Pierce Rooms dry hire production room Available

01/09/2010

AUGUST NEWS - FEAT SHOCK & AWE STUDIOS, LONDON

19/08/2010

AUGUST'S FEATURED STUDIOS

SHOCK & AWE, LONDON
  

Miloco's Bermondsey studio, The Engine Room, has now replaced its Neve VR60 with the SSL 4056 G-Series console previously owned by Olympic Studios. The room underwent a cosmetic upgrade in 2009 and has been set up by acoustician Nick Whittaker. Monitoring is via Adam S3As or Genelec 1031s as well as NS10s and a pair of customised Munro M4s. You can click through to a full equipment spec via The Engine Room's website here.


RAK STUDIOS OFFER ONLINE MASTERING

London's RAK Studios have launched a new online mastering service, in conjunction with digital distribution company AWAL, so that any artist, label or producer can purchase state-of-the-art mastering for their tracks with the RAK Studios complex via unattended mastering sessions booked over the internet. Tracks can be uploaded directly to the RAK Mastering website, along with notes to the engineers. For further details click here. 

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OTHER NEWS
 
CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
The Welsh Music Foundation (WMF) exists to provide support, advice, information and contacts to the Welsh Music industry and is care-funded by the Welsh Assembly Government as part of its Creative Industries Strategy. The WMF are marking 10 years of their organisation by working with Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff to hold events over Friday 10 September and Saturday 11 September 2010 for a celebration which will incorporate industry seminars, live music, networking / exhibition space and a Ministerial Reception.
 
One of the sessions they plan to host is "aimed at studio owners / managers / engineers and producers across Wales ... potentially touching upon the current market conditions for studios, marketing to bands / A&R / management, opportunities, quality recording vs bedroom recording discussions, differentiation between different studios (price, size, quality, people skills) and potential collaborations.
 
Other events being considered may allow for networking opportunites between bands and managers as well as studio staff. Further information can be found here.
 

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WHO'S WHERE?
Who's been working at your studio over the past month? Share this information with our readers by submitting a recent client list to info@allstudios.co.uk
 
AIR STUDIOS MASTERING
Corinne Bailey Ray 'Is This Love' (Single) with Ray Staff; Supertramp 'Crime Of The Century' (Album) re-master with Ray Staff; Fink 'Sideshow' (Single) remixes with Matt Colton; The Puppini Sisters (Album) with Ray Staff; Sparkadia 'Talking Like I'm Falling Down' (Single) with Matt Colton; Floating Points Ensemble 'Post Suite' (Single) with Matt Colton
 
AIR STUDIOS
Charlotte Gainsbourg with Adam Noble (Studio 1); Gulliver's Travels (Film Score) with Nick Wollage (The Hall); Phil Collins Album playback with Adam Miller (Studio 1); Paul McCartney with Adam Noble (Studio 2); Let There Be Dragons (Film Score) with Nick Wollage (The Hall); Zucchero with Brendan O'Brian (Studio 2)
 
ARTILLERY STUDIOS
U2 mixing tracks with producer/engineer & mixer Declan Gaffney
Gold Future Joy Machine mixing tracks with Donald Clark. Producer: Paul Hollingsworth
The Toniks mixing tracks with producer/engineer & mixer Graham Dominy. Producers: Jez Parish & Mark Taylor
 
GHQ/SONIC CUISINE
New Model Army (Midas Productions) mixing 'Someone Like Jesus'; Raie mixing Deeper Than Love (Album); Freestate mixing EP track;
Eco TV movie location Binaural sound for director Jon Klein.
 
