Sockit Studio

12/06/2025

Come celebrate Friday the 13th with Senior Staff Engineer Corey !
Corey is HIGHLY experienced with tracking and mixing rock bands. He’s available on this rare Friday night from 7pm - 1am at the discounted all in block rate of $250 for six hours in Studio A 🖤
Must be pre paid in full & in advance. No pro rating & no cancellations.
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15/05/2025

25 years ago today I moved into the building where Sockit Studio would be constructed. Sockit was setup as an LLC in September of 1999 and the first session was 11/20/2000.
This picture was taken in my home office around the time I submitted the blueprints to the city and fire marshal to get approved for the building permits. I used graph paper glued to poster boards to convey the studio design & layout to my draftsman.
If you look closely at the poster board on the bottom left you can see my selfie at the mix position 😂 and the original design which spec’d an iso booth behind the control room. That idea was scraped when I selected the Mammoth location and realized I could ultimately setup two separate & independent studios that could also be combine as one large studio.
The desk shows my solder station setup for the first batch of wiring. You can see the equipment manuals I’d collected and session log binders on the top shelf. I lost a lot of magazines and manuals in the ‘16 flood but I was able to save the session log binders which contain the session reports I’ve been sharing recently.
I made a limited run of T-Shirts with the studio logo and website (before there was a physical address) that were given to family, friends, and those helping on trade. Printed above the studio info is “Support Local Music”
Second pix shows the finished & approved blueprints pinned to a wall during construction.
Celebrating 25 years 🥂
11/20/2000 -
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05/05/2025

Sockit Studio is hiring experienced recording engineers that know Pro Tools for work in Studio B. Must have experience tracking, mixing and some mastering skills. For more information and to sign up for our test mix please fill out the job application form on our linktree in bio.
Celebrating 25 years in business 🥂
11/20/2000 -
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29/03/2025

That time Sockit Studio owner was working at with Darkchild and his brother producing and tracking two new songs. On the session report you can see they were using an MPC60, Korg Trinity, & Roland Super JV (1080).
We were tracking to 2 x Studer 800 2” 24 track tape machines using an SSL 4K E console. Per the session report there were three 2” tapes used. Working with 48 track analog is a pain because you have a lead machine and a follow machine which can take up to 10-15 seconds to synchronize playback of the follow machine to the leader using SMPTE time code and synchronizing hardware. While this may be an acceptable “analog latency” for mixing it is not when tracking vocals where fast punch ins are required. Just playing the tape and having it physically cross over the playback heads degrades the recording , tape itself, and especially the high frequency content so a ruff mix of just the music, often known as a “2 Mix”, would be recorded to a third tape where all of the lead and background vocals could be recorded onto one tape without having to sync two machines and preserving the quality of the original music. Once extensive back ground vocals, often 16 tracks or more, were recorded to the third reel of tape then those BGV’s would be submixed or “2 Mixed” onto the 2nd reel of tape where the rest of the instrumentation was and would then be ready for a synchronized 48 track mix. The third reel would be kept close in case the BGV 2 Mix needed to be remixed for the final mix.




Celebrating 25 years in business 🥂
11/20/2000 -
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18/03/2025

Tracking Bass guitar direct tonight for a producer client and wanted to give them a few options for their the mix so I took the Bass through the Radial JD7 to get a clean isolated split that feed the Avalon 2022 for ultra clean tone and a API 505 for a more saturated sound.



Celebrating 25 years in business 🥂
11/20/2000 -
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09/03/2025

Sockit Studio is proud to support our local music community by offering our studios for rent to freelance producers and engineers. We have posted on our link in bio a wealth of information pertaining to the equipment & capabilities of our two studios. We have also shared our custom forms and examples that we use to document tracking setups, mix patching, recall notes, etc. These forms can assist in the planning of your sessions as well as documenting your work.
In Studio A we provide assistant engineers to assist in using our computer and interface setup or integrating your laptop and interface into ours. Senior Staff Assistants are more knowledgeable in the routing options of the analog equipment.
Studio B is available for rent to producers with their own laptop, interface, microphone, and headphones. Studio B rentals do not come with an assistant and availability is limited.
Producer Accounts also come with the following benefits:
The opportunity to participate in invitation only professional development sessions along with other staff members and interns. Topics include, advanced analog mastering, summing mixing using our API 1608 II console, how to incorporate hardware inserts into your workflow, drum recording and micing techniques, how to solder and make cables, etc.
For more information on this type of account please see our link in bio titled Freelance (PRO) Rate Card & Terms.
Celebrating 25 years in business 🥂
11/20/2000 -
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09/03/2025

