The Warehouse Studio

The Warehouse Studio is a multi-media recording facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada owned by Bryan Adams.

The Warehouse Studio is housed in the oldest brick building in Vancouver, which is located in present-day Gastown. Originally built by the Oppenheimer Brothers in either June 1886 or July 1887 as Vancouver's first wholesale grocery business, it also served as Vancouver's first City Hall. For most of its 115+ year history, the building held a glass factory and storage warehouse for Pilkington Glass Company.

The first Warehouse Studio, opened in 1986, was located in the basement of Bryan Adams' former West Vancouver house, located on the 3330 block of Mathers Avenue, and held an SSL 4072 G+ (now in Studio 1). While he was on tour, Adams would allow other bands to record there, but he had larger plans to create a studio complex in the heart of Vancouver. In 1989, he bought the abandoned, burnt-out brick building. Despite heavy taxes by the city and the cost of seismically updating the structure, Adams restored it. The building was sheared in two, and one-half of it was gutted into an open-air courtyard with a parking lot and small putting green. The other half is the three-story studio, which he made sure kept a lot of its old character and charm.

In 1998, The Warehouse Studio received a City of Vancouver Heritage Award for outstanding restoration of a historic building.

The acoustic and technical considerations of The Warehouse Studio while it was being built, and up until 2003, were handled by Ron "Obvious" Vermeulen. He and Adams designing the studio. After Ron retired, John Vrtacic took over as Technical Director until his death on August 19, 2009.

Opened on October 18, 1999, it is the third studio to be in operation. Found on the first floor, it is the most popular mixing studio. It has a large iso booth attached, and a small lounge and kitchen.

The control room has a 72-channel Solid State Logic SL 4000 G Series Master Studio System console, with Total Recall and Black E Series EQ installed.

Opened on February 9, 1998, it is the second studio to be in operation. Located on the second floor, it is the main tracking room. The dimensions of the live room are 32 ft by 58 ft with a 24-ft ceiling, with three isolation booths. There is also a lounge area, a long table for dining, full kitchen services, and a small patio for smoking.

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