MILOCO STUDIOS
Beggars; One Night Only; N-Dubz; Roll Deep; Itamar; Alejandro Ortiz; Charlie Simpson; Pepstar; Grinderman; The Rural; Shane Ward; UNKLE; McFly; Graham Coxon; Rescue Cat; Natalie Findlay; Kevin Shields; Laura Critchley; All Mankind; Poppy and the Jezebels; Julie Wilkins; Mr A; The Swiss; Depeche Mode; Bless and Vida; Primal Scream; Talay Riley; J Electronica; Thomas Hell; Jamie Woon; La Roux; Abby Scott
 
SENSIBLE STUDIOS
KICC 'Live at Excel' album mix
 
STRONGROOM
Patrick Wolf with Tom Fuller (Studio 4); Tom McRae with Rupert Coulson & Adam Noble (Studio 1); Russell Watson with Haydn Bendall (Studio 3); Sound of Arrows with Dan Greuch-Marguerat (Studio 1); McFly with Adam Noble (Studio 1); Faithless with Dave Pemberton (Studio 2)

JULY NEWS - FEAT SNAP & MWNCI STUDIOS

27/07/2010

JULY'S FEATURED STUDIOS

SNAP STUDIOS, LONDON
 

JUNE NEWS - FEAT MONNOW VALLEY & THE FOLD STUDIOS

16/06/2010

JUNE'S FEATURED STUDIOS
MONNOW VALLEY, WALES 

 
Monnow Valley Studio is one of the oldest residential studios in the world. It has been in operation for over 35 years and it's easy to understand why.
 
Set amongst 400 acres of stunning countryside in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Monnow Valley provides an amazing, exclusive, rural retreat just an hour and a half outside London. You won't find any laminate flooring or uPVC here. The main body of the live room is lined with oak panels and grain sacks dating from the days when it was a working mill, whilst the conservatory features hand-carved pillars and floor-to-ceiling glass walls on three sides producing a beautiful bright sound as well as letting natural daylight stream in.
 
The enormous trademark cartwheel doors (15ft hight and 17ft wide) can be closed to partition off the 1,200 sq ft live area, thus enabling variable acoustics between areas. Jo Hunt, Studio Manager at Monnow Valley told us, 'Many of our clients agree that Monnow Valley boasts the best drum room in the world! The control room has seen a few mixing desks over the years but is now home to an SSL 4064G Series. A Pro-Tools HD3 rig sits alongside two analogue 2" tape machines and the room itself has been acoustically treated to provide the perfect environment for recording and mixing whilst retaining the charm of wooden-beamed ceiling and walls. The studio also has a large variety of both vintage and modern outboard, microphones and instruments.
 
'At Monnow Valley we can accommodate the largest of bands on the tightest of budgets. The 16th Century house has seven bedrooms, food is home cooked on site using the finest local (and often award-winning) ingredients. Clients can enjoy the homely atmosphere of our lounge, games room, fitness equipment and the mile of private trout and salmon fishing at the bottom of the garden. We think going residential offers excellent value for money; our rate includes 24/7 lockout, catering, an engineer and full use of all our studio equipment as standard, often for the same price as just 8 hours in a city centre studio.'
 
Recent clients at Monnow Valley include Bullet For My Valentine, Feeder, The Smoke Fairies, Detroit Social Club, The Last Republic and Funeral For A Friend.
 
For more information please visit the studio website or contact Jo Hunt on 01600 712761, enquiries@monnowvalleystudio.com.


THE FOLD, LONDON SE23
 
  
 
The Fold in Forest Hill is owned by resident producers Ollie Couling and Gareth Cobb and is managed by Amati Studios. Graeme Allen at Amati gave us the lowdown on The Fold and why it is their 'most sought-after studio.'
 
'The Fold is a fantastic little studio which is made up of one, good-sized, treated live room and a well-equipped control room centred around Pro Tools HD and outboard from Focusrite, TL Audio and Lexicon.
 
'The studio's best feature (aside from an impressive array of mics which includes Neumanns and a Neve-designed SE ribbon mic) is its comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. Ollie and Gareth go 'all out' to ensure that every client has a fun and relaxed session and leaves happier than when they walked in. Not only do you get great equipment and space at The Fold, but you also have access to a huge range of session musicians like The Noisette's drummer as well as Ollie and Gareth who are musicians themselves and always willing to session for their clients' projects at no extra cost! Longer bookings can even include free pre-production time to ensure that everthing runs smoothly when the main session begins. For the price and mic list, no other studio in South London comes close to The Fold!'
 
Now in its second year of operation The Fold has played host to clients such as Speech DeBelle (2009 Mercury Music Prize winner) and Richard Ashcroft. Plans are also afoot to expand the studio over the next few years.
 
For contact details or further information about The Fold and Amati Studios, click here.

