They also worked here on the most important parts of Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time. who recorded parts of Off The Wall and mixed it here, laying the foundations for Michael Jackson's incredible career as a solo artist. Soon afterwards, the room was taken over by Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson and Bruce Swedien, The history of Studio A's wood-panelled control room is palpable. Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder worked a lot out of Studio A. Many disco classics have been produced in Westlake A and B. Massive lead plates placed inside the walls help increase isolation, while the surfaces in Studio A have been refined with a staggering amount of walnut wood probably it would be impossible to build such a room today because of the sheer cost of the raw materials! Having A Disco Ball it came as no surprise that Westlake's studio boasted many special features. Tom Hidley was responsible for a number of studio design innovations - he is, for example, credited with coining the expression 'bass trap' - and thus An impressive wall of outboard gear in Westlake Studio C's control room. Studio D's live area is the largest of all the Westlake rooms.Shortly thereafter, this studio started operations on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles.
WESTLAKE AUDIO STUDIO MANAGER 1978 PROFESSIONAL
Westlake Audio still produce several lines of professional studio and hi-fi monitoring systems they are no longer commercially affiliated with the studio, but in those early years Westlake set up a demo room to present their loudspeakers, and legend has it that Stevie Wonder was so enthusiastic about the sound of this room that he insisted Westlake should set up their own recording studio. But, perhaps even more importantly, Westlake began to produce loudspeakers. Westlake created one of the first standardised concepts for studio acoustics, with the aim of providing virtually interchangeable acoustic properties in different studios - an approach which became quite popular during those times. Phoenix had previously worked for the tape recorder manufacturer 3M, while Hidley had owned a recording studio since 1965, but was starting to focus more on studio construction and acoustics. Westlake was founded in the early '70s by Glenn Phoenix, Tom Hidley and Paul Ford. However, Westlake the company has never been 'just' a recording studio. Spread across two locations, the LA-based recording empire named Westlake Studios has played an important role in the making of some of the best-selling albums in the history of recorded music.
The control room in Westlake Studio A incorporates many of Tom Hidley's technological advances - and vast amounts of walnut panelling.