Why Choose Us
What You're Booking When You Book the Room
Four small commitments that add up to a finished record instead of a folder of stems.
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An Owner-Engineer on Every Session
Every session — tracking, overdubs, mixing — has one of us at the desk. We know your record from the first take to the last bounce, so nothing has to be re-explained.
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Real Outboard, Real Conversion
1973 Trident A-Range, 1176s, LA-2As, Pultecs, and a Burl Mothership for conversion. Real outboard on the way in, careful gain staging, and printed takes you can mix anywhere.
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Mixing Time Built Into the Rate
Day rates include mixing time. We don't bill the revisions, we don't bill the recall — we quote a record and we deliver a record.
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Mastered In the Same Room
We master every record we mix in the same room. One ear, one chain, one phone call when something needs to change. Stems delivered for streaming, vinyl, and broadcast.
Simple Process
How a Session Runs
Three steps. Same room, same engineer, same chain — start to finish.
Talk Through the Record
We talk through the record before we book the room. References, instrumentation, who's tracking, what's already cut — so day one is recording, not figuring it out.
Track and Mix
Tracking and mixing share a room and an engineer. Overdubs happen on the same console, through the same chain, so the mix sounds like the take and not like a translation.
Master and Deliver
Mastered in the same room by the same ears. You get streaming, vinyl, and broadcast deliverables, plus stems and a documented session you can come back to.
Testimonials
What People Have Said After the Record Was Out
Most of our work comes by word of mouth. Here's what people pass along.
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“We tracked drums on a Tuesday and a finished record landed in my inbox eleven days later. The fact that the same person mixed it as recorded it shows up everywhere — the snare in the room is the snare on the record.”
02/03
“I had been bouncing between three studios and two mix engineers for a year. One session here and I understood what was missing — someone who heard the whole record at once.”
03/03
“Honest about what the room could do and what it couldn't. They told me to track strings somewhere else and then made everything else sit perfectly with what I brought back. That kind of judgment is rare.”
About Us
An Engineer-Owned Studio, On Purpose
Resonant opened in 2014, built into a former machinist shop on the south end of the warehouse district. Co-founders Marcus Lin and Anaya Ferreira had spent ten years between them at busier rooms — chasing schedules, handing records off between engineers — and wanted a place where one set of ears could finish a record from take to master.
We kept the room small on purpose: one control room, one live room, two booths, and a mastering chain in the same space. Sessions start at 10 a.m., end when the work is done, and never share the room with another project. The records sound like the band sounded, because they were never re-translated by a second hand.
Yours, the team
11
Years in the Room
2
Engineers Behind the Desk
180+
Records Mastered
82%
Repeat Clients
FAQ
Before You Book
Practical answers about rates, schedule, and what fits in the room.
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What does a session cost?
- Day rate is $1,200 and includes the engineer, the room, and mixing time on the same project. Mastering is $200 per song or $1,400 per album when bundled with mixing. We quote whole records, not increments.
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How far out are you usually booking?
- Two to four weeks for tracking, six to eight for full-album mixing and mastering. We hold a small standby list when something falls out — text us if you have a window and we'll let you know.
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Can I take the session files with me?
- Yes. We track to a Burl Mothership at 24/96, print to Pro Tools, and can deliver Logic, Reaper, or Ableton sessions. Stems and recall sheets ship with every record.
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What won't fit in your room?
- Strings, brass, and large ensembles — we'll send you to the right room. Anything four-piece-and-under fits comfortably here, including drums, piano, vocals, guitar amps, and most synthesizers.
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What's your booking and cancellation policy?
- We hold the date with a 30% deposit. Cancellations 14+ days out are fully refundable; inside 14 days, the deposit covers the held studio time. No surprises in either direction.
Resources
Notes from the Console
Short notes from the desk on how we make records here.
On Printing the Sound at the Source
A printed take from the right preamp at the right level beats a clean digital track that needs three plugins to feel like anything. Here's how we choose the chain at tracking.
How to Use Your Mix Revisions Well
Mix revisions are a feature of the rate, not a billing event. The trick is to ask for the right ones — and to know when 'it's done' is honest feedback to give yourself.
Where Mixing Ends and Mastering Begins
Mastering is not a polish pass — it's the last set of mixing decisions. We talk through which decisions belong in the mix and which belong in the master.
Make a Record That Sounds Like the Take.
Engineer-owned, owner-engineered, and booked one record at a time. Tell us what you're working on.
240+
Records Tracked
11
Years Operating
82%
Clients on Repeat
6
Sessions Per Week