Best hi-end drum room in Los Angeles? with a WOW factor

Firefox · 22nd June 2006

Heya all

I was going to record rock drums for a day at Capitol Studios very soon - but they are booked the day we need.

Any suggestions for your fav place to record drums in LA? We need a place that will really impress the clients, sound great, and have great support staff. I’m engineering the date.

The Village or the Record Plant come to my mind.... possibly Ocean Way...... where else have folks worked, and been very happy?

thanks

nlc201 · 22nd June 2006

NRG
Royaltone

Is Cello back open to the public yet?

Greg Wells · 22nd June 2006

Sunset Sound is excellent... Cello... Henson studio B... all amazing drum rooms with good staff.

picksail · 22nd June 2006

Our room sounds pretty good.

We had a tracking session with one of our regular session drummers, Dave Allan. Last night he decided to complete the tracking of his album with his band, Brother.

He informed me later in the evening that we'd gotten the best sounds he's ever had.

Plus, we're right next door to Capitol!!!

RKrizman · 22nd June 2006

You can't beat Sound City for drums.

No Wow factor, though, unless your clients are into Nirvana, Dr. John, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, etc., etc.

Good support staff is great, but I swear I've always gotten better drum sounds in dingier rock n roll dives than places like Capital or the Village. And hey, I just put up some new Sonex in my garage.

I think the real answer to your question is Village Studio D.

-R

Lord Fear · 22nd June 2006

the village or oceanstudios in burbank

both totally have the "wow" factor and are both great studios

Zwinter · 22nd June 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by nlc201

NRG
Royaltone

Is Cello back open to the public yet?

The last update I heard (last week at Tape Op) is Cello is still not open. They are still upgrading the studio before they open.

bpatural · 22nd June 2006

Capitol is cool, kind of like walking into a time machine, but a little weird with so much corporate/security around. Other "wow" studios: NRG, Royaltone (might be private now), The Pass (used to be Larrabee E., but now they give you free patron!), Ocean Way is less fancy, but good historical vibe, and nice rooms...
-brian

RKrizman · 22nd June 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by bpatural

Capitol is cool, kind of like walking into a time machine, but a little weird with so much corporate/security around.

Plus, they'll wash your car.

-R

Rob King · 22nd June 2006

Another vote for Henson Studio B. Great drum room.

Rob King

RainbowStorm · 22nd June 2006

What about Avatar Studios in New York, maybe it's worth the trip?

mtstudios@charter · 22nd June 2006

NRG has wow and sounds great.

C_F_H_13 · 22nd June 2006

my top five in no particular order are....

Sunset Sound Studio B
Ocean Studios (MOST UNDERRATED ROOM EVER)
Cello Studio 2 (oh man open again soon...please!)
Henson Studio B
The Viillage Studio 4

honorable mention....

Royaltone (BEFORE IT WAS PRIVATIZED)

planet red · 22nd June 2006

A friend of mine had some stuff on his protools rig from drums he tracked at NRG.

The room mics sounded insane. Hardly no cymbals, just huge sounding drums...

bpatural · 22nd June 2006

This one is a medium sized semi-private studio, but i think it's the -best- sounding drum room in LA:
http://www.studiowishbone.com/

-brian

nlc201 · 22nd June 2006

Does anyone know if Extasy (the old "one on one") is still around? That was a live room!

vernier · 22nd June 2006

Look for good sound, forget wow-factor. Who's gonna say "wow!" at Hensen? ..nobody. Great place though.

mixerguy · 22nd June 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by vernier

Look for good sound, forget wow-factor. Who's gonna say "wow!" at Hensen? ..nobody. Great place though.

I say go to http://www.hensonrecording.com/ and read the history.... then tell me folks wouldn't say WOW to work there....

vernier · 22nd June 2006

Already know about it (first hand). I'm still not getting the correlation between drum room and (name-dropping, wow-factor, historic site) ..even though A&M (Henson as some call it) has it all, so .....there's your answer dude! HENSON!

84K · 22nd June 2006

NRG.... the B room

vernier · 22nd June 2006

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Firefox Gear maniac Joined: May 2006 Posts: 256 Thread Starter	Best hi-end drum room in Los Angeles? with a WOW factor Heya all I was going to record rock drums for a day at Capitol Studios very soon - but they are booked the day we need. Any suggestions for your fav place to record drums in LA? We need a place that will really impress the clients, sound great, and have great support staff. I’m engineering the date. The Village or the Record Plant come to my mind.... possibly Ocean Way...... where else have folks worked, and been very happy? thanks

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Lord Fear Gear maniac Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 269	the village or oceanstudios in burbank both totally have the "wow" factor and are both great studios

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bpatural Gear addict Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 497	Capitol is cool, kind of like walking into a time machine, but a little weird with so much corporate/security around. Other "wow" studios: NRG, Royaltone (might be private now), The Pass (used to be Larrabee E., but now they give you free patron!), Ocean Way is less fancy, but good historical vibe, and nice rooms... -brian

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Rob King Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Sherman Oaks Posts: 1,095	Another vote for Henson Studio B. Great drum room. Rob King

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RainbowStorm Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,076	What about Avatar Studios in New York, maybe it's worth the trip?

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mtstudios@charter Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 989	NRG has wow and sounds great.

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C_F_H_13 Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 836	my top five in no particular order are.... Sunset Sound Studio B Ocean Studios (MOST UNDERRATED ROOM EVER) Cello Studio 2 (oh man open again soon...please!) Henson Studio B The Viillage Studio 4 honorable mention.... Royaltone (BEFORE IT WAS PRIVATIZED)

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planet red Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: historic richmond va Posts: 764	A friend of mine had some stuff on his protools rig from drums he tracked at NRG. The room mics sounded insane. Hardly no cymbals, just huge sounding drums...

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