Studio at 4th Street Recording

Creative Space in an Office Space · Whole venue

  1 review  – 
1211 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90401
Santa Monica, CA

About this space

4th Street Recording is a boutique studio offering a full range of professional audio recording services, delivered with the same quality and special old-school attention you would find at studios that cost twice as much. Our client list is long and diverse, from The Beach Boys to No Doubt to The Neighbourhood to Weezer to SZA.

We use Protools Ultimate HD, but if you didn't see the computer screen, you might think it was 1976, with our API 3224 console and all the other vintage analog equipment. With velvet walls and natural wood, the studio looks warm and inviting on film, and many artists shoot performance videos here, especially with our famous "deep voiced" Yamaha C7 grand piano.

We are four blocks from Santa Monica Beach, and there are many hotels within close walking distance, as well as shops and dining on the Third Street Promenade.


Prices

Sunday
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Note: All prices include sales tax.
100$/per hour without an Engineer
125$/per hour with an Engineer
Monday
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Note: All prices include sales tax.
100$/per hour without an Engineer
125$/per hour with an Engineer
Tuesday
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Note: All prices include sales tax.
100$/per hour without an Engineer
125$/per hour with an Engineer
Wednesday
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Note: All prices include sales tax.
100$/per hour without an Engineer
125$/per hour with an Engineer
Thursday
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Note: All prices include sales tax.
100$/per hour without an Engineer
125$/per hour with an Engineer
Friday
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Note: All prices include sales tax.
100$/per hour without an Engineer
125$/per hour with an Engineer
Saturday
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
6:00 am – 6:00 am
from $125 hire fee per hour
Note: All prices include sales tax.
100$/per hour without an Engineer
125$/per hour with an Engineer
Minimum booking duration: 2 hours

Capacity

Standing
up to 10

Catering and drinks

No in-house catering
External catering allowed
Venue doesn’t provide alcohol
BYO alcohol not allowed

Facilities

Wi-Fi
Flatscreen TV
PA system / speakers
Air conditioning
Quiet space
Free on-street parking
Outdoor back patio with coffee tables
Console: API 3224 ProTools HDX system Studer A-827 2″ 24-track tape machine w/remote, Dangerous Music 2-bus 16ch summing mixer
Mic preamps and EQS: 4x Neve 1066 Mic Pre Amp, 4x Focusrite RED 1 Mic Pre Amps, 2x Telefunken V-72 Pre Amp, 2x MAAG EQ 4, 2x MAAG PREQ 4
Dynamics: 2x DBX 160X Limiters, 2x UREI LA-3A Limiters, 2x UREI 1176LN Limiters, 1x SSL X-Logic Stereo bus compressor, 2x Standard Audio LEVEL OR 1x SPL Transient Designer 4-channel
Microphones: 2x AKG C414 EB, 1x AKG D112, 2x Crown PZM, 1x Neumann U67, 2x Neumann U87, 2x Neumann KM184, 1x Royer R-121, 3x Sennheiser MD421, 1x Sennheiser E602, 2x Shure SM7, 4x Shure SM57, 2x Shure SM94, 1x Shure SM81, 1x Shure Bullet Mic, 2x Coles 4038 Ribbon
FX: AKG BX-10 Spring Reverb, Lexicon PCM60 Digital Reverb, Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo, Yamaha E1005 Delay
Yamaha C-7 Grand Piano, Yamaha DX7 synth, Krumar Orchestrator, Hammond Organ with Leslie, Rhodes Mark 1,
Fender Bandmaster guitar head, Fender 2×12 guitar cabinet, Fender 2×15 guitar cabinet, Fender “Solid State” 2×8″ + 2×10″ upright guitar cabinet, Vox AC4 guitar amp, Peavey Triple X guitar head and 4×12 cabinet
Lounge with coffee, tea, bottled water, refrigerator, microwave, copy machine/ scanner
Monitoring systems: Genelecs 1031A’s , T.O.C. Studio Monitors, Yamaha NS-10M’s, KRK 10s sub, Dangerous Music Monitor Controller w/remote
Projector
Whiteboard
Flipchart
Conference call facilities
Natural light
Storage space
Accommodation available

Music & sound equipment

Own music allowed
Bring your own DJ
Noise restriction

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible
Accessible toilets
Accessible parking spot available

Rules of the space

Allowed events

Promoted and ticketed events
Wedding licence
Temporary event notices (TENs) available

Host rules

Damage done to the studio or equipment will result in an extra charge.

Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 required.

Cancellation policy: Flexible with Grace Period

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Reviews and ratings

(1 review and rating - )

HU
HIROSHI U.
August 2024
Piano Room · 1 guest
5.0

If you didn't see the computer screens, you might think you had stepped back into a recording session in 1976. That's the year this studio was built, using natural wood, a wavy ceiling, and walls and floor soundproofed with sand. Burgundy velvet walls in the control room, antique furniture, and vintage lighting fixtures help create a vibe that comforts and inspires.

All the recording equipment is well-maintained, including the 2-inch Studer A827 tape machine. There is an outdoor courtyard for gear prep and craft services.

The downtown Santa Monica location is just four blocks from the beach and one block off the Third Street Promenade, and is conveniently located near many production companies, not to mention artists who live on the Westside of Los Angeles and don't want to commute to the Valley, Hollywood, or Downtown LA.

Our Clients: Weezer, Daniel Caesar, LP, The Rare Occasions, Hello Yello, The Neighbourhood, Ke$ha, No Doubt, Nelly Furtado, Betty Who, Solange Knowles, Weird Al Yankovic, Bad Suns, M.I.A., Zed’s Dead, Muse, Sean Paul, The Beach Boys, K.Flay, Incubus, Andrew McMahon (Jack’s Mannequin), Mick Fleetwood, Alice Cooper, Julianne Hough, Kate Hudson.


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