Audio and Video systems for dedicated and non-dedicated homes and commercial structures.

Current Projects Include:

  • Pre-wire and audio system design/component specification for Bruce Lee of Bruce Lee General Contractor, a custom home builders personal residence in Santa Rosa, California.
  • Pre-wire and installation 42" plasma screen and speakers of approximately 20 spec homes for custom homebuilder, Steve Ledson, in Sonoma, California
  • Whole house audio, video and control system for Recording Artist in Ft. Lauderdale, FL (information available upon request)

Denson Design, International

Denson Design, International provides consulting, sales, installation of professional audio, video and home theater components, customer support and training to worship facilities and commercial construction with an approach that is focused on acoustics, intelligibility, evenly distributed venue coverage and musical clarity.

Services Include:

  • Design of acoustics, audio, video and lighting systems for all commercial venues
  • Providing architects and builders with drawings and plans, in both paper and digitized formats, for conduit runs, audio video and lighting designs.
  • Installation supervision and installation of designed systems.

Current projects include:

  • Renovation and replacement of acoustics, sound and video systems of the "Jimmy Hendrix Theater" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Completed projects include:

  • Sound, video, lighting systems and acoustical treatment for the construction of a new sanctuary and school facility of Faith Church in New Milford, Connecticut.

kirkdenson productions

Kirk Denson Productions provides consulting, engineering, recording and design for live concerts, tours, corporate and special events with a focus on audio, video, lighting and production management. Our goal is to offer a turn-key, all encompassing production solution for all special events, as well as post-production services for film.

Services Include:

  • Front of House sound engineering
  • Monitor Engineering
  • Stage Management
  • Production Management (advancing of upcoming shows)
  • Sound, Lighting, and Video Design

Film Services Include:

  • Sound Design
  • Sound Editing
  • Effects Recording
  • Production Recording

 

Current projects include:

Sound Design/Sound Editing for Columbia Film Students Short Film "Christ In The City"

Kirk Denson has received a News and Documentary Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound for his Music Editing of the documentary film "Amandla! a Revolution in Four Part Harmony".

 

EXPERIENCE


Denson Entertainment Group of Companies draws, primarily, on the founder's 25 years of experience in the live sound/production industries as well as post-production sound for film. Kirk Denson has provided Sound Engineering and Production Management services for ministries, organizations and individuals such as, the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Reverend James Cleveland, Kool & The Gang, New Edition, Kirk Franklin, Bishop T.D. Jakes and The Potter's House Worship Center. Having provided production services for such a vast array of clients has proven to be beneficial, considering they require the highest quality of equipment and facilities for performance, which translates today to a demonstrated advantage over competition.

Kirk's past employment with The Potter's House, as Senior Audio Engineer, during the design and installation phase of The Potter's House Worship Center, proves to be of value to ministries as they strive for production excellence. During his tenure, he persuaded the ministry to embrace the transition from the analogue to the digital realm. He selected the highly anticipated Yamaha® PM1D digital console for the Front of House and Monitor mix positions. This addition to the overall design of the sound system was accepted and the ministry purchased a total of three consoles, adding another for the Broadcast Mix position, for the 8,400 seating capacity worship facility. This accomplishment helped the church define the new construction as "State of the Art". The digital consoles were sonically superior to the analogue consoles and remain a technological testimony to what is available for ministries that desire the best for their congregation. Kirk recently completed the Yamaha Commercial Audio PM1D Operational Training School, maintaining familiarity with the updated software and capabilities of the console.

Kirk Denson is currently Sound Editor of Music, Dialogue and Effects for Skywalker Sound, world renowned post-production facility owned by legendary filmmaker, George Lucas. Skywalker Sound has garnered numerous Academy Awards for excellence in Sound Design and Mixing. Kirk was Certified as a THX® Designer/Installer in March of 2002 and Audio Acoustics Home Theatre was founded.

 

COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS APPROACH


As a consultant for residential, commercial and worship facilities projects the approach is to begin with the end in mind. First on the agenda is to determine the customers specific needs. Many hours are spent in conference with the customer to understand the production goals. As an example, for worship facilities, visits to the existing facility are arranged to experience a worship service and determine to what degree the style of worship is spoken word or praise and worship oriented. Thorough assessments, such as this, will prove invaluable during the design phase.

Acoustics

In the commercial marketplace, our business is focused, primarily on worship facilities where room acoustics has historically been an area of neglect. This is true of both existing and new facilities. Whatever the case may be, the company performs a preliminary acoustical analysis which consists of:

a) an examination of the floor plans

b) pictures and/or video to conceptualize the space to be evaluated (for existing facilities)

c) an RT-60 test (for existing facilities)

d) a brief summary narrative (for existing facilities) describing the problems experienced

After this acoustical analysis is evaluated recommendations are made towards treating the offending hard surfaces (walls, windows, floors, seating surfaces, etc.) with the intended end result being a room that is "tuned" and "dialed in" to the parameters that are perfect for your listening environment. As an Authorized Factory Representative for Acoustic Sciences Corporation, Kirk Denson has the resources to address your unique acoustics challenges.

Sound

Once the acoustical challenges are addressed and satisfied, the focus is turned towards the sound system. Kirk Denson is dedicated to designing and specifying a system that fits both the intended environment as well as the budget. Only the most respected manufacturers in the Professional Audio Community are specified. Names such as L-Acoustics®, d&b audiotechnik and EAW® for loudspeakers; Yamaha®, Midas® and Soundcraft® for mixing desks; klark-teknik® and Drawmer® for signal processing; LabGruppen® and Crown® for power amplifiers and Audio-Technica®, Schoeps®, Sennheiser® and Shure® for microphones, just to name a few. A few of these manufacturers are not normally specified for worship facilities systems. This is a fact that Kirk is very aware of, but fully intends to stand by his chioce of offering the best to the worship based community.

Consultation

As your consultant, Kirk Denson takes a "hands-on" approach, interacting during the construction process with the builders, system installers and all contractors connected with your audio and video systems. Whether it is a home entertainment system, commercial installation or a worship facility, he will represent your production valued interests throughout the building and installation process through completion. For commercial construction and worship facilities, at the end of the installation phase, of paramount importance is the training of individuals designated by you as the system operators. For home theater systems, the home owner is walked through the paces of operating the system as it is designed for ease of use.

 
   
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