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About

The Grey Room is a music production facility in Oakland, California.   The studio is malleable; transforming from a tuned mix room, a composing suite, a beat-smiths workstation to tracking full bands.   Think of the studio as an instrument itself. The live room, control room and isolation booth are acoustically treated allowing for faithful recreation of all sonic character.  The echo chamber is unique to its dimensions and materials.  Curated selection of house instruments available during sessions. 

We would love to show you around and talk about your music, more importantly we want to help you manifest your vision.  Reach out, lets make some music.

Tracking, Mixing and Producing are mainstays at The Grey Room; however we really don't like to limit things. Check out all that we do...

Old vs New, Analog vs Digital, Clean vs Dirty.  We love tone and we don't discriminate. We tinker and upgrade gear and sometimes build our own. See what's available...

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DAW
Ableton LIVE 10
Apple LOGIC X
Avid PROTOOLS 12
BITWIG 3

I/O
Uad APOLLO 16 Mkii (2)
Uad Octo-ACCELERATOR
Rnd 5060 CENTERPIECE
Hearback SYSTEM
Motu MIDI EXPRESS 128

PLUG-INS
Extensive UAD plug-ins
Soundtoys 5.0
SSL Drumstrip
Eventide Channel
Eventide BLACKHOLE
Izotope NECTAR 2
Izotope STUTTER EDIT
Izotope Rx Essentials
Oeksound SOOTHE & SOOTHE 2
Xfer LFO TOOL
Fxpansion BFD 3.0
Ghz MEGAVERB
Ghz VULF COMPRESSOR
Ghz PANPOT
Ghz WOW CONTROL
SoftTube Weiss Mastering Collection
Steinberg BACKBONE
VSL

MONITORING
Yamaha NS-10
Adam S3-XH
Adam SUB-12
Auratone 5c single
Auratone 5w pair

microphones

LDC MICS
Akg C-414 COMB {brass c-12 capsule}
ATM 25
Audio Technica AT-4040
Custom U-47
Heiserman U47 FET
Custom U-87
Mojave 201 FET
Pearlman TM47
Stellar CM-6 (2)

SDC MICS
Audio Technica AT-2021
BeesKneez Lulu Tubes (2)
Neumann km84
KM84 clone (2)

DYNAMIC MICS
AKG d12
AudioTechnica4030
Audix D1, D2, D4 (2)
Electro-Voice RE-20
EV 635
Sennheiser MD-541

Sennheiser MD-421 (3)
Shure SM-57 (4)
Shure SM-58
Shure SM-54
Shure SM-82
Telefunken M82
Unidyne III
Copperphone

MISC MICS
AEA 44
Crown PZM
Cryptic Carousel Contact
RCA 77
Royer R-122 (2)

AMPS
Universal Audio OX
Fender 67’ BASSMAN
Mesa-Boogie DUAL RECTIFIER REV F
Orange ROCKERVERB Mkii
Shure VOCAL MASTER
Converted Stromberg-Carlson HI-FI
Phil Bradberry Single Ended
Vox SUPER BEATLE
RCA Converted Tube Radio
Ampeg rocket (70s)
Ampeg v4b reissue
Traynor 4x10cab
VOX ac30
Gibson gt50t

instrUMENTS

INSTRUMENTS
Elektron OCTRATRACK
Elektron RYTM
Fender P-BASS
Fender American Elite Telecaster
Fender ACOUSTIC
Fender RHODES 73
Gibson Custom Shop 68’ LES PAUL CUSTOM
Gibson Custom Shop 64’ TRINI LOPEZ
Hammond B2 w/PERCUSSION & SMOOTH DRAWBARS
Keynote AUTO RHYTHM
Korg POLYSIX
Ludwig CLASSIC MAPLE 22, 18, 13, 6.5 x 14
Ludwig COPPERPHONIC 6.5 x 14
Mellotron M4000D Mini
Moog MOTHER-32
Moog DFAM
Moog SUBHARMONICON
Moog SUB37
Moog OPUS 3
Oscar Schmidtt AUTOHARP
Sequential Circuits PROPHET 5 Rev 4
Thomas ARP-2
Teenage Engineering PO-12, PO-20, PO-24
Univox MINIKORG
Unknown HARMONIUM
Upright BASS
Wurlitzer 200A
Yamaha PS10
Yamaha U-1 UPRIGHT PIANO
Modular SYNTHESIZER {9U 126HP}
Make Noise SHARED SYSTEM {6U 104Hp}
Zildjian SPECIAL CUSTOM DRY RIDE 22", CRASH 18”, CRASH 16” & HH 14"

Fender 57’ Custom Shop Stratocaster
1974 Fender Musicmaster bass
1964ish Hofner Professional Bass
1970s Washburn acoustic
1960 Gibson Classical
Martin dx-1
60s tenor ukelele
Yamaha PS30
Vox Jaguar
Wurlitzer 120
glockenspiel
70s Ludwig Acrolite
60s Japanese snare
70s Zildjian ride

CABINETS
LESLIE 2-Speed
MESA BOOGIE 2x12
MOJO TONE BASS CAB (imerpial}
RANDALL ISO CAB {silverbulldog}
VOX GTR CAB {alnico}

REACH OUT!

Tape Op Gear REviews

STEINBERG BACKBONE

Steinberg revealed what they label as a drum re-synthesizer in Backbone. In a market saturated with sample packs, this plug-in can help tailor samples into unique drum sounds, create risers, impacts, and other sound design effects. It is essentially a sampler, but more than a traditional sampler, it's focused on the layering and manipulation of one-shot drum samples.

BITWIG 3: BITWIG STUDIO

Is it a modular sound design tool masquerading as a DAW, or is it a DAW acting as a modular instrument? Bitwig Studio blurs these boundaries, creating an environment where traditional linear time and clip-based arrangements coexist. Modularity weaves through all facets of this application, and full modular systems cannot only be constructed but also interact inside of the DAW.

DRAWMER 1970

A new addition to the venerable Drawmer line, the 1970, is a dual FET compressor, dual mic pre, and mono DI. It's versatile and easy to use with a vast feature set. While the 1970 borrows its layout inspiration from the Drawmer 1960, features have been updated and it's not a tube-based unit.

Plasma Rack

Gamechanger Audio is a Latvian-based company founded in 2015. Since then, they've released the Plus Pedal, the Motor Synth, and this new line of Plasma distortions. With their namesake as a constant reminder of what they are striving for, each of the former devices has been designed from a completely unique philosophy. So, what does the Plasma Rack do?

Opto Compressor

AudioScape is run by Chris Yetter in Daytona, Florida, and currently produces six different compressors and an EQ, all based off of classic, well-known designs – including an SSL style bus compressor and British Zener-style diode compressor! Focusing on no compromise remakes while hitting affordable price points, these boxes are all hand built in the USA. This review will home in on the AudioScape Opto Compressor, akin to the '60s era Teletronix LA-2A [Tape Op #26].

WT-Compressor

Variable-mu compressors are renowned for their soft, gooey compression. A few of the heavyweights that come to mind are the Fairchild 660, RCA BA6A, and Gates Sta-Level. All of these come with a hefty price tag to go along with that sound, but what about a sub $1000 variable-mu? There used to be the Dizengoff D864, but that only exists on the used market. Enter Locomotive Audio's Weight Tank, a variable-mu compressor that lives up to its name.