MIX Was Built for Independent Artists Who Refuse to Sound Independent.
What Is MIX Recording Studio?
MIX Recording Studio is a professional recording studio located at 539 S Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Founded by Konstantin Podyachev, the studio has operated at this location since 2017 and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. MIX offers studio rental, with Grammy-nominated and Billboard-charted engineers available for recording, mixing, and mastering sessions. The studio serves artists across hip-hop, R&B, pop, Latin music, rock, EDM, and country. Services include music recording, mixing and mastering, Dolby Atmos spatial audio production, voiceover recording (audiobooks, ADR, commercial VO, and corporate narration), podcast studio rental, drum recording, online mixing and mastering, and photo and video production. MIX has served more than 8,000 artists since opening, facilitated the release of over 100,000 songs, and the studio's work has accumulated more than 180 million plays across streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. The studio was featured on MTV's nationally broadcast series "Becoming a Popstar" and has worked with clients distributed through Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Interscope Records, and Netflix. MIX is part of a family of Los Angeles recording studios founded by Podyachev that also includes Union Recording Studio and ZOOM Recording Studio.
Professional Recording Studio in Los Angeles Since 2017
How It Started: Los Angeles, 2014
In 2014, Konstantin Podyachev moved to California with his family, leaving behind an established career to start over in one of the most competitive creative markets in the world. He had multiple degrees and years of experience in audio production — but no industry connections in the United States, no studio, and no clients. For the first two years he worked whatever jobs he could find to survive, while the idea of building a studio that could genuinely serve independent artists refused to leave him.
First Studio: Hollywood, 2016
In 2016, with his family temporarily back in Russia and himself living in a small bare studio space in Hollywood, Podyachev converted that space into the first Union Recording Studio. It was a minimal operation — but it was real, it was professional, and it was open to artists who couldn't afford the rates that most LA studios were charging. The demand was immediate. Artists who had been priced out of professional recording found a place that met their needs without compromising on sound quality.
MIX Recording Studio Opens: Los Angeles, 2017
MIX Recording Studio opened at 539 S Rampart Blvd in Los Angeles in 2017, becoming the flagship studio of what would grow into a multi-brand recording operation. Where Union had proven that affordable, professional recording was viable in LA, MIX was built to take that further: more rooms, better gear, 24/7 hours, and an engineering team capable of working across every genre and session type. The studio's central location — in the Westlake neighborhood, 1.5 miles from Downtown Los Angeles and accessible from the 10 and 101 freeways — made it reachable for artists from every part of the city.
Growth: Three Brands, One Mission
MIX Recording Studio has been operating in Los Angeles since 2017 with one mission: give serious independent artists access to a professional recording environment, real engineering talent, and a quality of output that competes with anything coming out of the major-label system — without the label.
Location in Downtown, Los Angeles, 2020
We have four rooms, a team of named Elite engineers, Dolby Atmos mixing capability, a
dual-room live band tracking setup, and a track record that includes placement with Sony,
Universal, Interscope, and Netflix. We’ve been featured on MTV’s ‘Becoming a Popstar.’
We’ve recorded over 8,000 artists and watched their songs accumulate more than 180 million streams.
We’re located in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles at 539 S Rampart Blvd.
Open 24/7. Parking on premises.
We’re part of a three-studio ecosystem with ZOOM and UNION Recording Studios.
If you’re starting out, we’re happy to see you at either of those.
When you’re ready for MIX — we’ll be here.
What We Do at MIX Recording Studio
Recording, Mixing, and Mastering
The core of what MIX does is professional audio recording, mixing, and mastering for independent artists and signed acts across all genres. Sessions are tracked in acoustically treated rooms equipped with Neumann U87 and TLM103 microphones, Universal Audio Apollo interfaces and preamps, and Empirical Labs Distressor compression. Engineers work in Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Ableton Live. Mixing and mastering services are available both in-session and online — artists anywhere in the world can submit stems for remote mixing and mastering through the studio's online platform.
Grammy-Nominated and Billboard-Charted Engineering Team
MIX Recording Studio's engineering team includes Grammy-nominated and Billboard-charted professionals with credits across hip-hop, R&B, pop, Latin music, rock, EDM, and country. Engineers are available in two tiers: Advanced Engineers ($30/hr add-on) handle recording, mixing, mastering, autotune, pitch correction, and arrangement; Elite Engineers ($40/hr add-on) add album and EP dedicated mastering sessions and production analysis. All engineers can be reviewed and selected on the Engineers page before booking.
