# Mad Hatter Studios **Location:** Los Angeles, California **Label:** GRP Records facility **Era:** 1980s ## Overview GRP Records' Los Angeles recording facility. [[Bernie Kirsch]] engineered [[Chick Corea]]'s Elektric Band album here in 1986, featuring state-of-the-art digital recording with heavy MIDI sequencing and FM synthesis. ## Characteristics - Digital recording technology (1986) - Close-miked drums with 1980s gated sound - Direct synthesizer outputs to console - Dry, minimal room ambience typical of mid-1980s production #studio #losangeles #grprecords #digital