Downtown Publishing

Downtown Music Studios® is a new two studio recording facility located in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. Owned and operated by Downtown Music principally for artists associated with Downtown Records and Downtown Music Publishing, this modern, cutting edge studio is also available on a limited basis to outside clients. The studios, designed by Martin Pilchner of industry leading Pilchner-Schoustal International, feature a forward thinking emphasis on higher fidelity recordings and modern ergonomics.

Studio A (“The Mercer Room”) represents a new and inventive approach to recording and mixing music. It features a robust selection of the highest quality outboard equipment arraigned in an efficient and ergonomic fashion. The spacious room features detailed impartial acoustics and warm natural light. Custom Canadian Maple diffusers and flutter free panels shoulder neutral grey and brown fabric to combine superior function and aesthetic comfort. The studio is driven by a ProTools HD 6 system with 40 channels of I/O partnered with an autonomous Logic/Apogee Symphony system.

Studio B (“The Broadway Room”) was designed to inspire the creative process. Fashioned in a Balinese motif with hand-carved woodwork imported from Thailand, organic shapes and ambient lighting make this room truly unique. Bolstered by uncompromising acoustics and ergonomics the room features equipment from GML, Neve, Chandler LTD and others. Ease of workflow and renowned studio decorator Jacklyn Faust’s exotic interior design make this recording space the ideal environment for crafting music.

Both studios are inter-connected with an acoustically flexible live room and two isolation booths. The North & South walls of the main live room are adorned with 14 variable acoustic panels which transform the rooms acoustical mass from large to small. This acoustical agility is accomplished by the panel’s dual surfaces, faced with diffusion or reversed for absorption. Large windows and an open lay out allow for visual communication between the studios, booths and live room. Ideally suited for a quintet the recordings spaces are equipped with a 12-Channel Mytek Private Q system and fully integrated with a custom wiring design by Michael Donahower.