How Much Does A Luxury Home Recording Studio Cost?

Honestly, it depends on what you want your home studio to include. A fully equipped, high-end, recording studio in your home with computers, an interface, microphones, soundboards, synthesizers, recording/processing software, and acoustic foam for the walls, will cost between $20,000 and $50,000. If you want a truly professional grade recording studio, where various artists and producers will be coming by to work with, they can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and even up to a million. Then there is the cost of buying musical instruments. The cost also depends on what you will be doing in the studio. If you’re only recording acoustical guitars and vocals, then you won’t need plenty of outputs and inputs. With the help of companies like PreSonus, you’ll have an idea of what you might need in terms of software and equipment.

How To Build A Professional Recording Studio?

No matter the room you choose, you may have to get it retrofitted so that it can be acoustically sound. Again, if you plan on inviting musical artists to use your home recording studio, then you only want the best equipment, software, instruments, and high-end furniture in that space. Building a studio by yourself might not be the best solution, but if you’re feeling adventurous, here is an informative blog post from Produce Like A Pro that shows you how. There’s also E-Home Recording Studio that is worth a look. But suppose you’re not that adventurous or confident in your own technical, design, and construction skills, and there’s no shame in admitting it, we suggest getting a professional studio designer to do it. Next up in this post, we’ll tackle the question about finding designers, but first:

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Home Recording Studio Design

Whether you are in America or elsewhere, there are a few companies that are exceptional at building recording studios, for both homes and commercial uses. Sometimes they are called “architectural acoustic design firms.” There is Studio 440 and Steven Klein in Los Angeles, FM Design in Mahopac, NY,  AKA Design in London, Pilchner Schoustal International in Toronto, and many others.

Now before you take the step and build a luxury home recording studio, it’s best to consider the resale attractiveness of your home.

Home Recording Studio Videos

Watch this insightful 19-minute video of guitar expert Tyler Larson giving a 2018 tour of his home recording studio. Larson has taught millions of people online how to play the guitar. He goes into detail about the equipment in his studio with a list of devices below the video.

Watch this 60-second video of the Hexany Audio Studio in Los Angeles. It is used to produce music for video games, but notice how seamlessly this luxury home accommodates four recording studios:

Luxury Home Recording Studios

Now that we’ve given you some resourceful information to help you make your decision, it’s time for some inspiration. The rest of this blog post will show examples of recording studios within or around luxury residential living. As you will see, the one place in the world where there’s a large number of luxury home recording studios is the Greater Los Angeles Area, for obvious reasons. And don’t forget to order a HiFi record console from iamluno.com.

Check out these 38 luxury home recording studios:

1 – Havelock Walk – London, UK

Valued at $3.4 million USD, this 4,500 square-foot, one-bedroom luxury apartment loft, has a soundproof recording studio.

2 – Henry Hall – New York, USA

As a luxury rental building, Henry Hall feels like an elite boutique hotel. It has a VIP lounge, a residents’ parlor, a drawing room, a library, a state-of-the-art training center, and a radical recording studio. All this for affluent millennials who live in Henry Hall’s 225-units.

3 – One Arlington – Chicago, USA

In the northwest suburbs of the Windy City, is a 214-unit luxury rental building, with a recording studio in the basement. It’s nothing sexy, but still an exclusive amenity for a high-end residential tower.

4 – Saint Claire – Lexington, USA

On this 11-acre property in rural Kentucky, with horses galloping around, is a large home that has the allure of a vacation getaway. What you would never know from the outside is that there’s a huge recording studio inside. It has two large isolation booths, and mahogany millwork.

5 – Sound Lens – Markham, Canada

Designed for jazz recordings, this studio has a machine room, and three isolation booths.

6 – Guilford Sound – Gilford, USA

On a farm in Vermont, surrounded by 300-acres of luscious trees, is this residential recording studio known as Guildford Sound.

7 – Raia Private Mix Studio – Westchester County, NY

Although not a recording studio, this mixing studio with skylights and expansive windows is a relaxing man-cave for mix engineer Joey Raia.

8 – Macomber Home Studio – Carmel, USA

Just west of the New York-Connecticut border is this private residence with a 5.1 control room and basement studio.

9 – Canoa Studio – Lisbon, Portugal

In the suburbs of Lisbon is this home recording studio that has a very strong, and warm artisanal feel.

10 – 2 Hard Records – Kingston, Jamaica

In the capital of this West Indian nation, is a private residence with an adjacent recording studio belonging to Jeremy Harding, the genius producer behind Sean Paul and other Jamaica artists.

11 – Life Studios GGD – Rome, Italy

An Italian recording artist wanted this luxury home recording studio for a private villa in Rome.

