

Roughly trapezoidal in shape with no parallel surfaces, each of Capitol's chambers has slightly different dimensions tailored to produce different reverb characteristics and decay times, up to five seconds long. The original Studio One echo chamber is still intact and in use today. Yet plenty of other rock and pop royalty put the chamber to good use there throughout the '60s and '70s, including The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, and many more. Rothchild was especially fond of the studio's Studio One chamber, often tracking Jim Morrison's vocals through it live. While recording their first two albums, The Doors' producer Paul A. The Doors were one of Sunset's most high-profile clients in the late '60s. At the far end of Studio One's echo chamber sits a vintage Altec Lansing A7 "Voice of the Theatre" full-range speaker system, which has been used for playback in the chamber for most of its history. Sunset's echo chambers are austere, strangely angled rooms painted in a glossy, off-white sheen. In 1962, Tutti opened the studio's doors to the public. Disney was the studio's sole client for its first four years, during which time Sunset saw the recording of the soundtracks for Bambi, Mary Poppins, 101 Dalmatians, and other Disney projects.

Such a slope just happened to give it ideal acoustical properties as well. He found a disused auto shop on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, which had been built with a sloping design toward one end to drain automobile fluids. Death Grips in Sunset Sound's Studio 1 Echo Chamber in 2015
