AN EXCEPTIONAL WORKSPACE
Our rooms are set up for creativity, comfort, and fun
CONTROL ROOM
Come sample the buffet of our favorite mic pres and dial in some fine, handpicked outboard gear while running the AVID HD3 Pro Tools system packed with plug-ins. We are currently set up for Pro Tools, Ableton (via separate interface) and Final Cut Pro.
The media/data interface has been efficiently designed to accommodate a multitude of work scenarios, including voice and/or live music to picture.
Below you'll find a sampling of the tools at your disposal. Please visit our Full Equipment List for more details.
CONSOLE
• Console type
OUTBOARD GEAR
• AMS/Neve 1073 LB's
• API 512c's
• BAE 1073
• AML 52F50 Compressor
• dbx 160X Compressor (vintage 80's)
• Universal Audio LA-2A
• Universal Audio 1176LN
• Alice 501T
• AMS/Neve 1073 LB's
SOFTWARE
• Abelton 12
• Final Cut Pro X
• Pro Tools HD3 - 32 in
MONITORS
• ADAM A8X Powered Monitors
• Avantone Powered Monitors
• Barefoot Audio MM27 Powered Monitors
• Dangerous Monitor ST
• Eve Audio SC203
• HEAR Technologies HEAR Back System
• QSC K8 Powered Monitors (live room)
PLUGINS
• AAS
• Acoustica
• Arturia V Collection & Others
• Avid Complete Plugin Bundle
• Boz Digital
• Baby Audio
• Celemony
• Eventide
• Native Instruments Komplete 14
• Universal Audio Suite
LIVE ROOM
The spacious, Live Room with its vaulted, cathedral ceiling has already delivered some fantastic sounds on both electric and acoustic instruments. Players really seem to enjoy the sound and feel of the room.
Guitarists with touchy rigs may take note that the AC power (like the beach air) is a bit cleaner than usually found here in Dogtown. Tracking multiple players is a breeze with the HEAR System individual headphone mixers.
Microphones
• Telefunken E LAM 250 (vintage)
• Peluso 22 47SE Tube
• beyerdynamic M160
• Cascade Fathead Ribbon Mics
• Coles 4038 Ribbon Mics
• Royer 121 Ribbon Mics
• Neumann U87
• Neumann KM184 Matched pair
and many more...
AMPLIFIERS
• Fender Champ
• Fender Princeton
• Fender Rumble 200
• Roland Kitana Guitar Amp
• SWR California Blonde Acoustic Instrument Amp
• Vest-Tone (handmade)
INSTRUMENTS
• DanElectro 6 string
• DanElectro Vintage 12
• Deering Banjo
• Epiphone Acoustic Guitar
• Fender P-Bass
• Fender Stratocaster
• Gibson Les Paul x 4
• Gretch Catalina Drum kit
and many more...
STUDIO B
We're thrilled to offer a new, fully renovated creative space that compliments our offerings in the main Live and Control Rooms. Studio B has a standalone workstation and ample space to record, edit, or just throw sonic paint at the walls and experiment while a session is in progress in the main studio space.
Reservations
Studio B can be reserved as an add on to an Earthstar session reservation as part of a complete studio lockout package. We currently do not offer Studio B as a standalone reservation.
AMENITIES
• Stocked Kitchen
• Restroom & Shower
• Access to Courtyard
• Independent Creative Space
WORKSTATION
• M4 iMac
• Interface
• Pro Tools HD3
• Ableton 12
• Logic X
GREEN ROOM
Why do we call it the Green Room? Nobody knows, but in here, you’ll find a full kitchen, comfy couches, bar, flat-screen TV, a computer station, fax/copy printer, media/data tie-lines to the other rooms—and a shower. Slip away to the front patio or the back garden with an outdoor fireplace, grapevines, and groovy night lights.
HAVE A LITTLE DOWNTIME?
You can chill in our beautiful garden, walk to the beach, eat at great Venice restaurants, or grab a studio bike and explore.
BOOK YOUR SESSION
Simply contact us and ask about availability and scheduling options. We look forward to hearing from you and learning about your project!