12 – Black Rock – Santorini, Greece

On the island of Santorini is a luxury villa with a luxury home recording studio inside. The scenery around Black Rock is very inspirational and calming for music producers. In 2017, the BBC voted Black Rock as one of the top 10 places in the world to produce music. Justin Bieber and One Republic are just two of the big names who have made music at Black Rock.

13 – Sonastério Studios – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Overlooking the gorgeous Minas Gerais mountains in southeastern Brazil is an 8,000 square-foot luxury home for musician-acoustician Bruno Barros. Within this beautiful property is Sonastério, a home recording studio with a 20-foot ceiling height.

14 – Villa Della Musica – Orlando, USA

Inside this gated, 6,500 square-foot, five-bedroom, lakefront mansion is a recording studio and a home theatre. Talk about home entertainment.

15 – Hyperreal Overkill – Toronto, Canada

Within this home is a recording studio, which includes a small live room.

16 – Austin Estate – Austin, USA

On this 7-acre private estate in Texas, the recording studio is just one of many luxury amenities. They also have a multi-purpose media room and a 5-stall stable.

17 – Errol Flynn Estate – Los Angeles, USA

As a standalone building on this estate, the recording studio has a control room, a live room, and an underground audio editing suite.

18 – Grouse Lodge – County Westmeath, Ireland

Michael Jackson and Tom Jones are just two of the music legends who have produced music at the over 200-year old Grouse Lodge. The recording studio has a 900 square-foot control room and two large live rooms.

19 – Brienz Valley Custom Built Home – Franklin, USA

Just outside of Nashville, is this five-bedroom home with a purpose built recording studio.

20 – Mediterranean-style Manse – Los Angeles, USA

This four-bedroom, luxury home has a recording studio with velvet-red walls.

21 – Bow Valley Trail Mansion – Rural Rocky View County, Canada

At 8,487 square-feet, this mansion that is valued at over $10 million USD, has an enormous recording studio, which also includes a sound stage.

22 – Encino Mansion – Los Angeles, USA

Built by Harrison Ford before he became famous, the recording studio in this mansion is no joke, just like the property itself. It’s a 12,015 square-foot, Tuscan villa, with an outdoor kitchen, pool, tennis court, personal gym, wine cellar, theatre, bar, and maid’s quarters. We can’t show you a photo of the recording studio, but take at look at these photos of the main entrance and the wine cellar. WOW.

23 – Napa Estate – Sonoma, USA

Built in 1965, this property is perched almost 2,000 feet up on Sonoma Mountain in California. There are six buildings on this estate, with seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, and nine fireplaces in total. The luxury home recording studio is so big that it even has a lobby. There is a main studio, a control room, a machine room, two isolation rooms, and producer’s suite.

24 – Dorina Place – Los Angeles, USA

This Granada Hills home has five bedrooms. It used to have seven, but two were transformed into a sound room and recording studio.

25 – McKinley House – Los Angeles, USA

Nestled between Venice Beach and Marina del Rey is a cute house built in 1948. The ceiling in the living room is an impressive 17-feet high. The recording studio is in a standalone building in the backyard.

26 – Austin Mansion – Austin, USA

Behind a wrought iron fence is this six-bedroom mansion with four garages. The home recording studio here is hidden away behind a wall, and then behind a media room. When it’s time to produce music, you can literally disappear from view!

27 – Pyramid Place – Los Angeles, USA

In Hollywood Hills, this home was built specifically for owners who are musicians. Two of the six bedrooms in this home are soundproof, so that work from the recording studio doesn’t disturb those trying to sleep. Numerous celebrities have come to parties at this home, and some great music was no doubt produced there too.

28 – Windhaven Drive – Thousand Oaks, USA

Valued at around $13 million USD, this 16,702 square-foot Tuscan-style palace is like a hotel resort. In terms of style, the recording studio is the least impressive room, but with a mansion so luxurious, it’s not surprising.

29 – Trotters Place – Franklin, USA

Separated from the main house is where the recording studio is on this property in Tennessee.

30 – Ashley Ridge – Hidden Hills, USA

Custom built for an entertainment industry producer, this $17 million USD mansion overlooking the San Gabriel Mountains has been home to at least one music mega star. The recording studio is large enough to handle a team of producers and performers. There is even a studio where the star can rehearse dance moves.

31 – Brighton Street – Burbank, USA

The recording studio in this house has a massive control room and live room, with walnut hardwood on the floors and cove lighting.

32 – Morning View Drive – Malibu, USA

With eight-bedrooms and a ballroom with very high ceilings, this home has terrific ocean views, even from the recording studio.

33 – North Valley Road – Highton, Australia

The recording studio in this 30-room house is considered by some to be one of the best private studios in all of Australia.

