Studio 1
For over 30 years, Westpoint Studios has been a trusted destination for world-class music production — welcoming a client list that includes Adele, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Stormzy, Tyla, Nemzz and many more.
Designed by Recording Architecture, Studio 1 combines a bright, naturally lit control room with industry-leading recording technology. At its centre sits a customised SSL 4048 G Series console, supported by ATC SCM200 monitoring, Pro Tools HDX recording, and Apogee Symphony MKII conversion for connectivity throughout the facility.
The result is a professional recording environment built for creativity, precision, and release-ready sound.
Overview:
Studio 1 boasts three key rooms and 3 additional rooms with tie lines in each space, plus ample facilities to make your session a comfortable and productive experience.
With a range of modern, vintage and inspiring equipment, Westpoint gives you the space to make your project thrive. From writing through to production, recording and mixing with outstanding results.
Control Room:
Centred around our customised SSL console, Studio 1’s control room is designed to accommodate large collaborative sessions — comfortably hosting two engineers, two producer workstations, and additional seating at the rear. The layout allows multiple creatives to work simultaneously, encouraging interaction without compromising workflow.
The producer’s workstation provides direct control over monitoring and talkback systems, while musicians in the live room can access Pro Tools and oversee sessions in real time — ideal for spontaneous punch-ins and fast-paced recording.
For mixing and production, the studio features an extensive collection of analogue outboard, classic processors, and modern software tools, all supported by a comprehensive patching system incorporating MIDI, video sync, ethernet, cue distribution, and loudspeaker routing.
The vocal booth is positioned just feet from the producer’s table, enabling close creative interaction while maintaining full acoustic separation.
Live Room:
Westpoint's 28-foot live room has an impressive five square metre view from the engineer's chair.
Stacked with guitar amps and drum kits, the live rooms boast a rest area, smart TV and air conditioning, giving artists comfort, creative options and stress-free interaction with the engineer. For further speed, our live room is permanently set up with Quested v3110 mid-field monitoring, so artists can listen to previous takes and monitor mix down while relaxing to film or set up a second producer room. With its natural finish, wooden floors and high ceilings, our live room also provides the perfect ambient recording space for live bands, strings, brass, drums, vocals and piano.
Vocal Booth:
Westpoint's vocal booth boasts the best interactive space for producers and engineers to work with artists. With a floor-to-ceiling glass sliding door, our vocal booth is also great for content creation while in session.
The Strip:
Between the control room and live room we also have a 14-foot strip with a 5 metre square view of the live room and control room for musicians requiring separation with a good line of sight, or a secondary guitar booth with ample patching options.
Guitar Booth:
Our dedicated 4.5 metre cubed guitar booth is accessed from the live room and is flexible enough to play from any room in our facility. Should you want to do overdubs from the control room or record alongside other musicians in the live room with complete separation while changing settings on the head of your stack, our guitar booth will cover you.
