«Breaking new paths for the development of sound and music by providing opportuities for creative people who work away from the mainstream»
Nia Schmidheiny [2003]

Sound Development

Sound Development is located at the Lavaterstrasse 44 in 8002 Zurich, Switzerland.

The studio is mainly designed as a creative/ production facility with mixing capabilities in a good atmosphere. It includes besides the control room, a vocal booth and two large and flexible rooms for recording. The larger of the two has daylight and a bright, natural reverb, the smaller is in the basement and has a shorter, crisp sound, good for drums and amps. Both rooms are linked to one another via the control room.

Control Room

1st floor, Lavaterstrasse 44, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland
23 m²

Acoustic Design by WSDGe
Monitoring: ATC SMC25Pro on a Trinnov System, Auratone C5
ProTools HDX 2024.3.0
Mac Studio M2 Ultra, 64GB,14.3.1
D-Command with 24 Faders
Mic’s: AKG, DPA, Neumann, Sennheiser, Shure, EV, Earthworks, Royer… 40+ pieces
PreAmps: Chandler, RND, Neve, Manley, GreatRiver, GraceDesgin, TLA
Outboard: RND, SSL, SPL, TegelerAudio, HeritageAudio, EmpiricalLabs, WarmAudio
AVIOM A320 Personal Mix System
Vocal booth by Studio Box GmbH
Daylight, Air-condition, Non-smoker

Floorplan control room [PDF]
Measurement report [PDF]

Big Room

1st floor, Lavaterstrasse 44, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland
154 m²

Main recording room (24/4), Talkback system
Steinway & Sons B-211
Flexible and modular equipped
Works also great for showcases/ live recordings with audience capacity of up to +/- 100 peoples
Daylight
No air-condition
Non-smoker

Floorplan big room [PDF]