godmode studios || atwater village la
two idiot-proof production rooms designed to help artists start and finish records
professionally designed acoustics, inspired instrument choices, quality signal processing
daily, weekly, monthly lockouts available. contact: studios at godmodemusic dot com
philosophy
we designed our rooms for artists and producers who want to get to work, not engineers and internet gear-heads who want to talk to you about the merits of atomic word clocks. we curated instruments that will inspire you, not confound you. top-notch microphones, summing options, channel strips, and audio interfaces in both rooms mean you won't have to recut vocals. quality room acoustics and monitoring mean you'll get your mix pretty damn close too. there's enough space to track horns, there are enough gobos to have the whole band playing at once. and you'll have access to the godmode house engineer, who's exceptionally polite and patient (maybe too much so).
plug & play interfaces + high-quality monitoring + speakers
we use uad apollo 8p and apogee symphony i/o interfaces, which we've already routed for vocal tracking, no hassle monitoring, and easy outboard patching. to speed things up for yourself, download the latest uad and apollo drivers before you come through.
great sounding instruments you'll actually want to use
our wurlitzer, fender stratocaster 62 reissue, fender jag-stang bass, ayotte drum kit, ludwig black beauty snare, ayotte custom snare, roland jc40 amp, 70s 15" zildjian hats, and human hands for gang claps are all available upon request.
class a microphones and preamps for perfect vox + more
we have a neumann m149 tube and mojave ma-300 tube pre-routed into rupert neve portico ii and api/1176/opto chains for record-ready vocals, and plenty of other mic and pre options for everything else you'll want to track.
make things weird with boutique synthesizers
our drum machine + synth + fx collection includes kit from moog, dave smith instruments, MFB, intellijel, makenoise, mutable instruments, delta labs, etc, all easily routed and clocked with innerclock sync-gen midi clocking to eliminate annoying midi jitter.
godmode studios - full gear list
[specific equipment requests must be made 24 hours in advance of booking]
Computer
Mac Pro
27" Thunderbolt Display
Native Instruments Komplete 61 midi controller and keyboard
Nektar Panorama P49 midi controller and keyboard
Interface
Apogee Symphony I/O with Thunderbridge
(2) UAD Octo Core
Universal Audio Apollo 8p
MOTU Midi Express XT
Sync
Innerclock Systems Sync-Gen Pro
Innerclock Systems Sync-Gen iiLS
Monitoring
Grace Designs 905 monitor controller
Focal Twin Be nearfield monitors
genelec 8351/7660 nearfield monitors
Avantone Mixcubes
Focal Spirit Pro reference headphones
Audio Technica ATH50 tracking headphones
Summing
Rupert Neve Designs 5059 Satellite
Preamps
(1) Rupert Neve Designs Portico II channel strip
(2) API 512c
(4) API 3214
(2) APA Juggernaut
(4) Sytek MPX 4aii
(8) Audient 880
(8) UAD Apollo 8p
(8) Phoenix audio n8 di
Microphones
Neumann m149 tube
Mojave Audio MA300 tube
Coles 4038 (Oktavamod clone) ribbon
SM7 dynamic
Altec 633a dynamic
AKG D112
AKG 414 XL II large diaphragm condenser (stereo pair)
Josephson C44 small diaphragm condenser (stereo pair)
Beyerdynamic m160 ribbon
Beyerdynamic m201 dynamic
(4) SM57 dynamic
Compressors
API 2500
Warm Audio 1176
Inward Connections The Brute Opto
(2) DBX 160a
Instruments
Wurlitzer 200a electric keyboard
Fender Stratocaster 62 reissue guitar
Fender Jagstang bass guitar
Ayotte drumkit
Ludwig Black Beauty snare
Ayotte custom snare
70s 15" Zildjian hi-hats
19" Zildjian Constantinople crash
Roland JC-40
Triple Cowbell (make unknown)
Meinl wooden tambourine
Effects
Mu-Tron Bi-Phase stereo phaser clone
Deltalabs Effectron 1024
Intellijel Springray II spring reverb
Intellijel Rainmaker spectral delay and comb filter
Makenoise Erbe-Verb
Makenoise Echophon
WMD/SSF DPLR
Interfax Harmonic Percolator
Synthesizers, Sequencers, and Drum Machines
Moog Sub37
MFB Tänzbar
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Makenoise 0-Coast
DSI Tempest
Intellijel Atlantis
Intellijel Metropolis
Intellijel Cylonix Shapeshifter wavetable VCO
Erica Synths Black Wavetable VCO
Makenoise DPO
Makenoise STO
Ornaments and Crime
Makenoise Rene
MFOS Sound Lab Ultimate
Intellijel Morgasmatron
Intellijel Plonk
ALM Dinky's Taiko
Noise Engineering Zularic Repetitor
Mutable Instruments Rings
Mutable Instruments Clouds
Mutable Instruments Peaks
Mutable Instruments Yarns
Intellijel µMidi
Makenoise Phonogene
Intellijel Dixie II
Intellijel Polaris