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STUDIO NEWS
SNK STUDIOS HOST WORLD CUP SESSION
 
        
 
This month SNK Studios in Soho played host to a secret, overnight, vocal production session for chart topper Dizzee Rascal and comedian James Corden's unofficial World Cup anthem 'Shout For England'. The song was masterminded by Simon Cowell and is now No.1 in the iTunes singles chart and tipped to be a summer smash!
 
SNK Engineer, Seb Juviler told us, 'This was one of the most unique sessions we've been involved in at SNK. Recording an England World Cup anthem just doesn't happen every day! We're all really excited to have done something to support England at the World Cup and we wish the team and the song well, especially as it is raising money for such a good cause.'
 
The production team on the night included Dizzee's Ivor Novello award-winning producer and manager Nick Cage. All artist royalties go to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

FABRICAUDIO LAUNCH 'FUND A BAND' 

Fund A Band is a live music video project organised by FabricAudio in Greece, which aims to promote 20 new, original and unsigned bands. Details and information about the project will be added to the official website over the weeks to come. Anyone interested in putting their band forward for consideration should get in touch. But be prepared to fly to Greece!  www.fundaband.gr  Facebook fan page  MySpace page

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OTHER NEWS
SOUNDCLOUD SEEK PRODUCERS
SoundCloud are looking for producers who make use of their technology to take part in an event at the Apple Store on Regent Street, London. They are hoping to find someone who can talk about a track they've produced, how it came together and how SoundCloud played a useful role in the process. Questions will be taken at the end. The event will take place on a Tuesday evening in July or August and will run from 7-9pm.
 
If you are interested please get in touch with phil@strongroom.com for further details.

STUDIOCARE DISTRIBUTE BOCK & DAKING AUDIO
The TransAudio Group has announced that Liverpool-based Studiocare Professional Audio will distribute its Bock Audio and Daking Audio brands in the UK. Studiocare will carry the full range of products from the two manufacturers who specialise in vintage microphones and analogue signal processing respectively. (Source: AudioPro International)

NEW SOUNDRAFT VISTA DIGITAL CONSOLES
Soundcraft/Studer has announced the release of the latest in the Vista series of digital mixing consoles with the Vista 9. Said to build on the Vista digital mixing platform by combining advanced ergonomic design with complete system flexibility, several new features are available, including expansion of the Vistonics interface to include 'wide screen' based TFT metering and FaderGlow. Full story here. (Source: AudioPro International)

MIDAS LAUNCHES THREE NEW CONSOLES
Midas, now owned by Behringer, has launched three new consoles which include two sister consoles to the Pro6 - the Pro3 and the Pro9 - and the XL8i. The Pro9 becomes the flagship of the range where the Pro3 is the cost-effective option for the budget-conscious. Few details have been revealed about the XL8i but it is expected to sit at the top of Midas' digital audio console range. Full story here (Source: AudioPro International)

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WHO'S WHERE?
Who's been working at your studio in the past month? If you would like to share this information with us and the world please submit a recent client list to info@allstudios.co.uk

ARTILLERY STUDIOS
Samuel Chase mixing with Daniel Rejmer. Producer: Samuel Chase.
The Great Divide mixing with Kevan Gallagher. Producer: Gerald Clark
Tina Dico mixing with Daniel Rejmer. Producer: Helgi Jonsson.
 
LYNCHMOB PRODUCTIONS
Razorlight (Vertigo/Mercury); The Whip (Southern Fried Records); ADF; Beyond The Wizzard's Sleeve (3rd Mynd); Dave Allen; Jagz Kooner (Producer)
 
METROPOLIS STUDIOS
Will.i.am & Tom Cruise - live worldwide broadcast about the Black Eyed Peas' soundtrack for Tom Cruise's new film 'Knight & Day'; Mark Ronson (Columbia) mixing new album with Tom Elmhirst, assisted by Dan Parry (STUDIO C); Lady Gaga (Interscope) (STUDIO E); Skunk Anansie album with Cenzo Townshend (STUDIO B); Enrique Iglesias (Polydor) with Rob Orton (STUDIO E)
 
