Rates
Studio A 24/48 Track
$1,250/day
About Studio A
Ameraycan was built in the mid 1970’s by famed artist-producer Ray Parker, Jr. as his personal recording studio. Ray was the session guitar player on all the great Stevie Wonder records, and then became a household name for writing and recording the hit song “Ghostbusters”. The facility was designed by Jack Edwards who also designed studios such as United Western and Ocean Way with Bill Putnam. As Ray expanded the building it became one of the top mix studios in Los Angeles.
When first opened, the two-room facility with a private production suite operated with the newest technology available and was also the first facility to have SSL consoles in both studios, a clear commitment by Ray Parker Jr. to have the best of the best.
The studio became a popular commercial studio with the likes of Billy Idol, Miles Davis, and Cypress Hill calling the studio home for months on end for their recordings. Paramount purchased Ameraycan in 2000 and the studio went through a large renovation with the addition of a 80 channel G+ SSL (with ultimation) console in Studio B and the addition of 16 channels to the 56 channel SSL G in studio A to make it a 72 channel console.
| Equipment
SSL 4000 G/G+, 72 inputs, 16 E modules Pro Tools HD3 with 48 outputs Studer 827 24 Track Studer 820 1/2″ 2-Track Augspurger TAD Monitors Yamaha C7 Grand Piano GML 8200 Stereo Parametric Manley Variable MU Stereo Limiter Summit EQP-200B EQ Pultec EQP-1R Tubetech PE-1B EQ AMS RMX-16 Reverb AMS DMX 1580S Delay Neve 1073 Mic Pre/EQ’s (2) API 550A EQs (4) Lexicon 480L Lexicon PCM-42 Delays (3) Lexicon PCM-80 Reverb Empirical Labs Distressor (2) DBX 165 Limiters (2) DBX 160VU Compressors (2) DBX 160X Compressors (2) DBX 902 De-essers (4) Urei LA-2A Compressors (2) Urei 1176 LN Limiter (2) Urei 1178 Stereo Compressor TC Electronics 2290 Delays (2) Eventide H-3000 Harmonizer Eventide DSP 4000 Drawmer 201 Stereo Gate Yamaha SPX 90-II Yamaha Rev-5 Reverb Yamaha Rev-7 Reverb Roland SE-50 Reverb (2) Roland SDE 3000 Delay Sony R-7 Reverb Apogee Rosetta AD Converter Panasonic 3800 DAT Machine (2) Lynx Timeline Synchronizers (2) Tascam CD-RW700 CD Recorder |
Microphones
Telefunken 251 tube Neumann U-47 tube Neumann U-47 fet Neumann U-67 tube Neumann U-87 Neumann TLM-170 Neumann KM-84 Sony 800G Tube Sony C-38 AKG C-24 tube AKG C-12 tube AKG 414 AKG 451 AKG D112 AKG SE 300B AKG “The Tube” AKG 460 Audio Technica Pro 37R Audio Technica ATM 25 Royer 121 Ribbon B&K 4011 Coles 4038 Ribbon Sennheiser 421 Shure Beta 56 Shure SM-57 Shure SM-58 Shure SM-81 Shure 520 Bullet Electrovoice RE-20 Crown PZM plate |
Floating Equipment
Neve 1081 Mic pre/EQ Neve 1073 Mic pre/EQ Neve 1064 Mic pre/EQ Neve 3104 Mic pre/EQ Neve 1081 Mic pre/EQ Neve 2254 compressor API 3124 4 ch. Mic pre EMT 251 Reverb Focusrite ISA 110 Mic pre/EQ Avalon M22 stereo mic pre SSL XLogic channel strips two channel SPL Transient Designer Manley Labs Massive Passive EQ Joe Meek VC-2 Mic pre/Compressor Fender Rhoads electric piano Private Q personal Headphone mixing System |