The studio
Three rooms rebuilt for recording, in the heart of La Guillotière, a five-minute walk from the Rhône.
Courtyard entrance, Rue Sébastien Gryphe
Our story
A neighbourhood studio, built to last
Bertrum Nivonu SARL was founded in Lyon by Camille Vernet, a sound engineer, after some fifteen years working in studios and concert venues across the region. The idea was simple: give Lyon artists a professional, quiet and approachable place where you know in advance what you will pay.
We chose a former ground-floor workshop set back on a courtyard in the 7th arrondissement. The courtyard shields us from street noise; the stone structure provides useful mass for isolation. The works consisted of building three independent rooms on floating slabs, connected by double doors and a technical duct.
The studio works by appointment only. There is no permanent front desk: when you come, the engineer in charge of your project is waiting for you.
The spaces
Three rooms, three uses
Control room — 24 m²
A symmetrical listening room treated with absorption and diffusion, with a direct view into the live room. We record, mix and hold playback sessions with artists here. A sofa at the back for group listening.
Live room — 38 m²
Wooden floor, 3.60 m ceiling and movable panels to adjust reverberation to the line-up. It fits a five-piece band, a string quartet or a small choir.
Vocal booth — 7 m²
Very dry, quietly ventilated, with eye contact to the control room. Used for vocals, voiceover, audiobooks and solo instruments.
Equipment
We keep a deliberately compact set of equipment that we know inside out. The list below is current; brands are mentioned for information and belong to their owners.
- Interface & conversionUniversal Audio Apollo x16, internal clock
- Mic preamps8 transformer channels (1073 style), 2 tube channels
- Compressors2 × 1176-style, 1 × LA-2A-style optical compressor
- Vocal micsNeumann U 87 Ai, Neumann TLM 103, large-diaphragm tube mic
- Instrument micsAKG C414 (pair), Royer R-121, Sennheiser MD 421 (× 3), Shure SM57 (× 4)
- Broadcast micsShure SM7B (× 2), Electro-Voice RE20
- Control room monitorsGenelec 8351 and Yamaha NS-10M, calibrated subwoofer
- Headphones6 individual headphone mixes, closed-back headphones for the booth
- SoftwarePro Tools Studio, Logic Pro, iZotope RX for cleanup
- InstrumentsYamaha U3 upright piano, five-piece drum kit, guitar and bass amps
The team
Camille Vernet, managing director and sound engineer, handles most recording and mixing sessions. She is also the publication director of this website.
Depending on the project, we work with independent engineers, arrangers and session musicians we have known for years. Their involvement is always stated in the quote, with its cost.
Getting here
- Metro B: Guillotière – Gabriel Péri station (4 min walk) or Saxe-Gambetta (6 min).
- Tram T1: Guillotière – Gabriel Péri stop.
- Vélo'v bike share: several stations around Place Gabriel Péri; bikes can be brought into the courtyard.
- Car: paid street parking; public car parks near Place Guichard. Unloading is possible in front of the carriage entrance for gear.
View the map on OpenStreetMap (external link; no map is embedded on this site).
A project to record in Lyon?
Tell us about your project: we get back to you with a proposed slot and a written quote, with no obligation, within one business day.