Telefunken tube microphone in the live room at Sonic Sanctum Studios
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.

4.8Google rating
36Console channels
12Hours a day
1stAnalog desk in Chennai
Control room with the console, monitors and outboard racks Control room · Chennai

The room / what makes it different

Sound that
starts warm

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

Four ways to
catch a voice

Tell us what you are recording and the right pair is on the stand before you arrive.

Royer R-10 ribbon microphones
CH 01

Royer R-10

Ribbon pair for guitar cabinets, brass and tabla. Tames a bright source instead of fighting it.

Ribbon
Neumann condenser microphone in a shockmount
CH 02

Neumann

The reference for lead vocals, strings and acoustic guitar. Detail that stays forward in a dense mix.

Condenser
Telefunken tube microphone
CH 03

Telefunken

Tube weight for playback vocals and voiceover. Character before any processing is added.

Tube
Universal Audio Twin-Finity preamps with lit VU meters
CH 04

UA preamps

Universal Audio Twin-Finity channels. Blend valve and solid state on the way in, by ear.

Front end

Booking

Hands on faders,
not on a mouse

Sessions run with an engineer at the desk. Pick your hours, we confirm by phone, and the room is yours.

Condenser microphone lit blue behind a pop filter Vocal booth

Who records here

Singers, bands,
film work

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.