MIX STUDIO - TENANCY OFFERED - SOHO, LONDON
18/06/2009
Soho Recording Studios have a Mix Studio with Live Room available for tenancy.
Located on Tottenham Court Road and part of the 'Soho Recording Studios' complex, the Studio comprises a large, fully sound-proofed, acoustically tuned, ‘floating’ Control Room measuring 6m x 4.6m with a fully ducted Air Conditioning system. It is separated from the Live Room by 'triple-glazed' k9 Live Room/Control Room separation glass.
Other features include a solid maple centre rack plinth; extensive recessed rack space with fitted underfloor cable trays; Genelec 1034A wall-housed monitors with sand filled bass traps; a 'tie-lined' machine room with optional secure storage space.
The Studio shares a Pool Table, Football Table, Kitchen area, Xbox360, Sky TV, WC's & Shower rooms - all of which are located within the complex.
For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact Dominic on 020 7419 2444 or e-mail dominic@sohostudios.co.uk
SUMMER COMES EARLY TO ALPHA CENTAURI
17/06/2009
Take advantage of an incredible Summer Special of only £500 per day at this North London SSL Room.
Located in North London at the famous Battery Studios complex Alpha Centauri displays an amazing array of outboard gear, the latest Studer analogue tape machines and one of the last ever built SSL 4000 G+ desks with many custom modifications. Pro Tools HD3 is on offer with Apogee AD/DA-16X converters clocked to Antelope's Atomic Clock plus alternative DAWs like Logic and Cubase.
The two recording booths can accommodate up to 5 musicians and offer the use of the Studio's incredible tube and ribbon microphone collection together with an array of excellent pre-amps.
Previous clients including Ben Hillier, Chris Potter, Flood, Mike Crossey, The Sugababes, Zero 7, Kanye West, La Roux, The Hours, Madness, Depeche Mode, The Kills, DJ Ironik, Glasvegas have already made use of Alpha Centauri's fantastic facilities.
With this limited Special Summer offer of £500 per 12hour day (assistant included), Alpha Centauri makes one of Europe's best spec'd rooms available to the wider public, giving artists with limited budgets access to a high-end environment.
For all Alpha Centauri bookings and enquiries contact Linda on 020 7232 0008 linda@miloco.co.uk www.a-centauri.co.uk
APRS LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE
22/05/2009
The APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services) has launched a redesigned website. The new site now offers its users actively updated News and Events pages; online Membership application, subscription and payment; a number of web-based discussion forums exclusively for Members; and a fully searchable database of Members' facilities, enabling Members and non-Members to search for facilities, Studios or manufacturers that match their project criteria.
Members will be able to login and maintain their own detailed listings ensuring that they are kept fully up-to-date. Non-Members will be able to search for Members offering particular services, for example, in a preferred area or with a particular capacity.
The APRS website can be found at www.aprs.co.uk.
The Association of Professional Recording Services is a UK-based Trade Association which represents all sectors of the professional recording industry to itself, to other similar organizations worldwide, to external funding and educational organizations, and the government. It was founded in 1947 and its current president is Sir George Martin CBE.
Miloco Present - The Motor Museum, Liverpool
22/05/2009
Miloco Studios have taken over the reins at Liverpool's legendary Motor Museum Studio in partnership with Producers Mike Crossey and Jim Anderson.
Based in a vast day-lit warehouse in the Lark Lane district of South Liverpool, this Studio has been hugely influential in launching the careers of artists such as Oasis, The La's, Arctic Monkeys and The Coral.
The Studio is superbly equipped for mix sessions; its daylit Control Room features a 32-channel Neve 8232 in-line console, Pro-Tools HD5 Accel rig with 48 in/outs, Lavry converters; a choice of monitors; a variety of recording areas built in cabin-like rooms including a large live room, a stone room and a hexagonal vocal booth. There is also a huge collection of vintage guitars, synths, pedals and amps available, together with a choice of the finest microphones and mic pre-amps.
