About Crackle & Pop! Recording Studio

Crackle & Pop! is a small but comfortable recording studio located in Seattle WA. in Ballard's industrial district. The studio exists in a multipurpose building that houses a coffee roaster, photo studio, website developers and computer classrooms.

The studio consists of two rooms, an L shaped main room and a rectangular booth. The main room was built with a naturally sloped ceiling which has been a bonus for the acoustics. It's been "deadened" in one end so to achieve a "live end - dead end" effect. The booth has a controlled and balanced tone. Both rooms get used in tracking as the acoustics are quite different.

Crackle & Pop! was founded in 2006 by partners Johnny Sangster, Andrew Smith and Scott Masoner. Looking for a place to do some cheap overdubs, Andrew and Johnny cajoled each other into finding a room to set up shop. Shortly thereafter Scott Masoner joined bringing some serious gear to the operation. Since then the collection of instruments and recording equipment has grown and the setup has been refined.

The studio can accommodate a small band setup although there are some scheduling constraints involving louder sessions. The main room has gained the stamp of approval from several prominent local drummers. The studio excels as a place for overdubbing and light mixing. We have done post production and mixing for commercials and we welcome any new challenge that might come our way.

We invite independent engineers to use the room and can also provide an engineer if needed. Feel free to look at Johnny Sangster's Production Credits here. Scott Masoner and Andrew Smith also have many credits under their belt (they just don't have websites where they brag about it).

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