EastWest Studios (formerly known as Western Studio, a component of

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and later

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) is a recording studio complex located at 6000 West

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in Hollywood. Originally constructed by

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in the 1960s, the studios are currently owned by sound developer Doug Rogers and managed by Candace Stewart.

Background

EastWest Studios was first known as Western Studio, one half of the

studio complex located on 6000 and 6050 West Sunset Boulevard. In 1984, United Western Recorders was sold and renamed to

. In 1998, the former Western Studio half at 6000 Sunset was divided from Ocean Way Recording, sold, and renamed to Cello Studios. In 2005, Cello Studios ceased operation. On January 17, 2006, Doug Rogers acquired ownership of 6000 Sunset. Rogers commissioned designer

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(SLS Hotel Los Angeles, St. Martins Lane hotel, London) to refurbish and redesign the artist lounges, kitchen, and reception areas, which had previously suffered water damage. Careful to preserve the integrity of the original recording facilities, Starck and Rogers implemented a brand new design to create “a place where artists can meet, mingle, and be inspired.” The studio complex became Starck’s first and only recording studio design. In March 2009, the renovated studios, renamed EastWest Studios, opened to the public. Since then, its clients have received over 120 Grammy nominations from recordings made in EastWest Studios, more than any other studio in the world

Live rooms and consoles

EastWest Studios consists of three main studios. Studio 1 features a live room which is 58' x 42', an isolation booth measuring 20' x 23', 9' Bechstein piano, concert lighting system and one of a limited number of classic Neve 8078 consoles remaining in the world today. Studio 2's live room measures 35' x 24', with a 10' x 14' isolation booth and 8' x 6' vocal booth and a classic RCA custom Neve 8028 console. The smallest of the rooms, Studio 3, is 31' x 15' with a Steinway piano and a Classic

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Console. All three rooms are fitted with Flying Fader Automation and ATC main monitors.

Virtual Instruments

EastWest Sounds Virtual Instruments are recorded in EastWest Studios. One of the company's many endeavors was their Hollywood Orchestra virtual instrument, recorded at Studio 1 with some of Hollywood's film score orchestral session players and sound engineer Shawn Murphy. The Hollywood Orchestral series is, according to EastWest's webpage, one of the most detailed orchestral virtual instruments in the world. Another of the company's most successful products is their Symphonic Orchestra, a 24-bit orchestral virtual instrument. The virtual instrument was conceived by producers Doug Rogers (head of EastWest Sounds) and Nick Phoenix (cofounder of Two Steps From Hell) and recorded by Grammy-winning recording engineer Professor Keith O Johnson. Recording took place in a 2200-seater concert hall, starting in August 2002. The resulting multi-channel recordings would later be edited and programmed for another year. 4 editions of the library have been released: Silver, Gold, Platinum and Platinum Plus.Symphonic Orchestra Virtual Instruments
Soundsonline. Accessed from August 14, 2012. Complementary to their symphonic virtual instruments, they released various, orchestral solo instruments (such as Solo Violin, solo Cello and Solo Harp) and two choir virtual instruments "Symphonic Choirs" and the 2019 NAMM TEC Award winner "Hollywood Choirs". Apart from their symphonic virtual instruments, they also released over 60 other collections, each of them specialized in a certain genre. All of these collections are available in EastWest's ComposerCloud subscription.

References

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