For all Motor Museum bookings and enquiries contact Tor on 020 7232 0008 tor@miloco.co.uk www.miloco.co.uk/motormuseum
Hiltongrove Mastering acquire new analogue EQ
28/04/2009
East London based Mastering Studio, Hiltongrove Mastering, has acquired a new analogue EQ in the shape of a DAV Electronics Broadhurst Gardens No.3.
Supplied by KMR Audio and based on designs developed for Decca Studios, the unit features lo and hi shelves, two mid range resonant filters and a hi pass filter, while all controls are click détente for repeatability.
Owner and engineer Dave Blackman commented, "it’s a great unit, and works really well in conjunction with our existing processors. The shelves in particular are very musical, adding a sense of warmth and air just where it’s needed."
Echo Studios launch new website
28/04/2009
Echo Recording Studios have launched a new website at www.echostudios.org.uk.
The Buckingham-based Studio opened in June 2007 and has since attracted acts from all over Buckinghamshire and the surrounding counties.
The comprehensive website includes samples of music recorded at Echo, session pictures as well as details of the ever growing collection of vintage instruments that can be found in the Studio. It also lists ‘Studio Deals’ on offer and you can join their mailing list if you want to be the first to hear about new Studio deals and last minute downtime.
Log on to www.echostudios.org.uk for more information, or contact Jamie at the studio on 01280 823158 or email info@echostudios.org.uk.
Miloco introduce - BLACK ROCK
23/03/2009
Miloco in association with Kostas Kalimeris introduce Black Rock, a stunning 5-star, 3-storey, residential Studio located high on the volcanic terrain of the majestic Greek island of Santorini.
Surrounded by awe-inspiring oceanic views, Black Rock comprises a stunning villa with five beautiful en-suite bedrooms, a selection of luxurious indoor hangouts and outdoor terraces, a pool and Jacuzzi, daily concierge and housekeeping services and a private chef and waiter.
The beautifully crafted Studio was designed by the legendary studio designer Roger D'Arcy of Recording Architecture. Its large 40 sq m control room features an SSL 9080 J Series console with Ultimation and Total Recall, Genelec 1035Bs and a choice of KRK E8 and Yamaha NS10 nearfield monitors, plus a terrific outboard selection highlighted by some Neve 1081 Classic pre-amps. There is a 25 sq m live area featuring a 6m high arch-shaped ceiling. In addition there is a 15 sq m drum room and a second isolation space for recording vocals or guitars. The design of the Studio allows for clear visibility between the rooms through soundproof windows and thick glass doors. The Studio benefits from natural daylight throughout and phenomenal surrounding views.
Away from the villa the island offers many attractions. Santorini combines immense beauty with a mythical spirituality built around the island's amazing volcanic nature. The landscape was shaped by the Minoan Eruption, which formed Santorini's volcanic caldera. Circling the caldera are the beautiful cliffs which Santorini’s settlements have been built on. These charming villages are famous for their exquisite villas, hotels, restaurants, bars and clubs gazing across the lagoon and glowing in the spectacular Aegean sunsets. Before the nightlife gets into swing, you can enjoy beaches coated in soft black sand and beautiful red stone or Santorini’s idyllic hot bathing springs by the volcano.
The incredible efforts taken to maintain Santorini's rich beauty and culture have made it a truly exclusive and high-class holiday island which, year after year, is voted amongst the world’s best getaway destinations. With the introduction of Black Rock, it now also provides one of the world’s greatest recording locations…
Miloco are taking bookings for Black Rock from June 2009.
AIR MASTERING OPENS AT AIR STUDIOS
22/03/2009
AIR Studios have today announced a new division of the company, AIR Mastering, in conjunction with Ray Staff, this year’s MPG award winner for Best Mastering Engineer and former Alchemy engineer Matt Colton.
Richard Boote, owner of AIR Lyndhurst Group explains, “Offering a mastering service is something I’ve always considered and I seized the opportunity to work with Ray and Matt to make this a reality. I am proud to associate the AIR name and its reputation for high quality recording with a newly built Mastering Studio that offers the same high standard of results.
