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Stillman Sound

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Stillman Sound

Working every day to make the world a better sounding place. Serving the North Bay Area including San Francisco, Sonoma, Marin and Mendocino counties.

Operated by audio engineer Jake Stillman, Stillman Sound provides recording, mixing, and mastering for music and media. Working from a project studio and the illustrious House of Rock recording studio in Santa Rosa, Stillman Sound offers comprehensive audio and video production solutions for a variety of electronic projects and events.

05/13/2026

Just breaking in the new control room… For the past 6 months we’ve been working on a new studio space in Petaluma. The official opening is finally coming at the end of the month. More on that soon ✨

09/30/2025

It’s not something I say very often but people often don’t remember or aren’t aware of this one. Read on if you’re a nerd.
An EQ circuit naturally causes phase shifts. As the desired EQ range is separated, processed and combined back in, it introduces a slight timing adjustment to the affected range and shifts its phase as a result. This gets more noticeable as you increase the amplitude of the EQ band and is particularly heinous with low cuts. Normally digital EQs operate with the lowest latency possible, which is helpful because we are often tracking with some EQ in our session and we don’t want permanent slap back delay in our headphones. So it makes sense that plugins like Pro Q default with a zero latency setting. However, with a bit of added latency the “natural phase” setting decreases some of the inaccuracies caused by phase shifting and more closely mimics an analog EQ circuit. To my ears everything sounds a lot “smoother” and is particularly pleasing while eliminating rings and boominess with sharp cuts or dips.
So is phase shifting bad? Not necessarily, the characteristics of any particular EQ is often related to the way it affects the phase. However, combining two or more mics on a single source together (like two mics on a guitar or overheads on a drum set) can sometimes result in the two sources being shifted away from each other - sucking out low end or creating hollowness in your sound because of their phase relationship with each other. In which case a “linear phase” EQ can be helpful, which is also an option in Pro Q. Unfortunately it also gives you a super long slap back in the headphones and hogs up a ton of buffer in your session. Plus it doesn’t always sound as expected since we are so used to those natural phase shifts. These options are also available in other plugins such as Ozone. Anyways, when you’re done tracking, flip your EQ to natural phase and thank me later.

05/30/2025

In the studio for one more week before our next big studio build out. I’ll be posting some pictures of the new place we’re setting up over the next couple weeks. Its a private school studio so I likely won’t be doing any recording there, but we’re going to stoke these students out with an awesome space for making records. For now looking forward to coming here with next week! Then back at it in July 🤘

03/21/2025

Who wants to go to the Record Plant? Since we moved the beloved out to New York it’s been tough finding good North Bay spots to record but some folks have been renovating this legendary spot, renaming it , and breathing new life into the space. Had a great tour this week and looking forward to bringing some projects in. Let’s record ✨🤘🎶

02/17/2025

Today I am tossing out this relic from my time doing sound at and . The shirt is totally toast but I’m still having a hard time saying goodbye. Huge thanks to for getting me that first gig there (over 10 years ago now) I really love and appreciate being a part of that scene.
That’s me and the legend plus a view of from the monitor console. So many good shows❤️✨🎶

12/08/2024

Just installed the TR88 recording console at the SRJC Petaluma campus. Looking forward to getting students trained with the new studio setup this spring ✨

08/01/2024

Brothers Greg and Edgar Moreno, aged 22 and 17 are killing it in the studio with their Regional Mexican project Ausente. Bad ass to see the new generation picking up traditional music with passion and dedication 🤙

08/27/2023

Working as an engineer and bringing songs to life in the studio keeps me stoked every day. Then sometimes I change hats and get into writing in the studio. When you get into that unique creative flow with other musicians there’s a magic feeling, a rush, when things start to lock into place. Sort of like solving a puzzle while at the same time discovering the puzzle is more beautiful and bigger than what was on the box. Realizing that we are greater than the sum of our parts - my song can never be as good as OUR song. That place of true collaboration is a really special thing. Next level stoke for sure.

Here working with on the next album here. 📸

01/20/2023

Storyteller Sound is just getting started and we’ve been getting an amazing response from the community. Really cool to have Joel Lunenfeld's story and the studio project featured in the Petaluma Argus-Courier/ Petaluma360 today 🙏🎶🍾

Full article here: https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/its-in-my-blood-local-man-returns-to-music-with-new-album-and-recording/?artslide=22

11/09/2022

We built a recording studio… Tucked away in the picturesque Petaluma countryside is a fairly typical looking barn that, on the inside, hides a high end recording studio. Equipped with a 24 track API, multiple tracking rooms, a live room that can host events downstairs, and an amazing vibe. If you’ve been following me on social media you’ve seen the process over the last year and we’re finally ready to unveil all our work. I am incredibly stoked to be a part of this project and to share it with my community.

Speaking of which, we’re hosting a opening party this Saturday evening with live music, food, drinks, and recording in the studio with whoever makes an appearance. If you’re interested in coming by, shoot me a DM for an invite. More updates to come in the following weeks as we launch 🚀

The last picture is from November ‘21 and September ‘22 ✨

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Petaluma, CA
94952

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 6pm
Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

(707) 559-8644

Website

http://www.stillmansound.com/

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