SunSound Rates & Resources


Resources & Rates Do you need to produce a CD, DVD, a radio broadcast or sonify a website? We can support you and your project with complete "in-house" production services from concept to finished product. We record, mix, edit & master a wide variety of styles, in the form of full albums, demos, and podcasts. We also produce broadcast radio programs, and audio books on CD. For bands and groups we offer multitrack recording and mixing with up to 64 Tracks using our Pro Tools HD 3 system. We are able to record 16 tracks simultaneously for "basics". See our Artist Spotlight page for samples of some of our work. Our studio offers a very nice sounding drum room, a comfortable iso-booth, a well equipped control room, with a big kitchen & bathroom for your comfort and convenience. We also have a nice patio outside where you can kick back and relax between tracks. We are located close to great restaurants and shops in Grass Valley. There are 2 local music stores; SoundCheck Music & FoggyMountain Music, BriarPatch our local organic co-op grocery store within 5-10 minutes.
SunSound Studios Standard Rates • Tracking - $55/hour w/Engineer • Mixing - $65/hour • Mastering - $80/hour Contact Michael for a free consultation.
Special Spring 2008 Promotional Rates (click here) for details. SUNSOUND STUDIOS PRODUCTION RULES Below are a few rules as well as addtional services that will make our time together productive, creative and fun! At SunSound we can provide expert assistance with Pre-Production (song structure, charts, arrangements...), selecting musicians (we know quite a few), production strategies, and the development of your songs to a professional level. And, even if you are not near the Sierra Foothills of CA, we can work with you to create tracks for your music. ~ Producer rates determined by project & meeting with artist. ~
Click here to request a custom quote,(still working on the form) please be patient and call us at 530-477-7289. RULES OF THE HOUSE * All deposits are non-refundable. If you abandon your project you lose your deposit. * No work on tracks or arrangements, etc. can begin until the deposit is received. * If you choose to add more songs to a project in progress, a deposit equaling 50% of the upgraded package will be required. * Once any one song has been mixed within any project as described in the package rates above, and the artist has approved the mix and taken it out of the studio as a CD, DAT, or any other mix down source, any changes or additional work requested on any part of that project or song will accrue additional charges according to the hourly rates on our service list. * We will hold completed masters for 2 months and then will not be responsible for keeping them unless you have made a special arrangement with the producer. Sign up for News about Special Prices and new services at SunSound Studios!
More Information Sessions Musicians We have a number of very talented musicians on call to do session work. These are working musicians who know their stuff! Costs for their services are worked out between the client and the musician. Duplication We are glad to provide names of duplication houses that our clientele have had good experiences with. Also, we can dupe and label up to 30 CDs, usually for distribution as demos. Storage and Back-up Because we have return customers and because you just never know, we back up all project files to either dvd (4.7 gig capacity) disc and/or large capacity external hard drive. Files can be saved and archived in a wide variety of file formats, so that they can conceivably be taken to any other facility for future post production work. Mobile Recording SunSound Studios provides mobile recording services for all venues including club, concert, church, festival & more. Multi-track and stereo recordings are achieved utilizing compact, highest quality digital formats then edited and mastered to CD.

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Resources & Rates
Do you need to produce a CD, DVD, a radio broadcast or sonify a website?
We can support you and your project with complete "in-house" production services from concept to finished product.

We record, mix, edit & master a wide variety of styles, in the form of full albums, demos, and podcasts. We also produce broadcast radio programs, and audio books on CD.

For bands and groups we offer multitrack recording and mixing with up to 64 Tracks using our Pro Tools HD 3 system. We are able to record
16 tracks simultaneously for "basics".

See our Artist Spotlight page for samples of some of our work.

Our studio offers a very nice sounding drum room, a comfortable iso-booth, a well equipped control room, with a big kitchen & bathroom for your comfort and convenience. We also have a nice patio outside where you can kick back and relax between tracks.

We are located close to great restaurants and shops in Grass Valley. There are 2 local music stores; SoundCheck Music & FoggyMountain Music, BriarPatch our local organic co-op grocery store within 5-10 minutes.

SunSound Studios Standard Rates

• Tracking - $55/hour w/Engineer
• Mixing - $65/hour
• Mastering - $80/hour

Contact Michael for a free consultation.

Special Spring 2008 Promotional Rates (click here) for details.

SUNSOUND STUDIOS PRODUCTION RULES
Below are a few rules as well as addtional services that will make our time together productive, creative and fun!

At SunSound we can provide expert assistance with Pre-Production
(song structure, charts, arrangements...), selecting musicians
(we know quite a few), production strategies, and the development of
your songs to a professional level.

And, even if you are not near the Sierra Foothills of CA, we can work with you to create tracks for your music.

~ Producer rates determined by project & meeting with artist. ~

Click here to request a custom quote,(still working on the form) please be patient and call us at 530-477-7289.

RULES OF THE HOUSE

* All deposits are non-refundable. If you abandon your project you lose your deposit.

* No work on tracks or arrangements, etc. can begin until the deposit is received.

* If you choose to add more songs to a project in progress, a deposit equaling 50% of the upgraded package will be required.

* Once any one song has been mixed within any project as described in the package rates above, and the artist has approved the mix and taken it out of the studio as a CD, DAT, or any other mix down source, any changes or additional work requested on any part of that project or song will accrue additional charges according to the hourly rates on our service list.

* We will hold completed masters for 2 months and then will not be responsible for keeping them unless you have made a special arrangement with the producer.

More Information

Sessions Musicians
We have a number of very talented musicians on call to do session work. These are working musicians who know their stuff! Costs for their services are worked out between the client and the musician.

Duplication
We are glad to provide names of duplication houses that our clientele have had good experiences with. Also, we can dupe and label up to 30 CDs, usually for distribution as demos.

Storage and Back-up
Because we have return customers and because you just never know, we back up all project files to either dvd (4.7 gig capacity) disc and/or large capacity external hard drive. Files can be saved and archived in a wide variety of file formats, so that they can conceivably be taken to any other facility for future post production work.

Mobile Recording
SunSound Studios provides mobile recording services for all venues including club, concert, church, festival & more. Multi-track and stereo recordings are achieved utilizing compact, highest quality digital formats then edited and mastered to CD.