HISTORY

The Building was built in 1980-1981 by Yamaha Corporation to be their Research and Development lab, and studio.

The building was sold in 1990 and became Aire LA.

At some point around the 2000’s it was sold, and became Front Page.

Around 2005-2006 it was sold again and became Broken Wave Music. I was there in 2006.

These are the only Images I’ve ever seen of any blueprints, and I don’t know what the date is for them. 

Interior Brick Walls

The interior had brick walls as well, to further separate the rooms. The Brick walls were always covered up by another wall as well.. at least in the areas where you’d be recording.

Separate Foundations Poured

I had heard different numbers from different people. I’ve heard there were 4, I’ve heard there were 5.

I have no way to verify how many, but this is how they likely were configured. My best guess is that they matched up with how the brick was. They were not messing around with the design of this! How it was put to me when I was standing in the control room… “Someone could set off a grenade in the next room and you wouldn’t hear it unless you had a mic in there with it.”. We never really tested this out though.

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POURED CONCRETE ROOF

I cannot personally confirm this, but I was told by one of the engineers who worked there in the 1990’s, and he explained that it was built with a poured concrete roof. Not just for sound, but also the added benefit that you could land a helicopter on the roof.

I think that would have been cool to see the Yamaha Corporate helicopter land on top. No doubt!

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