Services Offered at MIX Recording Studio
MIX Recording Studio offers the following professional services at 539 S Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles:
- Studio rental — open 24/7, capacity up to 8 people
- Music recording, mixing, and mastering with in-house engineers
- Dolby Atmos mixing and mastering — certified spatial audio production for Apple Music, Amazon Music, and streaming platforms
- Voiceover recording — audiobooks (ACX-compliant), ADR and dubbing, commercial VO, animation and video game VO, corporate narration and e-learning, Spanish-language VO, and IVR recording
- Podcast studio rental — with audio and video recording and live streaming capability
- Drum recording sessions — DW kit with Zildjian cymbals, Audix drum mic package, up to 10 channels
- In-studio photoshoot and session photography
- In-studio and on-location music video production
- Studio vlog and artist documentary video
- Online mixing and mastering — remote submission platform
- Session musicians for hire
- Spotify playlist submission and promotional services
- Monthly studio rental plans
- Gift certificates
Los Angeles facility, 2024
Studio Equipment and Technology
MIX Recording Studio is equipped with professional-grade audio hardware and software standard to major commercial recording facilities. The studio's signal chain centers on Universal Audio Apollo 8 and Apollo x8 audio interfaces with Thunderbolt connectivity, providing low-latency conversion and access to UAD hardware-emulated processing. Monitoring is handled by Yamaha NS10 and Dynaudio LYD 8 near-field monitors with a KRK 10S powered subwoofer for low-frequency reference. The microphone locker includes the Neumann U87 and Neumann TLM103 large-diaphragm condensers, Rode K2 tube condenser, a matched pair of AKG C414 XLS condensers, the Shure SM57, and the Audix DP7 drum microphone package for multi-channel drum recording. Outboard hardware includes the Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor compressor/limiter and Universal Audio 710 Twin Flair preamp. Recording software includes Avid Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, and FL Studio. The plug-in library covers Waves, Slate Digital, UAD Powered Plug-Ins, FabFilter Pro-Q 3, Antares Autotune, Melodyne Editor, iZotope Ozone, and Synchro Arts VocAlign. Drum recording sessions use a DW Design Series maple kit with Zildjian A Custom cymbals, accommodating up to 10 simultaneous channels. The full gear list is available at mixrecordingstudio.com/gear-list.
MIX Recording Studio by the Numbers
Artists Served
Since opening in 2017, MIX has hosted over 8,000 independent and professional artists.
Songs Released
Artists recording at MIX have collectively released more than 100,000 tracks.
Total Streams
Combined plays across Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other platforms.
Credentials and Industry Recognition
MIX Recording Studio's engineering team includes Grammy-nominated professionals with credits on Billboard-charting recordings across hip-hop, R&B, pop, Latin music, rock, EDM, and country. The studio was selected as the production location for MTV's nationally broadcast show "Becoming a Popstar," documented on MTV's official social channels. Client recordings made at MIX have been released through Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Interscope Records, and the facility has supported audio production for Netflix projects. MIX is a certified Dolby Atmos mixing and mastering facility, enabling delivery of spatial audio content to Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited, and TIDAL.
Location and Getting Here
MIX Recording Studio is located at 539 S Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles — approximately 1.5 miles west of Downtown LA, 3 miles from the University of Southern California (USC), and 7 miles from Hollywood. The studio is easily reached from the 10 and 101 freeways, and street parking is available in the surrounding area. All sessions are by appointment. The studio is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays.
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What MIX Recording Studio Stands For
MIX Recording Studio was built on three principles: equality, integrity, and excellence. Equality means independent artists get access to the same professional-grade equipment and engineering expertise that major label acts have always had — at transparent, published rates with no hidden fees. Integrity means the studio operates with honest pricing, clear ownership rights, and no pressure to upsell. Excellence means the work speaks for itself: every session that leaves MIX is held to the same standard regardless of budget or genre. Founder Konstantin Podyachev started this studio without industry connections or backing — only the conviction that professional recording should be accessible to anyone with something worth saying. That conviction still drives every decision the studio makes.
Book a Session at MIX Recording Studio
MIX Recording Studio is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 539 S Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Engineers are available to add to any session. Booking is available online or by calling and texting +1 (323) 218-7475.