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A&M Recording Studios is a world class audio and multi-media recording and mastering facitlity located in the heart of Hollywood, California on the historic Charlie Chaplin movie lot. Here, your can do a complete record project from concept to mastering in one place. Join the producers and artists that know that this is the place that offers not just rooms and boards, but first-class service as well.
A common misconception is that we serve only A&M Records artists, and that is simply not true. In fact, more than 80% of our business is from other record companies and independent production.
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A&M Recording Studios is a division of
A&M Records, which is owned by Polygram, Inc.
CONSOLE: CUSTOM NEVE 4972 52/24/32 44-31106 MODULES 08-1073 MODULES FLYING FADERS AUTOMATION TAPE MACHINES: 2-STUDER A-800 MULTITRACKS 1-STUDER A-820 2 TRACK. 1-ATR 102 2 TRACK. 2-LYNX SYNCRONIZERS MIXDOWN/REFERENCE: A&M A-D/D-A CONVERTERS 1-SONY 7010 TIMECODE DAT 1-PANASONIC 3700 DAT 1-PHILLIPS CD PLAYER 2-TASCAM 122 MKIII CASSETTE MAINS MONITORING: CUSTOM A&M / VAN HAAF (T.A.D. COMPONENTS) NEAR FIELD MONITORING: YAMAHA NS-10M'S PRIVATE LOUNGE & FULL BATH
COMP/LIMITER ------------- 1- FAIRCHILD 670 3- UREI LA-2A 2- UREI LA-3A 3- UREI 1176 4- DBX 160 2- DBX 160X 8- NEVE 32264a EQUALIZERS ------------- 4- PULTEC EQP-1A3 3- PULTEC EQP-1A 3- PULTEC EQH-2 1- GML 8200 REVERB/EFFECTS ------------- 1- EVENTIDE H-3500 1- LEXICON 480L 1- LEXICON PCM-80 2- LEXICON PCM-70 1- AMS RMX-16 1- YAMAHA 990 1- YAMAHA REV 5 1- YAMAHA REV 7 1- YAMAHA SPX-90 DELAYS/EFFECTS ------------- 1- AMS DMX 2- LEXICON PCM-42 2- ROLAND SDE-3000 (W/AES TRIG.) 1- T.C. 2290 1- EVENTIDE 949 GATES/PROC ------------- 2- DRAWMER DS-201 2- DBX 902 (DE-ESSER)This recording console, built in 1978, was the inspiration of producer George Martin and engineer Geoffry Emerick, who asked Rupert Neve to come back to the company he had just sold and "build three more consoles."Back to the Top
NEVE 4792
Indeed, this was the very last Neve created by Rupert himself. The three desks were to be installed at various AIR London studios, two in London, and one in Monserrat (the mother of all resort studios).
In the early '80s, the first console was bought by Atlantic Records for their studios in New York. In 1986, the console from Air Monserrat was purchased for Studio A at A&M as part of a massive reconstruction effort. The New York console eventually was sold to A&M artist Bryan Adams and put in his Vancouver studio.
Under executive orders from then owners Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the console sold to A&M underwent an extensive rebuild job by the famed A&M Tech Squad, from caps and opamps to replacement of worn metalwork.
This console is the first from Neve to use monolithic op-amps.
The use of these opamps is enhanced by the very musical high-level
driver circuits and toroidal transformers, which are used any
time signal has to leave the console.
Another feature is remote control microphone amplifiers, which allow the preamps to be close to the source. An additional 8 modules were added in 1993, along with Flying Faders automation. Clients marvel over this wonderful old beast, who often remark about it sonorous qualities: "I can do no wrong here!"
