Rates

Recording Studio Rates (effective March 16, 2008):

  • Php1,100 per hour*
  • * Drums tracking has a minimum of 3 hours due to setup.
  • P9,500 per day (10 hours) = P1,500 discount. 10am to 9pm. Sessions contiguous throughout one day.
  • P46,000 per week (6 days) = P20,000 discount. Sessions contiguous throughout six days or one week. We can discount this much for a week block due to reduced amount of setup and teardown of recording equipment and setup.

    • Discounts? Full album package. Our block rates are already discounted but we will still consider special discounts for complete album projects consuming more than 100 hours of recording. Contact us last. We are committed to great sounds. Let us work for you, our huge investment on professional sound recording equipment, training, education and experience will especially benefit full and complete album projects.

    Professional Assistant Engineer. Professional staff engineer included from recording, tracking to mixing.

    Included music instruments and amplifiers. (included in the recording studio rate)

    • Peavy Predator strat style electric guitar.
    • Jackson electric guitar with Seymour Duncan pickups and Floyd Rose tremolo
    • Warwick Corvette bass guitar 4-strings with Hipshot D-tuner
    • Yamaha guitar amplifier. solid state.
    • Marshall guitar amplifier. solid state.
    • Effects: Jim Dunlop Wah, Boss DS1, Guitar POD, SansAmp Bass DI, Aphex Bass Xciter, Bass POD
    • Trace Elliot micro bass amp
    • Gallien Krueger Backline600 bass amp & 2×10″ speakers
    • 5 piece Pearl ELX drum kit with Sabian Pro Sonix cymbals, Zildjian 14″ custom fast crash, Sabian 13″ custom hi-hats
    • Roland RS-50 synthesizer, BOSS DR-550 drum machine, M-Audio Oxygen

    For hire music instruments and amplifiers (separate from studio fees)

    • Marshall TSL 122 all tube guitar amp with two 12″ speakers. Php1,000 per session (day).
    • Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue all tube guitar amp with one 12″ speaker. Php1,000 per session (day).
    • Ovation acoustic electric guitar. Php1,000 per session (day).
    • Sadowsky Jazz bass guitar. Php5,000 per session (day).
    • Ampeg SVT CL tube bass amplifier. Php3,000 per session (day)
    • Pearl Joey Jordison snare drum. Php500 per session (day)
    • Drum Workshop snare drums. Php500 per session (day).

    Quick Mastering. While we are not a “fully qualified mastering studio” we do offer a “quick mastering” service to Clients who can’t (for any reason) go a dedicated mastering facility. (Note: We strongly advise going to a dedicated mastering facility) “Quick Mastering” includes leveling, EQ, CD-Text, encoding. Turnaround time is 1 week (we perform a thorough QA process to ensure an error-free and competitive final product. While we call this “quick mastering” - it includes intense and critical listening and error checking. Finished tracks will be delivered on a Pre-Master CD (Taiyo Yuden brand) ready to be taken to the CD replication plant. Two (2) copies of Pre-Master CD (PMCD) shall be given to clients. Subject to consultation and availability. We don’t accept poorly or improperly recorded and mixed tracks as these cannot be helped - even by our quick mastering service.

    • P2,000 per song (up to 5 minutes). Unattended sessions.
    • P3,000 per song (up to 5 minutes). Attended sessions.
    • Compilation CDs featuring different artists add P1,000 per song.
    • P20,000 for a full album or CD up to 60 minutes. Unattended sessions. CDs with programs longer than 60 minutes add P500.00 for every additional minute.

    Last edited: March 19, 2008.