34 – Flamingo Road – Laguna Beach, USA

This monstrous, $13 million USD beauty of a mansion, offers picturesque ocean views, and 10,200 square-feet. There is a 10-car garage, a 10-person spa, a custom saltwater pool, and a professional recording studio.

35 – Appleyard Estate – Greenwich, USA

This colonial, 10,000 square-foot mansion in Connecticut has a cobblestone courtyard, a three-car garage, a movie theatre, and a very colorful recording studio.

36 – Jellico Avenue – Los Angeles, USA

The best part of this home in Northridge East is the recording studio with its two live rooms, two control rooms, and high ceilings.

37 – Eastbourne Bay – Oxnard, USA

Built only in 2017, this 4,100 square-foot house includes an 18-foot high great hall, a chef’s kitchen, a private outdoor spa, and a recording studio with a sound booth.

38 – Stassi Lane – Santa Monica, USA

Once featured in Architectural Digest, this 5,116 square-foot house, that is valued at just over $5 million USD, includes a Boffi kitchen, a master bedroom with wide views of Santa Monica canyon, and a library. In the basement, there is a screening room and recording studio.

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W Records is another tool that the luxury hotel brand is using to attract clients. Beyond having a library of vinyl records for guests to choose from, W Hotels are taking their knowledge of music and supporting the careers of artists. They plan on helping artists record, mix, master, produce videos, and even with distribution. The music from this new label will be produced at W Sound Suites, the hotel’s recording studios located in Los Angeles, Seattle, Barcelona, and Bali. Along with digital albums, W Records will produce 500 limited-edition vinyl copies of exclusive tracks. Each artist will have the chance to perform at the hotel brand’s W Wake Up Call music festivals. What this means for these emerging artists is exposure to the 110 million members of Marriott, the W Hotel’s parent company.

As Anthony Ingham, the Global Brand Leader for W Hotels Worldwide, said in a press release in April of 2017, “The W brand has long been synonymous with music, from the live music programming in our buzzing Living Rooms to musicians choosing to stay with us while on tour.  The W Sound Suite provides the perfect professional environment for when inspiration strikes – any time, day or night, complemented by 24 hour room service, of course!”

W Hotels are doing two things: They are creating another point of contact between the brand and their members by using an existing affinity for music. This deepens the relationship between the brand and their guests, making the bond stronger. W are also strengthening their relationship to the music industry, by becoming part of it in a big way. Currently, they have music directors who are great at finding new and innovative music to play in their hotels. But with W Records, they will not only find new artists, but help emerging artists get their start. None of this is new for W Hotels, who have created an ecosystem of verticals for their global community of design savvy individuals. This new holistic approach is what these emerging artists will benefit from.

“W Records is, undoubtedly, a natural next step for W and music. It represents a complete 360-degree approach to our innovative music programming – one in which we support emerging talent, provide them a place to record, distribute their music and act as a live venue. We’ve accomplished each of these tasks in increments before, but now we can do it all.”

The first artist that W Records is launching is Amber Mark, an R&B singer whose first two tracks will be available on 500 limited-edition vinyl copies. Check out some of the photos below of the W Sound Suites in Bali and Seattle, as well as the launch of W Records earlier this month in New York when Amber Mark performed.

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Scenes from the launch of W Records with Amber Mark held at W New York – Times Square on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Loren Wohl/Invision for W Hotels Worldwide/AP Images)

Scenes from the launch of W Records with Amber Mark held at W New York – Times Square on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Loren Wohl/Invision for W Hotels Worldwide/AP Images)

W Hotel Seattle

W Sound Suite in Seattle

W Sound Suite in Seattle

W Sound Suite in Seattle

W Sound Suite in Seattle

W Hotel Seattle

W Sound Suite in Bali

W Sound Suite in Bali

W Sound Suite in Bali

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Within this house is Zappa’s luxury home recording studio called “Utility Muffin Research Kitchen.” As an experimental rock artist, Zappa composed most of his music here, creating complex merges of classical music, blues, jazz, and rock ‘n’ roll. Most of Zappa’s 60 albums were composed at his estate, with 40 more albums released after his death in 1993.

From the décor of the house, it is a place of many peculiar charms. You can see Zappa’s unconventional, individualistic style all over the place. There are quirky elements like submarine doors, ornaments on interior door frames, a tub with a blue exterior, handrails with branch-like balusters, images of snakes on walls, colorful abstract shapes superimposed on herringbone flooring, and mermaid caryatids on dining room door frames. Basically, a mix and blend of styles just like his music. That is why the house is similar to a 1930s Tudor, but not quite.

Oh, and who bought the Frank Zappa Estate for $5.25 million USD? None other than the experimental, non-conformist pop superstar, Lady Gaga.

