FAQ · Fallbrook, CA
Our recording studio FAQ answers the questions we hear most about recording at Sonic-Rocket Productions, an artist-owned studio in Fallbrook, California. Don’t see yours? Call or text (760) 695-6444, or book a free studio tour.
The studio
Sonic-Rocket Productions is an artist-owned recording studio in Fallbrook, California, open since 2016. We record, mix and master music for singer-songwriters, bands and hip-hop, rap and R&B artists from across North County San Diego.
1662 Green Briar Lane, Fallbrook, CA 92028. We’re a 20–35 minute drive from Temecula, Oceanside, Vista, Escondido and San Marcos. Sessions and tours are by appointment. Get directions in Google Maps.
A 1,500 sq ft facility built from the ground up for recording: a 21×18 live room with 12-foot ceilings, two vocal booths and a 22×20 control room, all designed and built with sound quality in mind.
Your session is run by our engineer Kai. The studio’s owner, Cash, opened his first recording studio in the late 1970s and built Sonic-Rocket in 2016.
Singer-songwriters, bands and solo artists of every level, from first-timers with a phone demo to experienced players. Many of our clients are singer-songwriters and hip-hop, rap and R&B artists, and we also record rock, country, blues and acoustic projects, plus audiobooks and podcasts.
Recording (vocals, full bands, singer-songwriters, hip-hop and rap), mixing and mastering, Dolby Atmos mixing in our 9.1.4 Shuttle Bay, and music video production. We don’t make beats in-house, but we can connect you with beat makers we work with. We also record spoken-word projects: audiobooks and podcasts (audio).
Sessions and tours are by appointment, Monday to Saturday 9 AM to 11 PM and Sunday 9 AM to 10 PM.
Pricing & booking
$75 per hour, with everything included: the room, the engineer and the gear. There are no long-term packages. Sessions of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 8 hours can be booked online. Ask us about discounted rates for multi-day projects.
Yes. Every project starts with a free one-hour studio tour. You meet your engineer, see the rooms, play us your demos or phone recordings, and talk through your goals. There’s no cost and no obligation. Book a tour online, or call or text (760) 695-6444.
Yes. A $25 deposit holds a 2- or 3-hour session, $50 holds 4 or 5 hours, and $100 holds an 8-hour day. The deposit comes off your total, and the balance is due at the end of the session.
You can reschedule up to 6 hours before your session, up to twice, and your deposit moves with you. Deposits aren’t refunded, and a third reschedule, cancelling, or missing your session forfeits the deposit.
Emergencies happen. If something out of your control comes up, call or text (760) 695-6444 and we’ll do our best to work with you. If we ever have to cancel on our side, you choose a new date or a full refund.
Credit and debit cards, cash, PayPal and Venmo.
Book a free tour or a session online up to 12 hours ahead. For anything sooner, call or text (760) 695-6444.
Your session
No. Plenty of artists come in with a rough idea, a voice memo or a beat. On your tour we’ll talk through what you have and plan sessions that fit your budget.
A little preparation makes your studio time go much further:
— Know your parts. Rehearse until you can play or sing the song straight through, ideally to a click if you’ll record with one. Settle the arrangement and tempo before you come in.
— Get your gear ready. Fresh strings a day or two before, drum heads in good shape, instruments set up and in tune, and spare strings, picks, sticks and batteries.
— Bring: printed or phone lyrics, beats or instrumentals as high-quality WAV files (not MP3s or YouTube links), two or three reference songs that sound the way you want yours to, and a drive to take your files home.
— Look after yourself. Sleep well, drink water, and go easy on dairy and alcohol before vocals.
— Plan the day. Arrive a few minutes early, keep the group to the people who need to be there, and know which songs matter most if time runs short.
Yes. Your engineer or producer can run the session, as long as one of our engineers is there with them the whole time. We know the rooms, the console and the recording rigs, so we set everything up, assist, and handle the technical side, so you never get stuck on the studio’s gear or software. We don’t rent out the building and equipment on their own. Booking and pricing are the same as any session.
Yes, once the session is paid in full. Bring a Mac-formatted hard drive or USB drive and take a copy of your session files home. We keep session files for 90 days after your last session, so your own copy is the one to rely on.
Yes, outside. Smoking is permitted on our comfortable patio. Smoking isn’t allowed inside the studio, and illegal drugs aren’t allowed anywhere on the property. We want to keep our team and our customers safe and happy.
The patio
The studio is in a residential neighborhood, so please keep noise down outside. No smoking indoors (the patio is fine) and no illegal drugs on the property. The full studio policies are on our Terms and Conditions page.
Extras
We don’t have session players on staff, but we know professional musicians in the area. Once we’ve heard your music, usually on your studio tour, we can talk about whether session players would help and refer you to the right ones, with no charge for the referral. Any arrangement with a player is directly between you and them.
Not as a separate service. We don’t rent lockout rehearsal rooms or book rehearsals on their own. When you’re booking a recording session, though, we can often include rehearsal time beforehand: for example, a band comes in Friday evening to set up and run through the songs, then records over the weekend. Ask about it when you plan your session.
Yes. Kai, our chief engineer, mixes in Dolby Atmos, and our Shuttle Bay is set up for Atmos playback. Atmos has to be heard to be understood, so ask for the Atmos demo on your free studio tour, and ask us about an Atmos mix for your next release.
Yes, by quote. We plan each video with you before anything is shot: performance videos, live sessions, music videos, social clips and artist profiles, filmed in the studio with videographers we bring in for the project. Start with a free video planning session, or see examples on the Video page.
The best answer
Every project starts with a free one-hour tour. Meet your engineer, see the rooms and play us your demos. No cost, no obligation.
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