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Sabre Sound Studio is Melbourne’s newest creative recording space, launched in 2025 and proudly based in Port Melbourne.
With a strong nod to Metropolis’ renowned aesthetic of openness and collaboration, Sabre Sound Studio places the artist at the centre of every decision. The facility is anchored by a world-class Control Room and a spacious Live Room, supported by four acoustically designed booths that offer exceptional flexibility for projects of any size—from intimate solo recordings to full-band, multi-room productions.
Natural light, immersive lighting options, and thoughtfully crafted acoustics combine to create a space that feels both comfortable and creatively energising. Whether you’re tracking, producing, or mixing, the studio is built to support the flow of ideas.
At Sabre Sound Studio, state-of-the-art technology meets carefully curated vintage gear, seamlessly integrated to provide engineers and artists with the freedom to shape their sound without limitation. Every room, connection, and piece of equipment is designed to remove barriers and elevate the creative process. Sabre Sound Studio isn’t just a place to record—it’s a space to create, explore, and bring your musical vision to life.
Our Crew
Steve Younane
Owner & Co Founder
After a long career in Retail, Steve decided to change paths completely and chase his dream of opening asound recording studio. Growing up in Sydney, at an early age, Steve played in bands as a guitarist and alsoventured into the DJ scene. His vision for Sabre Sound Studio is to create a unique and distinct experience forartists, engineers and producers at every stage of their journey and hopes that the Studio will encouragemusicians to collaborate, workshop and record music TOGETHER. Meeting the legendary Ern Rose wasserendipitous and now as his partner and mentor, Steve has been able to realise his dream.
ern rose
Partner & Co Founder
Ern Rose is an accomplished audio engineer known for his technical mastery, and dedication todelivering exceptional sound. With over 50 years of studio and live-production experience, he hasworked with a wide range of artists, helping bring their creative visions to life through expertrecording, mixing, and production. Ern combines deep knowledge of audio technology with acollaborative approach, ensuring every project feels both effortless and inspired. His passion fordetail, commitment to quality, and ability to translate emotion into sound have earned him a trustedreputation among musicians, producers, and industry professionals worldwide. Whether shaping atrack in the studio or refining a live mix, Ern consistently creates immersive, impactful audioexperiences.
Dave Kerven
Principal Engineer
David Kerven brings over 30 years of experience as a mixer, recording engineer, and broadcast audio director.His career spans an extraordinary range of artists — from award-winning performers and established acts toindependent bands, singer-songwriters, and emerging talent.David’s passion lies in transforming musical ideas into fully realized recordings. He blends deep technicalexpertise with creative intuition, drawing on decades of experience in world-class studios and live broadcastenvironments.At Sabre Sound Studio, David works from a purpose-built tracking, mixing, and production space equippedwith a combination of vintage analog gear and modern digital technology, ensuring every project benefits fromthe best of both worlds.Known for his calm professionalism and collaborative approach, David believes that no project is too big or toosmall. Each artist’s vision is unique — and his goal is always the same: to bring that vision vividly to life.“Every song has a story. My job is to help you tell it — with clarity, depth, and emotion.”
Troy McCosker
House Engineer
Over the last 20 years Troy McCosker has been pushing faders in studios and venues all over the world.Whilst focused primarily on the heavier side of music, Troy has worked with many artists and genres to explore the possibilities and bring forth their work in unique ways.Whether it’s a 300 track mix session, 300 bpm performance or a 3 piece band playing 3 chords. You can rest assured it’s going to be a smooth process and memorable experience. Troy is a dog lover, drummer and proud owner of many snare drums.“The space at Sabre Sound Studios offers a huge new palette of sounds that I’m very excited to create and capture.”