CONSOLE: SSL 6056E/TR WITH G-SERIES AUTOMATION 56/112 INPUTS TAPE MACHINES: 2 STUDER A-800 MULTITRACKS 2 LYNX SYNCHRONIZERS 1 STUDER A-820 2 TRK. 1 ATR 102 2 TRK. MIXDOWN/REFERENCE: A&M PROPRIETARY A-D/D-A CONVERTERS 1-SONY 7010 TIMECODE DAT 1-PANASONIC 3700 DAT 1-PHILLIPS CD PLAYER 2-TASCAM 122 MKIII CASSETTE MONITORING: CUSTOM A&M/VAN HAAF (T.A.D. COMPONENTS) NEAR FIELD: YAMAHA NS-10M'S PRIVATE LOUNGE AND BATH
------------- 1- FAIRCHILD 670 3- UREI LA-2A 2- UREI LA-3A 3- UREI 1176 4- DBX 160 2- DBX 160X MIC PRE/EQS ------------- 8- NEVE 1073 4- PULTEC EQP-1A3 3- PULTEC EQP-1A 3- PULTEC EQH-2 1- GML 8200 REVERB/EFFECTS ------------- 1- EVENTIDE H-3500 1- LEXICON 480L 1- LEXICON PCM-80 2- LEXICON PCM-70 1- AMS RMX-16 1- YAMAHA 990 1- YAMAHA REV 5 1- YAMAHA REV 7 2- YAMAHA SPX-90-2 DELAYS/EFFECTS ------------- 1- AMS DMX 2- LEXICON PCM-42 2- ROLAND SDE-3000 (W/AES TRIG.) 1- T.C. 2290 1- EVENTIDE 949 GATES/PROC ------------- 2- DRAWMER DS-201 2- DBX 902 (DE-ESSER)
CONSOLE:EUPHONIX CS3000-96TAPE MACHINES: 2 STUDER A-800 MULTITRACKS 2 LYNX SYNCHRONIZERS 1 STUDER A-820 2 TRK. MONITORING: CUSTOM A&M / AUGSPERGER NEAR FIELD: YAMAHA NS-10M'S MIXDOWN/REFERENCE: A&M PROPRIETARY A-D/D-A CONVERTERS 2-SVDA-10/FRED MOD DAT RECORDERS 1-PHILLIPS CD PLAYER 2-TASCAM 122 MKIII CASSETTE PLAYERS
with 56 dynamics + 12 channel CUBE
With Full Multiformat Hypersurround Capability
STUDIO D
CONSOLE: SSL 6072E/TR WITH G-SERIES AUTOMATION 72/144 INPUTS TAPE MACHINES: 2 STUDER A-800 MULTITRACKS 2 LYNX SYNCHRONIZERS 1 STUDER A-820 2 TRK. 1 ATR 104 4 TRK. W/VSO MONITORING: CUSTOM A&M/AUGSPERGER NEAR FIELD: YAMAHA NS-10M MIXDOWN/REFERENCE: A&M PROPRIETARY A-D/D-A CONVERTERS 1-SONY 7010 TIMECODE DAT RECORDER 1-PANASONIC 3700 DAT RECORDER 1-PHILLIPS CD PLAYER 2-TASCAM 122 MKIII CASSETTE PLAYERS
Microphones
- 05 AKG C12
- 01 AKG C24
- 02 AKG C28
- 01 AKG C28C
- 02 AKG C414
- 01 AKG C414B-ULS
- 05 AKG C414EB
- 01 AKG C451
- 07 AKG C451E
- 04 AKG C451EB
- 07 AKG C452EB
- 05 AKG C460B
- 01 AKG D1000E
- 01 AKG D112
- 02 AKG D12
- 01 AKG D124E
- 03 AKG D12E
- 01 AKG D140E
- 01 AKG D160E
- 01 AKG D190E
- 01 AKG D224E
- 01 AKG N12
- 02 AKG S10
- 01 AKG C451E
- 01 ALTEC 21-B
- 01 ALTEC 633A
- 01 ALTEC 633C
- 01 AUDIO TECHNICA ATM31
- 01 BEYER M101
- 01 BEYER M160C
- 02 BEYER M160N
- 01 BEYER M201
- 01 BEYER M260NC
- 01 BEYER M88
- 01 BEYER MC740N
- 02 Bruel & Kjaer 4004
- 02 CROWN PZM-30GPG
- 01 ELECTROVOICE 1710
- 01 ELECTROVOICE 1711
- 01 ELECTROVOICE 1751
- 01 ELECTROVOICE 635A
- 01 ELECTROVOICE 666
- 01 ELECTROVOICE C090
- 01 ELECTROVOICE PL95
- 09 ELECTROVOICE RE15
- 01 ELECTROVOICE RE16
- 04 ELECTROVOICE RE20
- 01 MILAB VIP50
- 01 MILAB XY82
- 01 NEUMANN HITLER MIC
- 01 NEUMANN KM54A
- 01 NEUMANN KM83
- 01 NEUMANN KM83i
- 02 NEUMANN KM84
- 04 NEUMANN KM84i
- 03 NEUMANN KM86
- 02 NEUMANN KM86i
- 03 NEUMANN KM88i
- 01 NEUMANN KMi
- 01 NEUMANN M249C
- 02 NEUMANN M250B
- 07 NEUMANN M269C
- 01 NEUMANN M49
- 01 NEUMANN M49B
- 01 NEUMANN SM69
- 06 NEUMANN TLM 170
- 03 NEUMANN U47
- 01 NEUMANN U47 FET