Established in 1999, Sockit Studio is a flexible recording studio that can pivot from high end vocal production to full band setups that incorporate both of our studios simultaneously. We host freelance engineers and producers and employ a number of staff members that can assist, engineer, mix, master, and produce your music.
Our current staff of Engineers can be viewed on our STAFF highlight above and are tiered as Senior Staff or Staff based on their experience. Some of our engineers produce and make beats. If this service is needed please inquire at the time of booking.
Rates range from $30-$70/hr depending on the experience level of the staff, choice of studio, and when the session is booked. Hourly rates for all levels of staff engineers include mixing and mastering.
For fastest service we prefer payments via CashApp, Venmo, Zelle, and PayPal. When making payments in person or during office hours, we also accept cash and all major credit cards. Please include your client name in all mobile payments.
For scheduling details and services offered to Freelance Producers and Engineers please see our other pinned post.
For more information on How We Work & Our Philosophy please visit our link in bio.
Celebrating 25 years in business 🥂
11/20/2000 -
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09/03/2025

Get Locked in to book! 🎯

New Clients:
Sockit Studio managers Andrew & Faith are in the office and can schedule and setup new accounts. They are trained in assisting with choice of studio, engineer, answering questions, and providing studio tours. To setup an account you can fill out our New Client form located in our link in bio, email us at [email protected], or call during office hours.
Existing clients:
To schedule call during office hours which are Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 2:30pm-6:00pm & Tuesday, Thursday 1:00pm-5:00pm @ 225-216-0167 or Text Devon @ 225-772-2267 to update your info, get locked in, and book.
Session bookings are a minimum of two hours. We do book shorter sessions around the other sessions already booked but do not have staff come out for less than two hours’ worth of work. Because of this the minimum billing on advanced bookings is 100% of time booked on sessions less than three hours & 75% of the time booked on sessions three hours and longer. Sessions are billed in ¼ hr increments.
We do offer short notice / same day bookings but not all assistants & engineers are on call every day. We are a VERY busy studio with scheduling that occurs weeks in advance and for full day lockouts.
Scheduling time frames:
In Advance: Bookings are completed by 6:00 pm the day before the session. Sessions are scheduled to occur based on the engineer and studios availability. First bookings, unattended and short notice sessions are all prepaid. After your first session payment can be made at the end. Sessions 3hrs or longer can be prorated with a minimum billing of 75% of the time booked. 48hr cancellation policy.
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Same Day: Bookings start at 6:00 pm the day BEFORE and run until 5:00pm the day of. Sessions are scheduled to occur between 11am-9pm. Rates are $5/hr higher. Payment is due in full & in advance. Five person limit. NO walk-ins, refunds, cancelations, time prorating, or rescheduling.
For more details please see our other pinned post and links in bio
Celebrating 25 years in business 🥂
11/20/2000 -
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02/03/2025

20%off the normal rate🎯
Senior Staff Engineer Corey is available this Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th and Wednesday the 5th from 10pm - 2am at the discounted all in block rate of $160 for four hours in Studio A 🖤
Must be pre paid in full & in advance. No pro rating & no cancellations.
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21/11/2024

Today we start our 25th year of service! We had our first session 24 years ago today! I would like to say a big thank you to our clients. It has been my true pleasure to help so many people express themselves. A huge thanks also goes out to the over 60 people that have worked at Sockit plus interns, students, family and friends that have helped make this happen. Sockit wouldn’t be here without all of you 🙌🥂

Devon K-
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02/11/2024

Five piece string ensemble recording with .coco conducting. Recording strings can really test the noise floor of a studios construction. Sockit Studios’ A room was custom built with a floating floor and consulting from one of the best in the business Russ Berger Design Group

Need to record voice or other acoustical instruments at the highest quality? Give us a ring or stop by for a tour.

From left to right…
Violin 1 ._._
Violin 2
Cello
Bass
Viola .tate
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18/05/2024

Kennan was the first engineer I assisted when I was promoted from intern at Unique Recording Studios NYC in September of ‘96. I tried not to fanboy out on him ….too much….. I went on to assist him numerous times over the next few years and learned a lot from this awesome dude.

https://darknesscallingarchives.blogspot.com/2020/11/interview-audio-engineer-kennan-keating.html?m=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR372dvyL7p6v6W717bQv5eFOvohgheeEIMlWtyR1MWxMqdvsQk-bxN0fv0_aem_AY1sLTfTE7Cu3RuKXGSx8HWgtrIhVytWQMUqIHKIZ_1HemitUnDR921_J_go3LJ3CbKdlf6BF2Q6ZWJB0XD76LY7

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