No. The studio is open to anyone. Members just pay less, $65 versus $95 for a two-hour block.
Inside Prism Spaces at 1212 N. Ashland Ave, 2nd floor, in Wicker Park, Chicago. Street parking and the Division Blue Line stop are both close.
Yes, that's the point. Audio-only, or one camera with up to four mics, is genuinely self-serve, and your first session starts with a free 15-minute orientation. Two or more cameras, or livestreaming, needs an operator.
A two-hour block is $95 audio-only, or $145 with video, $65 and $115 for members. Half day is $175 / $225, full day $325 / $375. Video prices include one camera; additional cameras are $25 each, and an operator is $50/hr with a two-hour minimum.
Yes. It's $25 per session on any booking with a camera, and we rig it before you arrive, so let us know when you book. There's nothing for it to do on an audio-only session, so it's a video add-on.
Bring a USB drive and take them with you, or add file delivery for $35. We hold files for 7 days after your session, then delete them.
No. Cameras aren't in the base rate, so a voiceover, music or audio-podcast session is $95 for two hours and you're not subsidising equipment you never touch. For comparison, the nearest audio-only rooms to us run around $150 an hour.
Voice and acoustic work, yes, Monday to Thursday evenings after 6pm, or anytime at the weekend, since we share the floor with people working. It's a podcast and voice room, not a live band room.
Four comfortably in the studio, each on their own microphone. For five or six, we relocate the session to one of our meeting rooms, $250 plus the room rate, with one of our team running it, evenings and weekends, 72 hours notice. Four microphones is our maximum in any room, so a group that size shares a mic between two people. That's normal for panel recording and it sounds good.
Yes, add the wireless mic kit for $25. It covers up to two people, so it's for solo shows, interviews, and anything you want to shoot standing or walking.
Self-serve sessions, as little as a day. If you need the operator, 48 hours. Groups of five or six, 72. The studio is closed on Fridays.
Prism Spaces is independent, community-first coworking in the heart of Wicker Park, built for freelancers, creatives, small teams, and remote workers, with local art on the walls and a door that's always open to neighbors.
Wicker Park is one of Chicago's most creative neighborhoods, with independent shops, record stores, galleries, coffee bars, and good food all within a few blocks. It's walkable, it's lived-in, and it's the kind of place where you actually want to take a meeting on foot.
1212 N. Ashland Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622.
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We're at 1212 N. Ashland Ave, 2nd Floor, in Wicker Park, Chicago, steps from the Division Blue Line.
Street parking is available, and there's a SpotHero lot behind the building at 1212 N. Ashland Ave. We're bike-friendly too.
The Division Blue Line stop is a short walk away.
Yes. Grab a day pass for $35 and spend the day with Wi-Fi, coffee, and patio access. No membership required.
