Tree Audio/Los Angeles

TREE AUDIO IS CLOSING AS OF March 23, 2026 — After more than twenty years in business, Tree Audio will be closing its doors. Steve Firlotte and Ian Gardiner (co-owners of Tree Audio) would like to thank all of our dealers and wonderful clients. We would also like to thank our vendors: sheet metal, powder coating, screening, and assembly, who helped make our company possible. We have thousands of products all over the world— consoles, channel strips, 500 Series modules, and other products. We will be available for any repairs and questions about our gear for the foreseeable future. We have spare parts in stock for any situation. Tree Audio will leave our website up so we can be contacted at any time: treeaudio.com Ian Gardiner: [email protected] (Sales) Steve Firlotte: [email protected] (Tech support) Thank you from: Steve Firlotte Vivian Fernandez Ian Gardiner Michele Miles Gardiner Tree Audio #TreeAudio

Hello Tree Audio Supporters, If you ever wanted to buy a Branch ll, now is the time. This is our last run of Branches. We only have 5 left in stock. Please order from your favorite dealer. We will be supporting all our products well into the future. We have a large supply of parts for repair, so no worries. As one of our best sellers, the Branch will surely increase in value in the coming years. Best regards, Ian Gardiner and Steve Firlotte Tree Audio #TreeAudio #Tubes #RecordingProducts #TubePreAmp #RecordingStudio

Hello Tree Audio Supporters, We wanted to let you know this will be our final run of Branches, due to critical parts being discontinued. We are offering you an opportunity to purchase the existing inventory of the Branch IIs while quantities last. Please note: We have stock of these critical parts if needed for future repairs. The Tree Audio Branch II has been one of our best-selling products. Once they are gone, they'll be highly collectible on the secondary market. Please contact your preferred Tree Audio dealer to purchase Tree Audio Branches. We appreciate your continued support of Tree Audio over the years. If you have any questions or need assistance in placing orders, please don't hesitate to contact Ian Gardiner: [email protected] Best regards, Ian Gardiner and Steve Firlotte Tree Audio #TreeAudio #TreeAudioBranch #TubePreAmp #ProAudio #Tubes #RecordingStudio #RecordingProducts

Written by @ian_gardiner_design -- Our friend Chris Schlarb from BIG EGO records sent us this amazing package of two vinyl records: Two CDs and a great book on recording called "ON RECORDING A MANIFESTO." @bigegostudios While I write this I’m listening to Psychic Temple’s Music for Airports. An impressive group of musicians with Mike Watt on Bass. I’m not going to do an analysis, just listen to the music. As a long-time listener of improvised music, this is very familiar to me. I think the reason I love improvised music like this is that it's always fresh and new in that it only happens once in space and time. I especially appreciate improvisation, as I get bored easily and always want new experiences to keep me interested, be it music, art, travel, food, etc. Also in the package on vinyl: "EVERYWHEN WE GO" featuring MIKE BAGETTA / JIM KELTNER / MIKE WATT. I had the pleasure of recording as a bass player with legendary drummer Jim Keltner in the late '70s. It's still one of my favorite memories. His drumming has an incredible feel, so easy to play with like floating on air. The two CDs are: LAFAYETTE BEN CHARLATAN, INTRODUCING and Canyon Also included was Chris’s new book ON RECORDING A MANIFESTO. You can find all sorts of info on recording and making records on the web but this is a real book about how to make real music. Highly recommend it. It's how I think of creativity and how to manifest it. On page 32, Chris mentions making a lot of records on our Tree Audio 8-channel Roots console. We appreciate what he had to say about our console. See the image to read what he said. Please help us support Chris Schlarb on his creative Journeys. Thanks, Chris. #ChrisSchlarb #BigEgoStudios #RecordingMusic #MusicProduction #RecordProducer #RecordingStudio #RecordingGear #Tubes #AnalogRecording #RootsConsole #RecordingEngineer #ImprovisedMusic #MikeBaggetta #JimKeltner #MikeWatt #EverywhenWeGo #VinylRecord

Tree Audio would like to congratulate Edgar Winter and engineer Ross Hogarth for winning a Grammy last night for the best contemporary blues album “Brother Johnny.” Both Ross as well as Edgar have Tree Audio Branches. #GrammyWinners #TreeAudioClients #Musician #Singer #RecordingEngineer #RecordingIndustry #TreeAudioBranch #EdgarWinter #RossHogarth

We're having NAMM flashbacks, missing all the good people who stop by our Tree Audio booth. 1) Tree Audio's Steve Firlotte with Record Producer Eddie Kramer. 2) @ian_gardiner_design of Tree Audio with friend Rob Fraboni, Grammy-winning Recording Producer/Engineer/Studio Designer. 3) Record Producer Jack Douglas visiting our booth 4) Linda Perry, Record Producer/singer (4 Non Blondes) with Ian of Tree Audio. 5) Steve Firlotte of Tree Audio showing his tube tattoo. 6) Thes One, vocalist of People Under the Stairs, first owner of a Tree Audio 500 Series console. 7) A visitor hugging a Roots console 😊 8) Michael Boddicker, keyboard wizard, and Glenn Rosenstein, Record Producer/Engineer, and owner of six Tree Audio Branches. 9) @gregwurth Record Producer/Mixer and his wife Lisamarie, with Ian and Michele Gardiner of Tree Audio 10) Musicians and singers, Kid Ramos and James Intveld, visiting our Tree Audio booth. #RootsConsole #TreeAudioBranch #ChannelStrips #PreAmp #ThesOne #peopleunderthestairs #LindaPerry #Singer #Producer #4NonBlondes #Musician #GregWurth #recordingmixer #vocalist #Tubes #AnalogRecording #AnalogAudio #RobFraboni #RecordingEngineer #RecordingStudioDesigner #EddieKramer #RecordProducer #SteveFirlotte #AudioTech #NAMM

