Studio D Recording

Specialties

The San Francisco Bay Area’s première recording studio! Whether you need to record, mix, or master, Studio D has the tools needed to turn music into art! We also offer services for custom music composition for film, television and commercials, voice-​over recording, and ADR with ISDN or phone patch capabilities.

Studio D is a family oriented recording studio for anyone looking to lay down tracks in a professional environment. With 20-​foot ceilings, tunable acoustics, three large isolation booths and a great selection of vintage analog gear and microphones, Studio D has helped artists create amazing music recordings in San Francisco Bay area for 30 years.

If you’re looking for a great studio space in the San Francisco Bay Area,

contact Studio D Recording to schedule your time at Studio D today!

History

Established in 1983.

Studio D and it’s creators had an urge to build the Bay Area’s ultimate live room. They spent a lot of time researching the best rooms in the recording community that have created great live spaces to record. They took from all of these examples and designed a room that had the unique qualities to capture live sound. It also enabled the artist to perform live in the studio and capture the magic in the recording, Thirty years later they are still going strong and have recorded multiple award winning albums from some of the area’s most talented and established artists.

Meet the Business Owner

Joel J.

Business Owner

Joel Jaffe is Studio D’s President and Chief Engineer. He was one of the co-​founders and designers of the studio in 1983.

Joel Jaffe, is an award-​winning engineer producer, composer, and studio owner. He has worked on a number of GRAMMY albums and has been instrumental in developing new talent in the Bay Area for over thirty years. He has been a member of NARAS for the last twenty years, 12 years as a board member, as well as an A.E.S. member. He has conducted seminars on «Recording In The Real World» for the San Francisco State and Sonoma State Recording Arts programs, as well as a teacher for Pyramind Media & Music Production school.

His music has appeared as theme songs and incidental pieces on major network television and films. His compositions have reached international audiences as well pieces he has scored for three shows on the WDR network in Germany. He has been the audio producer on surround DVD’s for Ringo Starr’s «All Starr Band», Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter.