The facility is located on 512 Paterson Plank Road, near Washington Park,[1] and was built in the late 19th century. Prior to 1981, it was used by a Chandelier factory,[2] until it stopped operation in the late 20th century. Quantum Sound
In 1981,[3] the producer of Madonna's self-titled first album Reggie Lucas, purchased the building and opened a recording studio, Quantum Sound Studios.[4] By 1
986 it was reported to feature the first SSL mix room, a 48 input SSL 4000 console with Total Recall,[5] in Northern New Jersey as well as an extensive collection of MIDI synthesizers and gear and a Synclavier digital audio system.[6]Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer and producer Andy Wallace mixed tracks for Helmet and Rage Against the Machine,[2] as well as and many others at Quantum in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[3] Other musicians and producers used Lucas' studio for hire approach for recording,[2] like INXS and Queen Latifah. By 1994 Lucas left the studio, and although he had spent a lot of time and effort fitting the original factory with the control rooms and recording spaces, by the time it was purchased by its successor in 1998. Now in 2015 Diamond Tech Property Want to renovate of the existing recording studio into a restaurant lounge....but keeping the history of the building. ...