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The Holy Grail of Microphones: The RCA R44

RCA 44 ribbon microphones have remained an essential part of studio life well after RCA stopped manufacturing them in 1955. The sound and response of the 44 B/BX were unlike anything else available, and was cherished for its smoothness, forgiving …

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Christmas CD Released

The Angel City Big Band released its Christmas CD this week. The album, recorded at The Sound Palace, was produced by Jim Baldree and is available for purchase through the band’s website: Click Here…

FARMERS INSURANCE VIDEO RECORDED

Farmers Insurance Group distributes periodic training videos for its nationwide employment force. Through a contract with Mothership Creative Services, the voice-over work was recorded today at The Sound  Palace.  Billy Savage handled the recording and mixing for the project.…

Andrew Muccitelli Starts Studio Sessions

12 year old Andrew Muccitelli, has completed his run on the television show The X-Factor and has now been accepted into the Artist Development Program jointly run by The Sound Palace and Grammy-winning  producer and songwriter Chuy Flores.   A …

More Ribbon Microphones Added

The past couple of weeks have seen multiple brass instruments (trumpets, trombones) in the tracking room. A microphone “shoot out” was done and the ribbon microphones were found to best capture the tone and character of the brass.  In this …

New Sound Palace Artist’s 1st Public Performance

Taylor Kastan, is a 15 year old singer-songwriter who recorded her first songs at The Sound Palace earlier this year.  Since then, we have moved her into our Artist Development partnership with local producers and she has continued her artistic …

Recording continues for Christmas CD

The Angel City Big Band brought in their legendary drummer John “Spoons” Spooner and finished the drum tracking sessions earlier this week. John has toured all over with Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinkand it was great having him in …

Angel City Big Band Starts Work on Christmas CD

The Angel City Big Band has begun work on their forthcoming Christmas CD at The Sound Palace.They plan on releasing a 14 song album and began tracking drums today. Legendary drummer John “Spoons” Spooner, who has toured all over …

The Studio On The Small Screen

On September 13th & 14th, PBS aired the documentary “Wings Across The Channel: Catalina Island’s Aviation History.“  This 90 minute documentary was narrated by actor Gregory Harrison at The Sound Palace and engineered by Danny Langa and Pat …

New Microphones Added to Arsenal

In the last week the studio added a pair of Royer Labs R-121 ribbon microphones to its sound locker. Years after the large iconic RCA ribbon microphones faded from industry use, Dave Royer reinvented the design of ribbon microphones in …