Studio / The Rooms — 42 Norfolk St · NYC

Three rooms,
one tin roof,
17ft ceilings.

Studio carriage house exterior at dusk
Fig. 01 — 42 Norfolk Street, exterior. Original carriage house, 1924. Frame · 21:9 · 04:30 dusk
// Room 01 · Studio A

Studio A.
The big room.

A 30 × 24 control room around an SSL 4000G console, with a 28 × 20 live tracking room behind a 12-foot glass wall. Original 1920s tin tile across the ceiling — yes, we kept it. Yes, it's part of why it sounds the way it sounds.

Studio A is the room for full bands, ensembles, brass sessions, and any record where the room itself needs to be a tracked element. Two iso rooms feed back to the same console.

// Studio A — Room Spec● 60 sq m · 17ft ceiling
ConsoleSSL 4000G — 32 channels, fully patched + recall
Live room28 × 20, 17ft ceiling, original tin tile, custom diffusion
Iso roomsTwo — 8 × 10 each, separate HVAC zones, glass to live
TapeStuder A800 24-track, available with $280/day stock fee
MonitorsATC SCM50 mains, Yamaha NS-10 nearfields, Auratone
Capacity12 musicians + 2 engineers, comfortable
Daily rate$1,400 · 12hr block · engineer included
Studio A control room
Studio A console detail Studio A live room
Room B vocal booth
Room B desk Room B mics
// Room 02 · Room B

Room B.
The night room.

A smaller, tighter, two-iso vocal and overdub room around a 16-channel API console. Quiet enough that the HVAC turns off during takes — we wired in a manual cutoff specifically because the room is that controlled.

Room B is the room for solo vocal sessions, overdub days, voiceover work, and small ensemble follow-ups after a Studio A tracking week. Booked in 6-hour or 12-hour blocks.

// Room B — Spec● 28 sq m · 9ft ceiling
ConsoleAPI 1608 — 16 channels, summing through
Iso roomsTwo — 6 × 8 vocal, 8 × 10 overdub
HVACCuts off during takes (engineer-controlled)
MonitorsGenelec 8351B mains, NS-10 nearfields
Daily rate$760 · 12hr block · engineer included
// Room 03 · Mastering Suite

Mastering
Suite.

A dedicated mastering room — purpose-built, room-tuned within a quarter-dB across the listening seat. Manley Massive Passive, Maselec MEA-2, a vintage Sontec, and a pair of B&W 802 D3s on Stillpoints.

Attended sessions welcome and free of charge. Remote turns inside two weeks. We deliver DDP for vinyl + DSP-spec masters in the same handoff.

// Mastering Suite — Spec● 22 sq m · symmetrical
EQ chainManley Massive Passive · Maselec MEA-2 · Sontec MES-432
CompressionManley Variable Mu · Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
ConversionPrism Sound ADA-8XR · Lavry Gold
MonitorsB&W 802 D3 mains, room-tuned · Sound Anchors stands
DDPSequenced for vinyl cutting houses, included
Per-song rate$240 · attended free · 2-week turn standard
Mastering suite
Mastering chain Mastering monitors
// Floor plan · Ground level

The whole
building, plotted.

// 42 Norfolk St — Ground floor Scale · 1:80
// Free studio tour

Come walk through
before booking.

Free 45-minute walkthrough hosted by an engineer — not a sales rep. Hear the rooms, ask the awkward questions, take notes. Tours run twice a week.

// Upcoming tour slots

Sat · May 03Open Studio Tour — All rooms3 of 8
Wed · May 14Mixing Lab Walkthrough5 of 6
Fri · May 23Late-Night Listening Session2 of 12
Sat · Jun 07Open Studio Tour — All rooms8 of 8
Sat · Jun 21Mastering Suite Demo4 of 6