Classick Studios

Classick Studios is a Chicago recording studio known for hip-hop and R&B, now based at The Compound at 2510 West Chicago Avenue. Classick traces its start to a house studio in 2006, then worked out of Berenice House (2009 to 2012) and its original Blue Room and Red Room studios (2012 to 2024) before moving to its current home. The studio lists Chance the Rapper’s Acid Rap, Noname’s Telefone and Room 25, Smino’s blkswn, SZA’s CTRL and Dreamville’s Revenge of the Dreamers III among its work.

Rooms

• Canvas Room: a versatile room with a live room for bands as well as solo sessions.
• Green Room: set up for solo artists and producers recording vocals, producing beats and mixing.

Gear

• Neumann U87 Ai, AKG C451 B and Avantone CV-12 microphones, a Neve 1073 LB preamp, Avalon VT-737sp channel strip and Teletronix LA-2A.
• Adam A77x monitors with a Focal subwoofer, Slate Raven touchscreen controllers, Pro Tools and Logic Pro (plus Ableton Live in the Canvas Room) and large plug-in collections including Auto-Tune and Melodyne.
• Instruments including a Mellotron M4000D, Roland Juno-106, Moog Subsequent 37, guitars, bass and a Ludwig drum kit.

Services and booking

Classick’s team of engineers and producers handles recording, mixing and mastering, block bookings, tour setup and tutorials. Sessions in either room can be booked online through the studio’s calendar, or by call, text or the contact form.