Gareth Parton
House Engineer
Gareth Parton is a Melbourne-based music producer and recording engineer with over two decades of experience in UK and Australian music recording studios. He built a reputation for inventive, energetic productions that combine classic analogue warmth and distortion with modern digital production.His credits include work with Foals, The Breeders, The Go! Team, Asian Dub Foundation and The Beta Band, among many others, earning him over 250 production credits and a Mercury Prize nomination. (He's also recorded fellow Welshman, the legendary Tom Jones!!)Known for his “mid-fi” aesthetic and creative approach to recording, Gareth works with artists across genres -specialising in indie and alternative rock to experimental pop.Favourite music: Indie-pop, Krautrock, Folk, Alt-Country, Experimental and Alternative Rock.
Susie Ahern
Vocal Coach
Susie Ahern is one of Australia’s best Vocal Coaches. She has worked with some of Australia’s best singers including Guy Sebastian and Tina Arena. She is highly regarded as a session vocalist and has toured with artists such as Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, Anthony Callea, Tim Campbell and Russell Crowe. Susie can be heard on albums with Renee Geyer, David Hobson and the Badloves. She has also released two solo albums through ABC ‘s First Edition label. Susie has coached singers on many TV shows including Australian Idol, AGT, It Takes Two, The X Factor, The Voice and Starstruck. She has worked as varied voices on many Australian Comedy Shows including “The Castle”,” Boytown”, “Full Frontal”, “ Fast Forward”, “Talking Your Generation”, and “The Footy Show”. Susie has worked as a backing and lead vocalist on many TV shows including, Dancing With The Stars, Good Morning Australia, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and Tonight Live. Susie now devotes a great deal of time to mentoring emerging singers and songwriters.
Charlize Younane
Studio Coordinator
Charlize is a passionate practicing musician herself, and loves to help out wherever she can. It's her role tohandle communications and social media; your go-to friendly face if you have any questions! Current jam:anything folk or alt-country. Favourite concert experience: My Chemical Romance at Rod Laver!
Our Services
Recording and Mixing
Sabre Sound Studio offers a refined, full-service approach to recording and mixing, tailored to the needs ofeach artist. From complete productions to selected elements of a project, we can provide Engineers, Producers, andSession Musicians to suit your creative goals. Whether you’re shaping a song ,finishing a record orundertaking an entire album project .
Studio Hire
You will have exclusive use of the Studio with the option of booking the studio with one of our Audio Engineers or if using your own, we will provide orientation for first time users of the Studio.
Video Production
Sabre Sound Studio is also fully designed for Video capture. Live Steam , live performances, video content creation . The studio is fully wired for SDI video, Cat 6 video transport. Fully programable lighting system. Easy access for Grip Trucks and equipment access.
Vocal Coaching
Our vocal coach Susie Ahern will guide singers and speakers to improve their vocal performance, technique, and health by focusing on breathing, articulation, range, and emotional delivery, helping them develop personalized warm-ups, master specific songs or speeches, manage stage presence, and maintain vocal longevity for auditions, performances, or general communication.
Green Room
Exclusive access to our green room with kitchen and bathroom/shower facilities. Complimentary coffee, tea and water. Grab a bite at one of the many local cafes or some Uber Eats and have it delivered to the greenroom. Awesome chill out area with a retro pinball machine to recharge and reset.
Free Parking
Peace of mind with ample on-site and free parking on Sabre Drive. Easy access and convenience with yourb and equipment transported from your car directly into the studio space.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to express our gratitude to all those who enabled us to realize our vision of Sabre Sound Studio.
Peter Brown
Lead Designer
Peter Brown Architects
David Ta
Architectural drawings
www.chanziarchitects.com.au
Warren Tassle
Builder
www.buildingmakers.com.au
Cameron Feeley
Carpenter
www.proceedbuilders.com
David Justice
Imersive Lighting
www.ambiencelighting.com.au
Andrew Klooster
Electrical works
andrew@ecospecelec.com.au
Jacob Osborne
Web strategy and design
www.prosperdigital.com.au
Natassia Chua
Brand Logo & guidelines
natassiachua@gmail.com
Liam Davidson
Photography & Videography
liam@lordmedia.net
And a big thanks to our family and friends who volunteered their time
