Ultrasonic New Orleansto DARP Atlanta

I. Studio row timeline

1. 1985

   Soundscape Studios

   Atlanta bedrock — early Southern R&B and hip-hop tracking. Sets the stage for the northwest Atlanta industrial corridor.

2. 1991

   Bosstown — 677 Antone St NW, Atlanta GA 30318

   Acquired by Bobby Brown. Organized Noize early sessions — Crumblin' Erb was recorded here. Byron Jupiter Jr's first production on Genelec 1031A happened in Studio A, thanks to PK Lawson, Phred Mosbey, Jerry Flowers and Phil Tan. Inspiration for The Box Studios at 7367 Chef Menteur Hwy.

3. 1992–93

   Ultrasonic NOLA → DARP Atlanta — Gentle Touch

   Darrius Henry and R McMaster, budding managerial executives based in New Orleans, opened the door to Dallas Austin Recording Project. Tracked at Ultrasonic by Steve Reynolds; mixed and overdubbed at DARP with Sir Dean Grant on keyboards, engineered by Darrin Prindle, assisted by Leslie Brathwaite.

4. 1993

   DARP Studios — Dallas Austin Recording Project

   Founded by Dallas Austin at the Trabert Street compound. TLC, Boyz II Men, Madonna's Bedtime Stories sessions. The Atlanta sound globalized.

5. 2000

   Stankonia Studios

   Same northwest Atlanta studio row, the Bosstown footprint evolved. SL 4000 G installed 1988 served 36 years of hits before its October 15, 2024 replacement with an SSL Duality Fuse SuperAnalogue 48-fader. Dungeon Family nucleus — Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, CeeLo Green; Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik tracked across Bosstown, DARP, Doppler and Purple Dragon.

II. The Gentle Touch live band

Ultrasonic, New Orleans

III. Credit ledger

IV. Monitoring lineage

The Genelec 1031A line

Produced 1991–2005. M.I.P.A. winner for best gear of the nineties and a 2014 TECnology Hall of Fame inductee — the mother of the modern two-way active monitor: 2×120W, 120dB peak, flat to 23kHz, DCW waveguide, modular crossover, rubber shock mounts, later succeeded by the 8050A.

Patchwerk Studio 9000 — Atlanta

Quested 412HM mains, 4x Quested QSB118 subs, Genelec 1031A nearfields

Patchwerk Studio 995 — Atlanta

Genelec 1038 mains (Patchwerk property), EV 15 subs, Genelec 1031A nearfields

Doppler Studios — 800 Forrest St NW, Atlanta

Custom George Augspurger mains with Wright wave front, Genelec 1031A, Yamaha NS-10

Night Sky Music · Tree Sound Studios — Atlanta

Genelec 1031A nearfields — the same row-wide standard

House of Blues Nashville — Studio A / D / THE CAVE

Genelec 1031A, Genelec 1032A, ATC Pro 25A, KRK E8t, Yamaha NS-10M, Tannoy AMS-10, Auratones

Omnisound — Nashville

George Massenburg's Genelec 1032 in the main tracking room

Electric Feel — Nashville

Modern Genelec active monitoring, spec'd by chief engineer Nick Mac

The Box Studios — 7367 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans

Genelec 8050, 8020, 8030, 7060 sub, Yamaha NS10, JBL Control 5, Auratone 5RC

Accuracy note: the Genelec 1038 mains at Patchwerk are Patchwerk property, not Box Studios inventory. No transaction details are claimed for the Tim Palmer 1031A pair.

V. Nashville extension

The same line, carried north

Genelec 1031A to 1032A to modern Genelec active monitoring, with the Meyer HD-1 running alongside it — the evolution The Box Studios carries forward at 7367 Chef Menteur Hwy.