Cool Waves: Bay Area Recording Studios

Bay Area Recording Studios

Please check their websites for up-to-date information.

17 Hertz Studio

27057 Industrial Blvd, Hayward CA
1.866.826.4379
Rates: $25/hour engineer included, first hour free for first time clients. Protools HD2 in all 3 rooms.Affordable High Quality Recording/Mixing/Mastering. Production, Digital Distribution, Marketing/Promotions and many other services.

The Atomic Garden

Jack Shirley: email
(650) 454-6047

Bay Sounds

949 Prague St., SF
Rates: based on a sliding scale, book rate $40/hr. Block rates as low as $32/hour.

Closer Recording

1141 Howard (near 7th), SF
Rates: The studio rate is $250 a day and does not include a recording engineer.

Fantasy Studios

2600 Tenth St.,
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 486-2038
Historic Bay Area recording studio for artists at every stage of their careers.

Hyde Street Studios

245 Hyde St., SF

Icehouse Recording

1556 4th Street, Suite C, San Rafael
IceHouse was redesigned by Dr. Richie Moore, who also designed Abbey Road for the Beatles and Electric Ladyland in NYC. Email

Last Drop Mastering

Pro Mastering Online in SF
Rate packages from $25-50 per song

Media Local Studios

Menlo Park
Email

New Improved Recordings

960 Arlington, N. Oakland
Rates: Our day rate for a ten-hour day including one of us as engineer is currently $350. For shorter sessions, we have a four-hour minimum and charge $45 per hour. If it is part of an on-going series of longer sessions we will probably discount that rate to $40.

Pop Smear Studios

111 H St., San Rafael
Rates: $300/day, $300 demo special

Room 5

2200 Cesar Chavez #5, San Francisco
Tel: 415-401-0852
Pro Tools HD2, 2" Analog Tape, Tons of Boutique/Vintage Mics and pre's. Nice Analog synth collection. Producer/engineer Mark Pistel
Rates: $350 per day - $200 1/2 day with engineer. Project rates available

SF Soundworks

South of Market, SF
Rates: For Bay Area artists: $350 per day, $50 per hour

Sound Port Recording

Berkeley
Run by Michael of Dora Flood. A hybrid analog/digital studio making it possible to get the sounds of yesterday with the editing capabilities of today and beyond. 24 track 2 inch tape (studer) and an amek angela console as well as Sonar for digital.
Rates: $300 per 8-hour day and $150 per 4-hour day.