Tracking Rooms at Monarch Studios

3702 Commercial Street, Vancouver, BC V5N 4G2
East Vancouver

About this space

The studio features four more isolated rooms for tracking: a Live Room, large iso booth (called the Piano Room), Vocal Booth, and an Amp Room. The tracking rooms feature great sight lines, and all rooms are connected with speaker and instrument lines for flexible and creative setups.

LIVE ROOM
The Live Room is the main tracking room, and has a large window that provides lots of natural daylight. It has a custom designed ceiling cloud made of diffusion and absorption, helping to make the room sound even larger than it is. Two of the walls feature real brick, and have six hinged acoustic panels that when closed offer a more bright lively sound, and when open, a more dry and controlled sound.

VOCAL BOOTH
The Vocal Booth looks into both the Live Room and Piano Room and as its name implies, is a great place to isolate vocalists.

AMP ROOM
The Amp Room is an ideal place to isolate guitar or bass amplifiers while tracking with a live band. With ample instrument and speaker ties, you can be anywhere in the studio with your pedal board or amplifier head next to you, with your cabinet or combo amp isolated.

PIANO ROOM
The Piano Room is often home to our 7’6” Yamaha C7 Grand Piano and Hammond B3 Organ/Leslie cabinet. The piano can also easily be moved into the Live Room for recording, or to free up the Piano Room for tracking other as your session requires.

HEADPHONES
Headphones are controlled with an Aviom headphone system. This allows each musician to quickly dial in a personalized headphone mix so that they hear exactly what they need to perform their best.

INSTRUMENTS
There is also an assortment of vintage instruments and amplifiers included as part of the studio rental, including Wurlitzer, Roland, Moog, and Nord keyboards, and guitar and bass amps from Fender, Vox, Marshall and Ampeg. We also have an inventory of in-house rental guitars, basses, drums, and cymbals – a list is available on our equipment page.


Prices

Sunday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per day
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$850 hire fee per day
Note: All prices include sales tax.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
RENTAL INSTRUMENTS
$50/day for any one item, or $100/day for the entire collection. See Equipment page for more details.

PIANO TUNING
$150. There is no charge to use our Yamaha C7 Grand Piano. If you would like the piano tuned for your session, please let us know at the time of your booking so we can schedule that for you.

5% GST Additional.
Monday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per day
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$850 hire fee per day
Note: All prices include sales tax.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
RENTAL INSTRUMENTS
$50/day for any one item, or $100/day for the entire collection. See Equipment page for more details.

PIANO TUNING
$150. There is no charge to use our Yamaha C7 Grand Piano. If you would like the piano tuned for your session, please let us know at the time of your booking so we can schedule that for you.

5% GST Additional.
Tuesday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per day
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$850 hire fee per day
Note: All prices include sales tax.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
RENTAL INSTRUMENTS
$50/day for any one item, or $100/day for the entire collection. See Equipment page for more details.

PIANO TUNING
$150. There is no charge to use our Yamaha C7 Grand Piano. If you would like the piano tuned for your session, please let us know at the time of your booking so we can schedule that for you.

5% GST Additional.
Wednesday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per day
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$850 hire fee per day
Note: All prices include sales tax.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
RENTAL INSTRUMENTS
$50/day for any one item, or $100/day for the entire collection. See Equipment page for more details.

PIANO TUNING
$150. There is no charge to use our Yamaha C7 Grand Piano. If you would like the piano tuned for your session, please let us know at the time of your booking so we can schedule that for you.

5% GST Additional.
Thursday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per day
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$850 hire fee per day
Note: All prices include sales tax.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
RENTAL INSTRUMENTS
$50/day for any one item, or $100/day for the entire collection. See Equipment page for more details.

PIANO TUNING
$150. There is no charge to use our Yamaha C7 Grand Piano. If you would like the piano tuned for your session, please let us know at the time of your booking so we can schedule that for you.

5% GST Additional.
Friday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per day
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$850 hire fee per day
Note: All prices include sales tax.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
RENTAL INSTRUMENTS
$50/day for any one item, or $100/day for the entire collection. See Equipment page for more details.

PIANO TUNING
$150. There is no charge to use our Yamaha C7 Grand Piano. If you would like the piano tuned for your session, please let us know at the time of your booking so we can schedule that for you.

5% GST Additional.
Saturday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per hour
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$125 hire fee per hour
Per day
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
from C$850 hire fee per day
Note: All prices include sales tax.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
RENTAL INSTRUMENTS
$50/day for any one item, or $100/day for the entire collection. See Equipment page for more details.

PIANO TUNING
$150. There is no charge to use our Yamaha C7 Grand Piano. If you would like the piano tuned for your session, please let us know at the time of your booking so we can schedule that for you.

5% GST Additional.

Capacity

Standing
up to 10

Catering and drinks

No in-house catering
External catering not allowed
Venue doesn’t provide alcohol
BYO alcohol not allowed

Facilities

Wi-Fi
Air conditioning
Free parking is available on-site
Free on-street parking
Instruments
Headphones
Projector
Flatscreen TV
Whiteboard
Flipchart
PA system / speakers
Conference call facilities
Natural light
Storage space
Quiet space
Accommodation available

Music & sound equipment

Own music allowed
Bring your own DJ
Noise restrictions

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible

Rules of the space

Allowed events

Promoted and ticketed events
Wedding licence
Temporary event notices (TENs) available

Host rules

No smoking in the building.

Cancellation policy: Standard 60 day with Grace Period

Show cancellation details

A premier recording studio in East Vancouver.

Meticulously conceived from the ground up as a space to foster creativity and capture the results.

Carefully tuned acoustics, lighting, equipment, climate, and facilities come together to create a world-class studio that brings out the best in artists and producers.

Monarch is not just a space, it’s home to a huge collection of world-class gear and equipment. Built around a custom 32-channel API Console, the studio combines the vibe of classic analog gear with the flexibility of modern digital recording. From vintage Neumann mics and Neve preamps, to Pro Tools HDX, to vintage amps, keyboards and guitars, we have everything you need to make your next recording a success.

The Monarch team works tirelessly with artists and producers to utilize the space, gear, and equipment to achieve the best possible performances and recordings. Our deep knowledge of the space, its capabilities, and available tools is one of Monarch’s greatest assets.


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