Soundbox Studio and Jampad | Audio Recording | Dance Classes | Events | Music Classes
F-44 Basement, Sector 41 Block F Rd, Block F, Sector 41, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201303, India
http://soundboxstudio.youcanbook.me/
Soundbox Studio and Jampad is a multi-purpose creative hub tucked into the lively district of P.E.C.H.S. Block-2, Karachi. From the outside the building is unassuming, glossy white tiles and a discreet neon “SB & JP” emblem, but the moment the heavy acoustic door swings open you feel the purposeful hush of a place built for sound and movement. To the left sits Soundbox Studio, a fully-loaded audio facility with a 32-input Behringer Wing console, Adams A7V nearfields, Shure SM7B vocal chain, and Harrison Mixbus DAW islands pre-loaded with endless templates. Live-room walls are staggered with floating gypsum and recycled-cotton batons, taking the reverb time down to an intimate 0.28 seconds—perfect for soulful vocal takes yet flexible enough to handle a snare-happy pop pun kit. Baffled sliding doors open into a smaller iso-booth so producers can track three-piece strings while their vocalist studies choreography next door. Engineers Zain and Mustafa alternate shifts, rooting sessions in Pro Tools and REAPER, but can flip into analog mode through a 1970s Studer 1-inch tape machine when artists request that saturated low-end bump.
On the right the corridor blooms into JamPad, a 900-square-foot rehearsal hall layered with Harlequin sprung flooring. Sunday mornings find barefoot ballet beginners melting through pliés at the barre; by dusk the same floor swivels into Afro-dance cardio or advanced kathak footwork set against 360° LED pixel mapping that responds to rhythmic stomps. Mirrors fold back hydraulically when the programming toggles to acoustic-orchestra showcases, giving a blind wall for projection mapping used during AV-dance fusion events like “Rāg & Rig.”
Between the two halves a mezzanine glass bridge carries cables and conversation. There’s a third alcove nicknamed “The Hide.” Six secondhand arcade machines donated by a local mall were gutted and reborn as rack spaces, hosting DIY modular synths and teenage beatmakers invited each Saturday for free mixing clinics.
Rentals are hourly, daily, or long-stay (monthly “resident keys” offer 2 a.m. access codes so dream-pop duos can chase four-on-the-floor whenever inspiration strikes). The café counter serves single-origin Keffa pour-over and guilt-free brownie protein squares named after time signatures. On any given evening you might overhear Qawwali students humming against a bedroom-producer dialing in an 808 sub that rattles the espresso cups—because here, barista, ballerina, and beat-maker all sit elbow-to-elbow, sharing the same electricity.
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- Published: July 27, 2025