Ray and Matt, together with Tim Vine-Lott, Technical Director of AIR, have designed the new Mastering Studio from the ground up, working closely with Dave Bell of Whitemark and Guy Wilson of AKA Design.
Ray explains the set up of the new room, "A custom console has been built around the new Manley Backbone. We have a mix of great sounding classic analogue and modern kit, including Chandler, and API EQ's, Neve, Avalon and Cranesong Compressors, complimented by TC, Algorithmixs and Brainworx digital processing. The reasoning behind this choice of equipment is that it gives us a range of different characters and flavours. This mix of equipment also means that our mastering offering is unique in many ways as we have moved away from what you find in most other Studios.
"Our choice of monitoring is of particular interest. Instead of using the standard large studio monitors we have adopted an audiophile approach, which give us a more detailed high fidelity reproduction. We chose TAD Reference 1 monitors, the mid and the high end are time aligned dual concentric which brings much more realism to the mix. All driven by customised Trichord Research D300 mono-block amplifiers. Whitemark designed the acoustics of the room, taking into consideration our equipment choices. This combination provides a clean, even soundstage with superb imaging, detail and dynamic range.
“The studio also features a Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe, Studer A80 Preview ½” and ¼” with custom ultra low noise DAV electronics. All in immaculate condition for pure analogue cutting and CD mastering.
“We are delighted to be joining the AIR Studios Group not only because of its amazing musical heritage but because Tim and his technical team are the best in the business and their expertise and the support they provide is second to none.”
Cream Studios Makes Immediate Impact
19/03/2009
Cream Recording Studios opened for business in March 2008.
It features a 72-channel Solid State Logic Duality large-format analogue mixing console, custom-built ATC 5.1 surround sound monitoring and an Apple Mac Pro-based Digidesign Pro Tools HD3 system. Designed by Roger D’Arcy, of Recording Architecture, the Studio also offers a comprehensive range of vintage and classic outboard processors, reverbs, delays and microphones, and an innovative High-Definition, non-linear video projection system in the control room.
Among the clients to use the Studio is renowned live sound engineer Tim Summerhayes who booked Cream to mix the 5.1 audio for the Girls Aloud Tangled Up Tour DVD, released through Universal Music in October. Summerhayes chose Cream because, he says, “it is a fabulous working environment and has all the equipment I need to mix high-end sound to picture projects. Equally important was the aesthetic environment. I knew we would be entertaining people from the Production company and Record label, so I wanted a Studio facility that was stylish and able to provide the kind of creature comforts my clients expect.”
Other projects that have passed through Cream’s doors include the final mix of Missing You, an album by Grammy Award-winning Korean classical artist Sumi Jo (the album went gold within two weeks of release); a vocal overdub session for Hot House Music with Thandie Newton for Oliver Stone’s biopic W; theatrical and film projects including the mix of the original cast recording of Zorro for John Craig’s First Night Records and three orchestral movie score mixes for composer Rachel Portman - Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2, Keira Knightley’s film The Duchess and more recently Grey Gardens.
According to Chris Dibble "The concept of Cream is to offer a state of the art, 21st Century Music Recording Studio, invaluable engineering skills and, most importantly, Studio rates that are realistic to current budgetary considerations."
INTERNEXT STUDIO - SHEFFIELD'S No.1 FACILITY
28/02/2009
Opened in September 2007, owner Yosef Sawicki says, "Internext Studio provides South Yorkshire with a top class professional recording environment.
"Designed from the ground up by renowned designers ʻMunro Acousticsʼ, the Studio sounds open and transparent whilst benefiting from natural daylight.
"Based around a 32 fader Digidesign D-Control and Pro Tools HD Accel 3 the Studio is ideal for anything from track-laying to mixing in 5.1 surround."
Internext is equipped with a range of backline; whilst a large lounge with pool table and media centre provide a chill out area. In its first year the Studio has hosted top metal Producer David Chang and London based Producer/Mixer Dan Frampton who has worked on tracks for the debut No.1 album from The Script.
For rates, availability and more information please contact Yosef Sawicki on 01709 722535
