EastWest Studios

EastWest Studios was first known as Western Studio, one half of the United Western Recorders studio complex located on 6000 and 6050 West Sunset Boulevard. In 1984, United Western Recorders was sold and renamed to Ocean Way Recording. In 1998, the former Western Studio half at 6000 Sunset was divided from Ocean Way Recording, sold, and renamed to Cello Studios. In 2005, Cello Studios ceased operation. On January 17, 2006, Doug Rogers acquired ownership of 6000 Sunset. Rogers commissioned designer Philippe Starck (SLS Hotel Los Angeles, St. Martins Lane hotel, London) to refurbish and redesign the artist lounges, kitchen, and reception areas, In March 2009, the renovated studios, renamed EastWest Studios, opened to the public. As of June 2020, it produced over 120 Grammy nominations, more than any other studio in the world. == Live rooms and consoles ==

EastWest Studios consists of three main studios. The smallest of the rooms, Studio 3, is with a Steinway piano and a classic Trident A Range console. All three rooms are fitted with flying fader automation and ATC main monitors. == EastWest Sounds ==

EastWest Sounds was founded by recording engineer Doug Rogers in 1988 as a manufacturer of sample libraries. The company partnered with high-profile mixing engineer Bob Clearmountain to release two commercially-successful Bob Clearmountain Drums sample collections in the early 1990s. In the early 2000s, Rogers (head of EastWest Sounds) and Nick Phoenix (co-founder of Two Steps From Hell) conceived the EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra orchestral sample library. Recorded by Grammy-winning recording engineer "Prof" Keith O. Johnson in a 2200-seat concert hall starting in August 2002, the resulting multi-channel recordings were edited and programmed for another year before the library was released. In 2006, EastWest Sounds purchased Cello Studios to curtail the cost of booking sessions at recording studios to record samples. Since then, EastWest Sounds offices have been located at the studios, and the company's virtual instruments, from the Hollywood Orchestra series, recorded at Studio 1 with some of Hollywood's film score orchestral session players and engineer Shawn Murphy, to numerous genre-specific collections, are recorded there. == References ==