Thanks @alabamasoundcompany . We love seeing Tree Audio consoles in their new homes. #RootsConsole #RecordingStudio #alabamasoundcompany #TreeAudio #AnalogRecording #Tubes #RecordingConsole

Tree Audio & Neil Young: A few months back, we got a call from a friend and work associate, Eric Lynn. Eric is the studio manager at Shangri-La recording studio in Malibu, now Rick Rubin's studio. Previously, Eric ordered a recording console from our company for Capitol Records (see the photo of Ian Gardiner and Steve Firlotte with that console). So when Eric was putting together equipment for one of Rick Rubin's productions, which turned out to be Neil Young and Crazy Horse's latest album, "World Record," he reached out to Tree Audio. Neil records to analog tape using vintage gear. Eric wondered if we had any consoles available. We had nothing in stock except our Tree Audio Roots Senior, a small 8-channel tube sidecar. So Neil used our Roots Senior while recording at Shangri-La. (See the Roots Sr. behind Neil Young in the screenshot of the Break the Chain video) Tree Audio's designer/co-owner, @ian_gardiner_design , is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where Neil grew up musically, so it was a special honor for Ian to have Neil use our Tree Audio console. Photos: 1) Screenshot of Neil Young, with the Roots Sr behind him while recording at Shangri-La in Malibu 2) Tree Audio's Ian Gardiner and Steve Firlotte, standing behind the console they designed and built for Capitol Records 3) The Roots Sr. that Neil Young & Crazy Horse used at Shangri-La 4) Ian with his brother, Alex Gardiner, visiting from Winnipeg, at Shangri-La in Malibu. They're standing in front of Bob Dylan's old tour bus. Thanks to Eric Lynn, Ian and his family spent some time up at the gorgeous Malibu studio. In the Break the Chain video, our Tree Audio Roots Sr. appears at 3:12 into the clip. https://youtu.be/J7o9V6h6PGU

Thank you @stevechadie50 for sending these great photos of Tree Audio Roots consoles in Texas. Our client in Texas owns five Tree Audio Roots consoles. 😊 Image 1: 8 channel Roots Gen II on the left; 16 channel on the right. Image 2: 10 channel Roots Gen II console. #AnalogRecording #TubeConsole #Tubes #TexasRecordingStudio #RootsConsole #TreeAudio #RecordingStudio #RecordingConsole #TreeAudioClient

Thanks, Ryan! We appreciate hearing comments like this on an original Tree Audio Stem summing mixer. Reposted from @ryanojohn Los Angeles CA: I did NOT expect this to make the audible difference that it does… thick, round, present, and much more… I’m very pleasantly surprised :) #treeaudio #homestudio #recordingstudio #mixing #uaudio #SummingMixer

Thank you @savannah_studios_ for this nice comment and photo of a Tree Audio Roots Gen I console. We're catching up on social media after a few crazy years. This helps. Reposted from @savannah_studios_ It’s one thing to get an eyeful of our custom Tree Audio Roots console (we know… it’s pretty) but the true beauty lies in the way it sounds. Pure analog, vacuum tube warmth built with love right here in Los Angeles, California. Stop by the studio and take a look and a listen. We’re talking silvery sounds all around. Just ask Barry Gibb… #SavannahStudios #recordingstudio #recordingstudiolosangeles #treeaudio #tubegear #tubeconsole #analog #analoggear #vacuumtube #audioconsole #audiogear #analog #billputnam #losangeles #recordinggear #recordingequipment #recordingaudio #musicproducer #musicproduction #musicstudio #studiosession #studiovibes #studiogear #studiorecording #analogisking #barrygibbhasone

We have Tree Audio Branches in stock! Email @ian_gardiner_design at [email protected] if interested. We'll find your closest dealer for ordering. Thank you @kmraudiogear , one of our much-appreciated Tree Audio dealers. Reposted from @kmraudiogear @kmraudiogear ⁣ ⁣ ▫️Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel⁣ ▫️Tree Audio ROOTS / BRANCH II⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #audiogear #musicstudios #analogaudio #proaudio #producer #kmraudiogear #musicstudio #audioproduction #musicproduction #musicproducer #mixingengineer #mixing #mixingandmastering #audioengineer #recording #recordingstudio #homestudio #weknowproaudio #homestudiorecording #gearporn #studioporn #producerclub #studio #studiogear #studiohome #vocals #compressor⁠ #studiooutboard #rupertneve #treeaudio