Raja Annamalaipuram · Chennai 600028
Sonic Sanctum
The first room in Chennai built around an analog mixing console. Ribbon, condenser and tube microphones from Royer, Neumann and Telefunken. Book the room by the hour.
The first room in Chennai built around an analog mixing console. Ribbon, condenser and tube microphones from Royer, Neumann and Telefunken. Book the room by the hour.
Control room · Chennai
The room / what makes it different
Most rooms in the city record straight into a computer. Here every signal passes through an Audient ASP4816 analog console first, then through valve and transistor preamps, before it ever becomes a file.
That front end is why a vocal sits forward without being pushed there, and why a mix holds together when it gets loud. You hear it on the first playback, not after a week of plugins.
Mic locker / pick your colour
Tell us what you are recording and the right pair is on the stand before you arrive.
Ribbon pair for guitar cabinets, brass and tabla. Tames a bright source instead of fighting it.
Ribbon
The reference for lead vocals, strings and acoustic guitar. Detail that stays forward in a dense mix.
CondenserTube weight for playback vocals and voiceover. Character before any processing is added.
Tube
Universal Audio Twin-Finity channels. Blend valve and solid state on the way in, by ear.
Front end
Booking
Sessions run with an engineer at the desk. Pick your hours, we confirm by phone, and the room is yours.
Vocal booth
Who records here
Playback singers cutting reference vocals. Independent bands tracking live to the desk. Ad agencies and dubbing teams who need clean voice by the afternoon. Composers checking a mix on real monitors before it goes out.