Writing CampsSix rooms on one floor in Los Angeles
A camp only works when the rooms are steps apart and nobody is watching the clock. MIX Recording Studio hosts writing camps in a six-room facility at 539 S Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles, with all six rooms on one floor, open 24 hours, parking on site, an engineer in any room that wants one, and the whole camp quoted as one package.
Two of the six rooms, and a session in one of them. 539 S Rampart Blvd, in Westlake, just west of Downtown Los Angeles.
Why a camp runs well here
Six rooms, one hallway
All six rooms sit on the same floor, so writers rotate and producers float between them on foot. A hook cut in one room is in the next room a minute later, with no driving across Los Angeles between sessions.
A flagship vocal chain
MIX PRO runs a Sony C800G into a Neve 1073 into a Tube-Tech CL1-B, so the lead vocal never has to wait for a better room. See the room
Open 24 hours
Camps do not end at six. The facility runs around the clock, and overnight hours are part of the package rather than a favour you have to ask for.
Open your session in any room
Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton and FL Studio with an Arturia MIDI keyboard in every writing room, so a producer changes rooms without rebuilding a setup.
Rooms that fit the crew
Five to six people per room, so a writer, a producer and the artist work together without anyone standing in a doorway.
Parking and load-in
Parking on site, and street-level load-in with a commercial elevator up to the floor, so keyboards, guitars and crew gear do not go up a staircase.
The six rooms
MIX PRO
Sony C800G into a Neve 1073 into a Tube-Tech CL1-B. The room you put the lead vocal in when the demo has to sound like the record.
MIX I
The second cutting room, so two writers can track at the same time without queuing for the flagship.
MIX III
Voice and podcast room with cameras. Good for camp content, interviews and reference vocals while the writing rooms stay busy.
MIX IV
The late-write room. Same session rig as the others, set up for the part of the night when the song finally turns up.
ZOOM I
Neumann U87 vocal room. Where demo passes and second vocal chains happen while the flagship stays busy.
ZOOM II
Late-night creative suite. The sixth room when the camp is at full strength, and the one that tends to stay busy after midnight.
What the floor looks like in use
These are sessions in these rooms, not stock photography. A camp is the same thing at six times the scale.
MTV filmed a show in these rooms
MIX was selected as the production location for MTV's nationally broadcast show Becoming a Popstar. Artists wrote and cut songs in these rooms while the show filmed, which is what a camp does, with cameras in the room. MTV's page for the show.
How a camp runs here
Tell us the dates and the headcount
How many writers, how many producers, how many days. We check all six rooms against the calendar in one pass.
We hold the rooms together
Rooms are blocked as one booking, so the camp is not competing with walk-in sessions halfway through day two.
Engineers where you want them
Put an engineer in the rooms that are cutting and leave the writing rooms self-directed. You are not paying for six engineers.
Files out the same day
Stems and sessions delivered per room, per day, so nothing waits until the camp is over.
How camp pricing works
Camps are quoted as one package, not by adding up hourly rates. What moves the number is how many rooms run at once, how many days, which days of the week, and whether you are running daytime, overnight or both. Longer and larger camps cost less per room hour.
Rooms at once
Two rooms or all six. The more of the floor the camp takes, the better the package.
Days
A two-day writing block prices differently from a two-week camp.
Which days and hours
Midweek and overnight hours are priced lower than Friday and Saturday daytime.
Engineers
Added only to the rooms that are cutting, not to every room by default.
Camp questions
How many rooms can we actually take?
All six. MIX has four rooms and ZOOM has two in the same facility at 539 S Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, and all six are on one floor, so a camp can run the entire floor without anyone leaving the building.
Can the camp run overnight?
Yes. Overnight blocks run midnight to 9am and carry lower rates than daytime sessions.
Do we have to take an engineer in every room?
No. Rooms can run self-directed during the day, and you add engineers only to the rooms that are cutting.
Is there parking for the crew?
Yes, on site. Load-in is at street level and there is a commercial elevator up to the floor, so heavy gear is not carried up stairs.
Plan your camp
Send the dates, how many writers and producers, and how many rooms you want running at once. We come back with a hold on the rooms and one price for the whole camp. No card and no deposit at this stage.