COVID-19 UPDATE:
We are excited to resume recording sessions as BC businesses begin to re-open during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our top priority is the health and safety of our clients and staff, and we have put together some information on new protocols in place to make your session as safe as possible. Please download the PDF here: Monarch COVID-19 Update. We are also now the first studio in Canada to meet the strict safety guidelines required to become a SAG-AFTRA Approved Studio for Voiceover and Film Audio Recording.
For additional information, booking inquiries, or to arrange a recording studio tour in Vancouver, please contact us at the information below. We’d be happy to discuss the details of your upcoming project and answer any questions you have about the recording process in general.
To find out about availability for your desired dates, please provide the following information and we will get back to you quickly.
The studio is located in Vancouver, Canada, 15 minutes from downtown in the artistic Cedar Cottage / Commercial Drive neighbourhood. The studio is across the street from a cafe, and just blocks away from many great restaurants and a cold beer and wine store.
DIRECTIONS
Front: When coming from the front on Commercial Street, look for the black door with the butterfly logo and a white 3702 on it located between Britannia Food Equipment and a grey house. The front entrance is set back from the street by approximately 40 feet.
Back: When coming from the alley, (best choice if you have much gear to load in), look for the blueish-grey concrete block building, also with a black door with the butterfly logo and a white 3702 on it. There are parking stalls at the back that you are welcome to use.
Transit: Monarch Studios is easily accessible by transit. We are a short walk from either the Commercial or Nanaimo skytrain stations. We are also close to the #99, #9, #20, #22, and #25 busses.
ACCOMMODATION
DAYS INN
(5 minute walk away)
2075 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5N 2T2
www.daysinnvancouvermetro.com
1-800-546-4792
AIR BnB
www.AirBnB.ca (Grandview/Commercial/Kensington-Cedar Cottage)
Monarch Studios occasionally takes on interns. If the following describes you, feel free to write us at
intern@monarchstudios.com. Please do not call or drop by the studio as a session is likely in progress. Thank you.
The audio industry is a demanding one, and we are looking for the following in our interns. You have to want to be the first one at the studio in the morning and last one to leave at night. You will need access to a vehicle. You go out of your way to make sure clients are comfortable, the studio is clean, and that sessions go as smoothly as possible. You have a good attitude, good people skills, and can be upbeat even when you are tired. Our goal is to raise up interns to become paid engineers and future clients of the studio. For that reason, to be considered you must be interested in interning for at least 3, preferably 6 months. Because of the large number of audio school graduates applying, we do not accept applications from people without at least one year completed at an accredited audio school, or the equivalent experience in a commercial studio.
Web design and photography by
Hank White Design Co.
Logo and branding by Gamomo Creative Lab
The studio is brilliantly maintained by technical guru Corey Dixon at Big Valley Audio.
And finally, a huge thank you to the incredible team of people who between February and October, 2012, helped to build Monarch Studios. It really wouldn’t have been possible without the amazing effort of everyone involved. Thank you all!
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First of many batches of drywall for our Vancouver recording studio.
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Tom pulling nails and finishing up final demo on the existing structure before Vancouver construction begins on the new recording studio.
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Cody and Ben (from Said The Whale) helping to add 2 layers of drywall to the subfloor of the existing structure.
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First interior floating walls start going up at Vancouver recording studio, Monarch Studios.
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Removing the big garage door to prepare to brick it up for our Vancouver recording studio.
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The loading door getting bricked up for the new Vancouver recording studio.
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Framing complete. Time to start insulating this Vancouver recording studio.
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Insulation is done. Plywood starts going up in Vancouver at the recording studio.
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Drywall going up in the live room in the Vancouver recording studio.
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Drywall is mudded. This recording studio is close to completion in Vancouver.
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Brandon, Ryan, Andrew and Will volunteering on a very hot day to build diffusers.
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Pile of audio diffusers waiting to be installed in new Vancouver recording studio, Monarch Studios.
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New floors and a look out the window of new Vancouver Recording Studio, Monarch Studios.
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Acoustic ceiling for the recording studio live room coming together, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Doors going in the Vancouver recording studio, Monarch Studios.
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Control room conduit installed in Vancouver recording studio, Monarch Studios.
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A look at the frame for the custom control room ceiling at the new Vancouver recording studio.
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All of the glass being delivered for the Recording Studio build in Vancouver.
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First glass is in the vocal booth of the new Vancouver recording studio.
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Tom and Mike start covering the recording studio panels with fabric, Vancouver, Canada.
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Building audio diffusers at for Vancouver Recording Studio, Monarch Studios.
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Custom desk arrives in Vancouver and is assembled in our new recording studio control room.
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API 1608 Console arrived at the new recording studio in Vancouver.
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The two sweetest words I’d ever seen. Vancouver City inspector signs off on the finished recording studio!
