{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"START","title":"START: Zach Nieman, Founder, Snap Studio: “Unleash Your Studio - The Ultimate Portable Vocal Booth\"","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/838b2ef3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":437,"description":"It started with a dream. “Guys, let’s make it to the GRAMMYs.” 18 months later, he did it. \nZach Nieman’s GRAMMY-Nominated production “Cali Coast (Psionics Remix)” by Soul Pacific led him to walk the red carpet and planted the seeds for his first startup. \nIt all began when he was recording music at home. The gear was right. The room wasn't.\nZach had the interface, the cables, the mics, and the chops to lay down a real take. He hit record and realized: “It sounded like garbage.”\nSo he built a workaround: a frame with sound absorption blankets over it, enough to kill the reverb and get a usable signal he could mix in post. He told the guys “Let’s make this album so good that we get to the GRAMMYs.” The songs they tracked inside it made that dream come true.\nThen he put the booth away for over a year. It took fellow GRAMMY Nominated producer Josh Williams asking “whatever happened with that booth?” to get Zach to pull it back out and think product instead of prototype.\nSnap Studio is the commercialized product of that vision: a 360-degree acoustic isolation shield trusted by thousands of artists, singers, and voice actors worldwide. The popular Standard and XL models break down in minutes and fit into a duffel bag, making them perfect for storage or travel.\nGet Rolling Stone's #1 recommended portable recording booth here: www.snapstudio.com\n\n🎙️ Zach Nieman, CEO & Founder, Snap Studio on Fondo START\n01:08 Why San Francisco became the Hollywood of startups\n\n02:08 The thing that decides whether a take is usable, and it isn't the gear\n\n02:50 The recording that came back unusable\n\n03:28 From a blanket-and-frame prototype to the Grammy red carpet\n\n03:38 The question from a friend that restarted the whole project\n\n03:58 Launching during COVID, when nobody could get to a studio\n\nCheck it out at www.snapstudio.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q-E1hh7K6IS4AfZiNy2p4MYVGcUOO8lQP92h8QbOEOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}