- 03 NEUMANN U47FET
- 02 NEUMANN U48
- 06 NEUMANN U67
- 21 NEUMANN U87
- 03 NORELCO C12A
- 04 RCA 44BX
- 07 RCA 77DX
- 02 RCA JR Velocity
- 13 SENNHEISER MD 421
- 01 SENNHEISER MD 421U-2
- 04 SENNHEISER MD 421U-5
- 04 SENNHEISER MD 441-U
- 01 SENNHEISER MD421
- 07 SENNHEISER MKH 405
- 01 SENNHEISER MKH816
- 02 SHURE 300
- 03 SHURE 546
- 01 SHURE SM33
- 01 SHURE SM56
- 18 SHURE SM57
- 03 SHURE SM58
- 03 SHURE SM7
- 02 SHURE SM77
- 01 SHURE SM98
- 02 SHURE SM58
- 01 SONY 64P
- 02 SONY C 535-P
- 02 SONY C37A
- 04 SONY C37P
- 01 SONY C38
- 02 SONY C38B
- 01 SONY C500
- 01 SONY C535P
- 01 SONY C536P
- 02 SONY ECM-16
- 06 SONY ECM-22
- 02 SONY ECM-50
- 01 TELEFUNKEN 950EC
- 03 TELEFUNKEN ELA M251
- 02 U.I. SOUND DEPT CHURCH MIC
- 02 YAMAHA MZ204
A&M Studios
DIGITAL REVERBS
& DELAYS
COMPRESSOR / LIMITERS
& GATES
Other Signal Processors
EQUALIZERS / DE-ESSERS
A&M MASTERING STUDIOS
(213) 856-2779
1416 N. LA Brea Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
FAX: (213) 856-2675
Ron Rutledge Manager
Dave Collins Chief Mastering Engineer
Peter Schrock Traffic Manager
Patricia Sullivan, Geoff Sykes, Stewart Whitmore,
Alan Yoshida, Andrew Garver
Engineers
by Charles Champlin
Arts editor and book critic for the LA Times
Written for the A&M 25th aniversary booklet, 1988
TIME DOES NOT JUST GO BY, it whistles past you as on a speeding motorcycle, leaving you with dust on your face and a stunned realization-to take the case in point-that it has been a quarter-century since another speeding vehicle,"Tijuana Taxi" toddled into view.
I wrote a lot ahout Herb and Jerry and Gil and A&M when, in the middle of the 1960s, they were coming to dominate the popular music scene with the merry, fresh and upbeat sounds of the Tijuana Brass and then the Baja Marimba Band. And so I had a double sense of stepping into my own past when, a few years ago, a production company for whom I was co-hosting a television special on the movies chose to tape it on one of the stages at the studio Charlie Chaplin built in 1917.
Since 1966 the Chaplin Studios have, of course, been the home of A&M Records, and I have dropped in often to chat with one or another of the founders. Invariably, as I got out of my car, I would catch the faint, sweet sounds of Herb Alpert, keeping his embouchure in shape with daily workouts on the trumpet Just as invariably, it would occur to me that Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, who wrote "Smile" and other beautiful melodies himself, must have been pleased to think that his old premises were, as in his own day, dedicated to the creation of lyrical art.
Chaplin's brother Sydney lived in a mansion (long since demolished and now an electronics store at the southeast corner of La Brea and Sunset), and Chaplin built his studio on five acres just south of the mansion. The Studios were and are in the form of an enclosed English village, solid with brick, as against the woundable stucco that gave other studios of the time an appearance of ornate but impermanent splendor.