Sound Studios

What Sound Studios does

Sound Studios LLC is a New York City-based recording studio operator founded in 2020 that delivers vocal recording, mixing, and mastering services through four physical locations spanning Manhattan (Times Square, 584 8th Ave) and Brooklyn (Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Park Slope). It serves individual musicians, vocal artists, rappers, and content creators across genres including Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, Soul, Trap, Drill, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Funk, and Indie, along with secondary segments in podcast/voice-over work and first-time artists. Each location runs an identical signal chain (Neumann TLM 103 microphone into Apogee Duet A/D conversion, Yamaha HS8 monitors, Pro Tools DAW) with the same plugin suite (Waves Ultimate, FabFilter, Auto-Tune Pro, iZotope Ozone 12, VocAlign), and the Manhattan flagship adds Warm Audio WA73-EQ preamps; this standardization yields seven bookable rooms in total and supports session-file portability across sites.

The core product is an all-in-one session: customers book a minimum of two hours during which a professional engineer handles recording, mixing, and mastering at the same hourly rate, with in-session mastering using iZotope Ozone 12 requiring no separate booking or upcharge. Engineers actively consult before and during the session on beat sourcing, session planning, and workflow optimization, which is the principal point of differentiation versus commodity studio rentals.

Sound Studios generates revenue on a usage-based, pay-per-session model at $30-$50/hr depending on location, day of week, and time of day, with the engineer always included and no separate fees for mixing or mastering. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer via a 24/7 self-serve online booking system at soundstudios.io, supported by content marketing (educational blog, SEO targeting 'recording studio NYC' and related queries) and organic social presence on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no institutional investors, indicating a bootstrapped, founder-operated model.

Name

Sound Studios

Legal name

Sound Studios LLC

Website

https://soundstudios.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sound Studios LLC is a New York City-based, bootstrapped recording studio operator founded in 2020, offering all-in-one vocal recording, mixing, and mastering from $30/hr with an included engineer across four Manhattan and Brooklyn locations serving individual musicians and content creators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recording Studio Services

NAICS

Sound Recording Studios (51224), Sound Recording Studios (512240)

akta.pro primary industry

Recording Studios (Commercial, Project, Mobile) (MPAIAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Voiceover Recording & Production (Narration, Promo, Commercial VO) (MPAHAEAK), Production Management & Studio Support Services (Studio Managers, Techs) (MPAIAHAO)

Keywords

• Vocal recording services
• Audio mixing services
• Audio mastering services
• Recording studio rental
• Professional music production

Headquarters

HQ city

Queens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Studio Time Rental and Audio Production Services: Hourly billing for recording studio time that includes vocal recording, mixing, and mastering services. All sessions include a professional engineer. Revenue is generated on a pay-per-session basis with rates varying by location, day of week, and time of day. No separate fees for mixing or mastering - all services share the same hourly rate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sound Studios operates four private recording studio locations across New York City (Times Square Manhattan, Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Park Slope) that rent hourly studio time for professional vocal recording, mixing, and mastering. Every booked session includes a professional engineer at no extra charge and uses industry-standard equipment such as Neumann TLM 103 microphones, Apogee Duet converters, Pro Tools, and iZotope Ozone 12. All three services (recording, mixing, mastering) are billed at the same hourly rate with no separate fees.

Product overview

Sound Studios is a recording studio platform offering premium vocal recording, mixing, and mastering services across four NYC locations in Manhattan (Times Square) and Brooklyn (Williamsburg, Bushwick, Park Slope). The unified service model combines recording, mixing, and mastering in a single session at the same hourly rate, always with a professional engineer included. Each location features multiple private studio rooms (Emerald, Sapphire, Amber, and Onyx Rooms at Times Square; Mahogany Room in Williamsburg; Chrome Room in Bushwick; Midnight Room in Park Slope) equipped with industry-standard gear including Neumann TLM 103 microphones, Apogee Duet interfaces, Yamaha HS8 monitors, and Warm Audio preamps (Manhattan only).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vocal Recording Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Splice: Subscription-based music creation platform offering samples, plugins, and remote collaboration tools for producers and vocalists. Not a direct competitor to physical studio time but addresses overlapping customer pain points (access to professional production tools) and is a structural substitute for budget studio sessions.

Direct peers

• Chung King Studios: Long-running NYC recording studio offering hourly session rentals with in-house engineers across multiple rooms. Comparable to Sound Studios in target customer (independent artists and labels) and core service (vocal recording, mixing, mastering), though positioned at higher price points.
• The Cutting Room Studios: NYC recording and mixing studio offering hourly room rental and engineer support for vocal and instrumental recording. Comparable service offering and target customers to Sound Studios, particularly for emerging and mid-tier artists in NYC.
• Platinum Sound Recording Studios: NYC hip-hop focused recording studio offering hourly session rentals with engineers. Comparable to Sound Studios in core service and target customer (urban / hip-hop vocal artists), serving as a relevant competitor in the same NYC market.
• Mission Sound: Brooklyn-based recording studio offering hourly sessions, mixing and mastering with in-house engineers. Directly comparable to Sound Studios' Brooklyn studios in geography, target customer (independent artists) and bundled service model.
• Avatar Studios (Avast Recording Co.): Major NYC professional recording studio offering hourly room rentals, mixing and mastering with in-house engineers. Directly comparable core offering to Sound Studios, though positioned at premium rates and historically serving major-label projects.
• Penthouse Studios NYC: Manhattan recording studio offering hourly rentals with included engineers. Comparable to Sound Studios' Times Square location in geography, core offering, and customer base, serving as a same-neighborhood competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Reservoir Studios: NYC-based music company with recording studio operations, music publishing and rights administration. Compares to Sound Studios in studio service offering but operates a much wider portfolio (publishing, labels) and serves a different customer mix.
• Electric Lady Studios: Iconic NYC recording studio with broader portfolio of services and an established reputation with major-label clients. Compares to Sound Studios in core offering (recording, mixing, mastering) but operates at much higher price points and serves a more premium clientele.

Regional players

• Larrabee Studios: Multi-room recording facility in Los Angeles offering hourly rentals, mixing and mastering with in-house engineers. Comparable in core service and bundled engineer model to Sound Studios but serves the LA market rather than NYC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SoundStudiosUS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sound-studios-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/soundstudiosus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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