Westlake Audio vs Westlake Studio
Was just reading that Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was one of the more famous recordings at Westlake studios, and wondered what was the relationship between the studio and the company that makes Studio monitors like those Ken P owns?
http://www.westlakeaudio.com/ - This is the equipment company
http://www.thelakestudios.com/ - This is the recording Studios
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlake_Recording_Studios
The studio was founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s by Tom Hidley, and is credited as "one of the first big commercial efforts to produce acoustically standardised 'interchangeable' rooms". Their rooms aimed for an acoustic design that could give a fairly flat frequency response at the recording position, with the ability to control reverberation delay. They were popular, and "Westlake-style" rooms spread to a number of other studios by the late 1970s.[1]
A number of well-known artists have recorded at the studio, including: Michael Jackson, Josh Groban, Quincy Jones, Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, and Nine Inch Nails.[2][3][4] A number of films and television shows have also recorded their audio at Westlake.[5]
Studio A
Studio A is one of the most historic rooms at Westlake[7]. This room was where Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was recorded[8], the #1 selling album of all time[9]. The control room of Studio A features a 60 channel Neve V3 console and a 1,200-square-foot (110 m2) tracking room, including a large piano isolation room[7].
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Edit - So - it seems they are parts of the same company!
