BACKGROUND INFORMATION


Celebrating our 26th year (but with 35 years experience), Hufker Recording is known for high quality digital music recording on location. We record for compact disc, DVD and radio/video broadcast. We use only the finest equipment, audiophile microphone techniques and the latest technology to produce superior recordings. With 26 years of broadcasting experience, Hufker Recording knows how to record for broadcast, how to produce successful music programs and how to engineer complex live "remotes." In addition, Hufker Recording offers complete post-production services. We perform state-of-the-art editing and offer custom compact disc or DVD recording. We are also capable of having a finished master disc replicated on compact disc at the highest quality in any number required.

Barry Hufker's background in audio is extensive. Former Coordinator of the Audio Production Faculty and Audio Production Program at Webster University, Hufker is a full-time associate professor in the Department of Electronic and Photographic Media. The author of a number of articles for national recording industry magazines, Hufker was also production manager at KWMU-FM, where he was responsible for several important technical "firsts." These innovations include the introduction of compact discs and digital recording to Saint Louis, as well as the premiere of Ambisonic surround sound broadcasts to the nation. Hufker's experience in radio production, "live" and "live-on-tape" broadcasts is broad. Acting as the audio engineer and producer for a host of local "live" and "live-on-tape" broadcasts, he has been the associate producer of the national broadcasts of the Saint Louis Symphony. He also has recorded Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for more than 25 years. Hufker has produced many of these recordings for National Public Radio.

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