https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/blog daily 0.75 2021-10-24 https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/blog/welcome monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/home3 daily 0.75 2020-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1585785788824-EA79IH46NACPGE0PFMNI/logo_only.png Home3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586392617127-365VAVP879216JCE9AM6/Photo%252BApr%252B08%25252C%252B3%252B05%252B18%252BPM.jpg Home3 - Analog Weight. At Sad Monkey Sound, we believe in combining the best of the old with the power of the new. In addition to a range of digital processing options by Waves, Universal Audio, and more, we are also proud to offer a suite of boutique tracking pre-amps and full analog summing and mix-bus processing. With an analog front end featuring pre-amps by manufactures like API, BAE, and Chandler Limited, we have the iron to make sure your most important tracks sound like a record. Click through to learn more about our gear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586393104660-901SL75XU4GCOV2SR5ML/Photo%2BApr%2B08%252C%2B3%2B10%2B29%2BPM.jpg Home3 - Explore & Experiment. Located in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area, our residential garage studio offers a live but controlled space, perfect for your next demo, overdub, or writing session. We designed our single-room space around enabling rapid iteration and experimentation in the studio, with minimal downtime, offering you the flexibility to explore ideas in the moment. Click through to learn more about our room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586295117448-BHVMNXX2699I93577P5F/bae_logo.png Home3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586294795031-KALTQIFUHCY652LKJKHE/barefoot_logo.png Home3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586295771292-EXDRCHS1N0RU7APL3U8V/dangerous_logo.png Home3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586294795023-87LEKPLU8Q5PU18G41L5/ua_logo.png Home3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586295509721-O46YNS3BCR0L8RW8YVP7/warmaudio_logo.png Home3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1591350842964-47SFYX0V6JQTAL3U04JB/009-rupert-neve-design.png Home3 https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/gear daily 0.75 2025-01-01 https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/audio daily 0.75 2022-03-24 https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/studio daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391195336-MW87ITYZIID3JLYRI1OC/Photo%2BApr%2B08%252C%2B3%2B08%2B03%2BPM.jpg Studio - One room approach. Sad Monkey Sound is a single-room studio, with one medium-sized mixing and tracking space. It’s not the “perfect” mix space, or the “perfect” live room, but it’s a great version of each, and is built for working quickly and efficiently to let the creative process flow freely, with sessions often bouncing back and forth between mixing and overdubs seamlessly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391048116-9GY6IW8OY9JI74C026TJ/Photo%2BApr%2B08%252C%2B4%2B08%2B01%2BPM.jpg Studio - Garage Rock. Literally. The studio lives in a residential garage, and - yes! - it’s still a functioning garage. With acoustic treatment and baffles by GIK Acoustics, along with a few tasteful rugs, it’s a live-but-controlled 20’x24’x10’ space that can adapt to the needs of your project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391260902-JIOC83ZJT98MUXCT10PT/Photo+Apr+08%2C+3+09+59+PM.jpg Studio The view from the drums looking out into the rest of the live space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391290776-0LDV8Q814VSEH8C53I4Y/Photo+Apr+08%2C+3+08+03+PM.jpg Studio Our GIK acoustics freestanding baffles make it easy to get a controlled sound, and offer partial diffusion on the back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391362886-A1KA4ZDXEB6J6CHE4USZ/Photo+Apr+08%2C+4+08+01+PM.jpg Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391357975-6JRN1NY2RESPJB4PWQSR/Photo+Apr+08%2C+3+10+29+PM.jpg Studio The view from the drums looking out into the rest of the live space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391356093-VJGCHLD5OWSYH59L1MKK/Photo+Apr+08%2C+3+11+23+PM.jpg Studio Our pair of Apollo X8Ps provide expansive IO, with state of the art tracking DSP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1586391357269-S2455CZG9SY4LR5M9AJS/Photo+Apr+08%2C+3+12+08+PM.jpg Studio https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-10-01 https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/about daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1591521430357-AYKC536T6I7QPT4VRYN4/IMG_7633.jpg About - Melissa Bell (Owner/Engineer) With over 25 years of experience writing, producing, recording, and mixing music, Melissa takes immense pride in helping artists get their music recorded the way they’ve always wanted to hear it. Melissa attends all sessions at Sad Monkey Sound. In Her Own Words My formative musical years were the 1980s and 1990s, but I grew up with a very musical mother, and the music of my youth is the music of the 60s and 70s. The Beatles were omnipresent in my life, and remain so to this day. I love the power and flexibility that modern digital production affords us as artists, but I have a special place in my heart for the bold recordings made in the era of analog tape. There’s often magic to be found in the act of having to make a choice, to get it right on the mic (not in the edit), and work creatively within physical limits. My approach to your music is to combine the best of the old with the best of the new. Be bold, make choices, and embrace the imperfections that make the records I love most sound so special, while allowing your recordings to stand shoulder to shoulder with modern productions. I love working in more or less any genre - I once recorded and mixed a Japanese-language hip-hop EP - but I have a special place in my heart for alternative and indie rock. https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/services-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-17 https://www.sadmonkeysound.com/home daily 1.0 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1585785788824-EA79IH46NACPGE0PFMNI/logo_only.png Home - Modern Workflow. Classic Sound. We combine the best of analog with the state of the art in digital Complete your next project with us at Sad Monkey Sound - we will work with you to make your project happen on your budget whenever possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1602873287425-FWK49DKE7FS4Y8O7A84L/gear_lede.jpg Home - The weight of analog, with the speed of digital. We offer a hybrid recording and mixing workflow that offers all the weight and character of classic analog pieces, with some of the most advanced and forward-thinking digital workflows. Do you want to take advantage of everything modern DAWs offer? We’ve got you covered. Do you want to record directly to tape, and do it like it’s 1976? We’ve got you covered. Do you want to have your cake and eat it too, and have the best of both?/ We’ve got you covered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e84fb0655e05229a9298bee/1602870310240-RESJP06PYAGIFRACIE74/profile_pic_small.jpg Home - About Us Owner/engineer Melissa Bell has been recording, producing, and mixing local and independent bands for over 15 years. While she specializes in indie and alternative rock, she loves most all genres of music, and always appreciates when an artist is bringing something special to the table. 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