Watch the video tour of the estate below, followed by several photos, and then finally watch Zappa’s comical, 1989 CBS interview, and but first:

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WATCH: 3-minute video tour of the estate

WATCH: 1989 CBS interview live from the estate

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Check out 3 mobile recording studios and the exclusivity they provide:

Container Studios

For those of you who have multiple properties, you might want to consider investing in a transportable home recording studio from an Australian company called Container Studios for about $65,000 USD. Watch the video below:

Rolls-Royce Phantom

Back in the day, it was customary to see rappers with luxury cars in the background. But what about seeing a car with a luxury recording studio inside? Watch British rapper-record producer Skepta use a new Rolls-Royce Phantom as a recording studio. Yes, he recorded a song inside of a luxury car!

Octopus Luxury Yacht

Most people would expect to see a bar on a luxury yacht, maybe even a gym. But how many people have ever seen a recording studio on a luxury yacht? The answer is, not many. The recording studio on the Octopus Luxury Yacht has as many features as in a home luxury studio, along with acoustical instruments, such as guitars and a Steinway grand piano.

Yacht Octopus
Studio

At the very least, you have to appreciate the imagination of these examples. Few things say cool like a recording studio in a place you’d never expect. If someone dares to install one on a private jet we’ll let you know.

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We thought that it would be fun to show you 4 celebrities giving a tour of their recording studios. For each star, notice how happy they seem.

Charlie Puth

The Billboard Hot 100 singer-record producer’s recording studio in his L.A. home is decorated with lamps, candles, and framed copies of his own vinyl record.

Lil Jon

In 2017, rapper-record producer, Lil Jon, partnered with a reality TV show, to build a 480 square-foot recording studio with a tiny guesthouse in the backyard of his mansion in suburban Atlanta, all for $120,000. Here’s a short video:

Hans Zimmer

Zimmer is the man behind the soundtrack of some of big name movies, including Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Dark Knight.

Dr.Dre

The hip hop legend has a massive studio in the basement of his Brentwood, California home. The short video below is of him giving a tour of the studio under construction (No pictures, sorry, but Dre sounded super hype in the video though).

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There was one interview a week, with a moderator from Gibson asking Kramer questions about how these stars they worked, put their songs together, recorded, performed, and handled their craft. Kramer talks about how these big stars found inspiration in the studio and what they used to motivate them. The series is an inside look at the world of Rock and Roll from a man who has recorded some of the greatest music of the last 60 years.

You’ll really appreciate how these artists thought about their music. Even though Kramer’s stories are what he observed from working with these stars, you’ll become a little more familiar with how they did their thing. You know the names, songs, albums, concerts, and posters, but Kramer tells us about the nuts and bolts of how they made their magic. There’s sure to be things that Eddie talks about that you never knew about your favorite artists, no matter how big of a fan you are.

Each interview was around 50-minutes in length, starting with a discussion with the moderator, and mixed with questions from viewers in the chat. Check out all four interviews of Ask Eddie Kramer Presented By Gibson from the company’s YouTube channel below:

Thursday, May 7 Topic: Recording Jimi Hendrix with Moderator Brian Hardgroove

Thursday, May 14 Topic: Recording Led Zeppelin with Moderator Brad Tolinski

Thursday, May 21 Topic: Recording Woodstock with Moderator Brad Tolinski

Thursday, May 28 Topic: Recording the Rolling Stones with Moderator: Bob Merlis

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1 – Gatsby Arches: These panels say that you rock so hard in the studio that even your practices feel like wild parties. When people see this, they’ll know there’s a method to your madness.

Gatsby Arches

2 – Digiwave Vertical: These decorative acoustic panels say that you don’t care much for what people think of your music. Sure, you might not have an authentic sound, but that doesn’t matter, because to you make music for today, not for 40 years ago. (BTW, we at LUNO are hurt that an authentic sound is not for you…just kidding…do you!)

Digiwave Vertical

3 – Palomar: If you’re the person who likes to experiment and try anything, then these decorative acoustic panels are for you. You don’t give a damn if you mix country with electronica, or alternative rock with hip hop. Musically, you like to walk on the road less traveled, and sometimes go where no one has gone before.

Palomar

4 – Braids: You believe your music is soulful and conscientious. These decorative acoustic panels say your music not only makes people move, it makes them think. When the revolution reaches it next level of intensity, your jams will be the soundtrack.

Braids

5 – 3D Cubes: These decorative acoustic panels say that you love your music to be complex and filled with intricacies. You love when people listen to one of your songs and only catch certain sounds on the third or fourth listen. Your music is like a puzzle, an enigma that is difficult to figure out at first impression, and that’s the way you like it.

3D Cubes

6 – Wavy Leaves: These panels say though you love making music, you hate being stuck inside for several hours at a time. In place of windows, this panel design gives you the connection with nature that you desire.

Wavy Leaves

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