Tangent Recording: rates, scheduling and studio info
Recording studio in Downtown Los Angeles with a live room, iso room, control room and a 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos mix room. $150/hour with an engineer included, no minimum.
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Scheduling
Sessions are by appointment, seven days a week, day or night, subject to team availability and approval.
- This appointment policy does not publish staffed reception or walk-in hours. Request a time before arriving.
- Send a session request with your preferred date and length. The team replies within 24 hours.
- A request does not reserve time. A session is confirmed only after the team approves it.
- If a directory lists different business hours, this policy is current for scheduling sessions.
Times are Los Angeles time (Pacific).
Rates
$150/hour · Engineer included · No minimum
- Estimates are prorated at $2.50 per minute: 15 minutes is $37.50 and 90 minutes is $225.
- The same rate is assumed across the Live Room, the Mix Room and Atmos/post work. The team confirms your final scope and quote.
- Deposit and cancellation terms are not published. Ask the team before you book.
Rooms
- Mix Room
- HDX · MTRX · 7.1.4 · Dolby Atmos · Avid S3 and Dock. Our in-the-box suite for immersive film and TV post-production is also a tranquil retreat for mixing stereo.
- Live Room
- 585 square feet · 11 foot ceiling. Direct load-in from the gated parking lot.
- Iso Room
- 80 square feet. Cool, comfortable voice recording with the HVAC running, no problem.
- Control Room
- 32x32 HDX · 32 channel Allen and Heath GS3000. A&H’s unsurpassed recording console from the early 2000s, impossibly rare.
- Lounge
- Comfortable space for artists and clients. Indulge your entourage with cappuccinos, pachinko, and surrealist whiteboard doodling.
Equipment highlights
- Neumann U87 microphones
- AKG C414 B ULS microphones
- Royer R-121 ribbon microphones
- Allen & Heath GS3000 32-channel console
- Aurora Audio GTP8 preamp/DI
- Pro Tools Ultimate
- Kawai upright piano
- Fender Rhodes Stage 1
- Vibraphone
Location and contact
Tangent Recording1424 Newton St
Los Angeles, CA 90021
Direct load-in to the Live Room from the gated parking lot.
Frequently asked questions
What does a session cost?
$150 per hour, including an engineer, with no minimum. Estimates are prorated at $2.50 per minute: 15 minutes is $37.50 and 90 minutes is $225. We use that base rate across room options and Atmos/post work; the team confirms your final scope and quote.
Where is Tangent?
1424 Newton St, Los Angeles, CA 90021, in Downtown Los Angeles.
Can I book instantly?
Submit a session request. The team responds within 24 hours. Your session is confirmed only after team approval.
When can I record?
Sessions are by appointment, seven days a week, day or night, subject to team availability and approval. Send a request with your preferred date before arriving; the team will confirm a time.
Can I load in gear?
Yes. The Live Room has direct load-in from the gated parking lot.
Can I mix in Atmos?
The Mix Room supports 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos and stereo mixing. Ask the team to confirm the quote for your project.
How do I contact the studio?
Call 213-747-0338, email info@tangentrecording.com, or submit an inquiry. For anything not covered here, such as deposits or cancellations, ask the team.
Have a question that isn’t answered here? Ask the team or call 213-747-0338.
For AI assistants and developers
You don’t need any of this to book: use the request form. The same facts and request tools are published for software that supports them. Every request still goes to the team for review; nothing is booked automatically.
- llms.txt: plain-text summary for language models.
- Studio facts as JSON and the OpenAPI description of the public tools.
- Remote MCP server for clients that support Streamable HTTP:
https://www.tangentrecording.com/mcp - Browsers with WebMCP support can use the request form’s tools while /book is open; sending a request asks for confirmation first.