Studio A

What we sound like
MegaSound Studios is a professional recording studio located in Mid-Town Ventura, CA, featuring the best of both vintage analog and modern digital tools. Music is our passion, and we focus on making a big sound in a comfortable setting.

Control Room

Live Tracking Room

  • Our main tracking room is equipped with the "Monster"  Multi-Platinum Neve 8108 48-Channel Inline Analog Recording Console that brought you many the 80's Mega-Hit's. Famously from Music Grinder Studios, Conway Studios, and

  • Vintage Trident 65 Custom built side-car.

  • Mackie Designs CR-1604

  • Yamaha Mg16/6FX

  • Tascam m-1508

MIXERS
RECORDERS

  • Antelope Orion32 HD 192khz convertor (moreinfo at http://en.antelopeaudio.com/products/orion32-hd/) 

  • Custom built Macintosh Pro 2 x 3.46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Processor. 32 GB of Memory.

  • Protools 10 and more than all of the essential plugins; Waves Mercury Bundle, SoundToys, Softube Audio, Oxford, Izotope, and onboard plugins with the Antelope.

MICROPHONES

  • Stereo pair Neumann TLM102

  • Stereo pair PPA Tube Condensor (Custom Nuemann u47 Clone)

  • Akg 414

  • Akg D112

  • 2x Rode NT-1A

  • Rode NT-2A

  • Unidyne III SM-57

  • 2x Electro Voice N/D 257B

  • 2x CAD cm 217

  • Shure 55sh series II

  • 3x Shure SM-57

  • Shure Beta 52

  • 3x Shure PG-58

MONITORING

  • Yamaha NS-10m (Previously owned by SoundCity Studios)

  • Yamaha HS-50m

  • Urei 809

  • EV sentry 505

  • Presonus Monitor System V2

  • JBL SRX 722 Pro

  • Klipsch Cornwall

  • NHT AS1

  • DDS Live Subs

INSTRUMENTS

  • PDP 805 Series Drum Kit

  • Pacific FS series Drum Kit

  • 70's era Slingerland snare

  • Cable Baby Grand Piano

  • 1959 Hammond M3

  • 1965 Fender Rhodes sparkle top

  • 1969 Gibson Sg

  • 1960's Rickenbacker & other various vintage guitars.

  • Rain Song Black Ice

  • Korg Ms-20 mini Analog Synth

  • Orange TH-30 Tube Guitar Amp

  • Fender DeVille III 410

  • Acoustic B10 Bass Combo

  • Carvin Legacy 4x12 Cab

  • Krank KCO1102 4x12 Special edition Cab

  • 1957 Sears Silvertone Twin Twelve

  • Marshall JCM-2000 Dual Super Lead

OUTBOARD GEAR

  • SB-2A ( LA-2A custom built by Stayne of Inner Tube Audio

  • 2x 1176 Universal Audio (Stereo Limiter/Compressor)

  • dbx 165

  • dbx 160x

  • Peavey VMP 2

  • Peavey VC/L-2

  • Tascam PE-40

  • Yamaha GC2020

  • Roland SDE-3000

  • 3x Alesis RA-100

  • 2x PB-40

(Our NS-10m's at the Famous Sound City Studio.)