String & Can

What String & Can does

String & Can is a private, boutique audio post-production studio founded in 2010 and headquartered in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, with a recently opened satellite studio in Jersey City, NJ. The company provides Dolby Atmos mixing, sound design, sound editing, and narration recording services for film and television productions, serving enterprise clients that include HBO, Netflix, NBC, ESPN, and the 30 for 30 documentary series. Its core technology stack centers on Dolby Atmos immersive audio workflows, supported by a remote mixing and review capability that extends reach beyond the New York metro area.

The studio operates a project-based professional services model with quote-based pricing, generating revenue through per-project engagements with film and television production companies. Distribution is sales-led via direct outreach, website inquiries, and phone; inbound flows are reinforced by a portfolio website and team-level IMDB credit profiles that function as credentialing channels. A portion of demand is generated through the Little Brick House Collective, a strategic partnership network of ten boutique post-finishing partners that enables String & Can to bundle audio with conforming, HDR color grading, motion graphics, music licensing, and music composition into comprehensive post-finishing proposals.

String & Can is privately held with no disclosed funding, parent company, or revenue figures. Its competitive position is anchored on the individual reputations and collective awards (8 Emmy wins, 1 C.A.S. win, 1 M.P.S.E. win, 1 Edward R. Murrow win, 1 Peabody win) of its approximately 8-person audio team, combined with the Little Brick House Collective ecosystem and the NJ film tax rebate advantage enabled by the Jersey City studio. The customer base is concentrated in premium US television and documentary production, and the business is geographically anchored to the New York tri-state production corridor.

Name

String & Can

Legal name

String & Can

Website

https://stringandcan.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

String & Can is a New York-based audio post-production studio offering Dolby Atmos mixing, sound design, sound editing, and narration recording for film and television clients including HBO, Netflix, NBC, and ESPN, operating through a boutique team of award-winning engineers and the Little Brick House Collective partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Audio Post-Production Services

NAICS

Sound Recording Studios (51224), Sound Recording Industries (5122), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

akta.pro primary industry

Audio Mastering & Deliverables (Loudness/Compliance, Printmasters, Stems) (MPAHAEAL)

Keywords

• Audio post production
• Dolby Atmos mixing
• Sound design editing
• Film television audio
• Narration recording

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Audio Post Production Services: Professional audio post-production services including Dolby Atmos mixing, sound design, sound editing, and narration recording for film and television clients. Revenue is generated through project-based studio services with per-project pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

String & Can is an audio post-production studio with dual New York City and New Jersey facilities that provides Dolby Atmos mixing, sound design, sound editing, and narration recording services for film and television productions. Founded in 2010, the studio combines traditional audio craftsmanship with immersive (Atmos) workflows and remote mix/review capabilities, and offers bundled post-finishing packages through its Little Brick House Collective partnership.

Product overview

String & Can is a single-location audio post production studio offering a unified suite of services rather than modular products. The core offering centers on Dolby Atmos mixing, sound design, sound editing, and narration recording, delivered from the flagship Manhattan facility with a satellite Jersey City studio for NJ film tax rebate capture. Remote mixing and review is offered as an operational enhancement. Through the Little Brick House Collective partnership, the studio extends its offering to include comprehensive post-finishing packages (conforming, HDR color grading, motion graphics, music licensing) that integrate with external specialist partners—Great City, Sound Goods (mix/sound), Color Supply/Color Space Post (color grading), Module/Telegraph (conform/deliverables), Graafika/Naoko Saito (motion graphics/VFX), Tigers on a Leash (music licensing), Hummingbirds (music composition), and Julia Mugge (post production management). The portfolio is service-based rather than product-based, with the collective partnerships functioning as an integrated service ecosystem rather than discrete product lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Little Brick House CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLittle Brick House Collective is a collective of boutique post finishing companies. String & Can operates as a partner of this collective, offering comprehensive post-finishing packages including in-house conforming, HDR color grading, motion graphics, music licensing, and more. Clients can submit projects for joint proposals through the LBH website.
• Great CityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing mix and sound design services as a partner company.
• Tigers on a LeashminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing music licensing services as a partner company.
• HummingbirdsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing music composition services as a partner company.
• Color SupplyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing color grading services as a partner company.
• ModuleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing conform, edit support, and deliverables services as a partner company.
• GraafikaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing motion graphics and VFX services as a partner company.
• Naoko SaitominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing motion graphics and VFX services as an independent partner.
• Julia MuggeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing post production management services as an independent partner.
• Color Space PostminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing color grading services as a partner company.
• Sound GoodsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing mix and sound design services as a partner company.
• TelegraphminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Little Brick House Collective network providing edit support, conform, and deliverables services as a partner company.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Skywalker Sound: Legendary feature-film sound facility operated by Lucasfilm, serving theatrical tent-pole productions. Comparable to String & Can in Dolby Atmos and immersive mixing capability but at far larger scale and scope, focused on blockbuster film rather than TV.
• Harbor Picture Company: NYC-based post-production house offering picture and sound services to feature film, episodic, and advertising clients. Comparable to String & Can as a NYC post-services provider, though broader in scope (picture plus sound).
• Deluxe: Global post-production and content services company offering sound, picture, and distribution services across film, streaming, and broadcast. Overlaps with String & Can on audio post-production at scale for major studio and streaming clients.
• Warner Bros. Post Production Services: In-house post-production arm of Warner Bros. Discovery offering sound mixing, editing, and finishing for studio-owned and third-party productions. Comparable to String & Can on premium mixing services and overlaps on HBO-adjacent client work.
• Technicolor Sound (Mikros): Large post-production and VFX house (Technicolor creative services, now operating under Mikros) with extensive sound and picture capabilities. Comparable to String & Can on immersive audio and TV/film post work, though operating at much broader portfolio scale.

Direct peers

• Sonic Union: NYC audio post-production and mixing studio specializing in commercials, broadcast, and digital content. Overlaps with String & Can on high-end audio mixing and sound design for screen-based media in the same NYC market.
• Formosa Group: LA-based boutique post-production collective offering sound, picture, and VFX services. Comparable to String & Can as a multi-discipline boutique serving premium film/TV clients with a similar award-credentials-driven model.
• Heard City: Boutique audio post-production studio in Los Angeles serving film, television, advertising, and gaming. Closely comparable to String & Can in its specialization in immersive mixing and premium content sound work.
• Sound Lounge: Long-established NYC boutique audio post-production studio serving film, television, and streaming clients with mixing, sound design, and immersive audio capabilities. Directly comparable to String & Can in scale, service mix, and premium NYC client base.
• Soundtrack New York: NYC audio post-production studio serving feature film, episodic, and advertising clients with mixing and sound design. Comparable to String & Can as a boutique NYC audio post house competing for similar premium streaming and broadcast work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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