MILOCO - THE ENGINE ROOM
James (Mercury) with Jonathan Shakhovskoy; Talay Riley (Jive) with producer Inflo; Roll Deep (Roll Deep Recordings) with engineer Joe Hirst; Magnetic Man (Tempa) mixing with Pete Hofmann; Kelis (Interscope) mixing with Richard X
 
MILOCO - THE BRIDGE
Patrick Wolf (Hideout) recording with Tom Fuller; Duchess working with Matt Foster
  
MILOCO - THE POOL
Chapel Club (A&M) with Paul Epworth and engineer Mark Rankin; Graham Coxon (Transgressive) with Ben Hillier and engineer Ferg Peterkin; Noah with Chris Kimsey
 
MILOCO - THE GARDEN
Chris Letcher with Finn Eiles; Leona Lewis (Syco) produced by Inflo; Anna Calvi (Domino) with Craig Silvey
 
MILOCO STUDIOS
Carl Barat tracking with producer Leo Abrahams (HOXTON SQUARE)
Slipknot (Roadrunner) mixing live material with Colin Richardson (HIGHBURY)
Mike Rutherford recording (FISHER LANE); Kanya Tree (ANGELIC); The Red Suns, Beggars and OMD with producer Mike Crossey (THE MOTOR MUSEUM); Nadya Shanab with Ewan Hails (THE MOTOR MUSEUM); Xile Parade with engineer Al Groves (THE MOTOR MUSEUM)

MAY NEWS - FEAT STATE OF THE ARK & CHEM19 STUDIOS

28/05/2010

MAY'S FEATURED STUDIOS

STATE OF THE ARK, RICHMOND
   
 
State Of The Ark Studios is a private boutique studio, packed full of vintage gear, located near Richmond in Surrey. It began life 'hundreds of years ago' as a writing studio for songwriter and producer Terry Britten. However, with Terry's enthusiasm for all things vintage and 'Beatles', the studio has grown so much that it is now fully-equipped and suitable for near enough any application. So much so that, due to the large number of artists wanting to record there, Terry was unable to get back in to work there himself and has had to build a new studio for his own personal use!
 
Studio manager, Dan Britten told us, 'We tried to start off low-key. The studio was only really designed for the needs of one person and we didn't know how it would cope with the increased traffic. However, we're continually adapting the available space and the old gear has held up amazingly well. Studio maintenance occasionally takes priority over filling studio time, simply because of the amount of equipment we have and because we want people to be able to enjoy it all!
 
'State Of The Ark's control room plays host to a vintage EMI TG desk and we have a fully-equipped live room as well as four separate isolation areas, two of which are large enough to record drums. We have a great collection of valve outboard gear and mic amps as well as a great selection of rare valve and ribbon mics. Also available (when working) are vintage drums, basses, guitars, amps, a Steinway B Grand Piano, a vintage upright piano, a Hammond B3, Wurlitzer, tape delays, Leslie cabinets and ... much, much more.
 
'Recent clients to State Of The Ark have included Stereophonics, The Verve, Snow Patrol, Kylie Minogue, James Blunt, Detroit Social Club, The Charlatans, Cassidy, Regina Spektor and Tina Turner. Not bad for a studio that no one has heard of!'
 
For further information and bookings enquiries for State Of The Ark, contact Dan here.


CHEM19 STUDIOS, GLASGOW
 
 
Located just outside Glasgow, Chem19 Studios is run by independent Scottish record label Chemikal Underground and owned by engineer / producer Paul Savage, who recently won 'Breakthrough Producer 2010' at this year's MPG Awards (see pic above).
 
Studio manager Emma Pollock told us a bit about the background and specification of the studios, 'Chem19 first opened in 1997, however, a recent change of premises brought about a complete rebuild, from the ground up, which has resulted in two custom-built, professionally designed and equipped studios, with bright and airy rooms that greatly benefit from natural daylight.
 
'Studio One offers a high-ceilinged, 42sq m live room, large enough to accommodate all manner of instruments, choirs and orchestral ensembles, as well as a generously sized vocal booth and two amp booths. The standard set-up in the control room centres around Pro Tools HD2 running through a 66 channel Amek Einstein desk but, every now and again, we dust off the Otari 24 track 2" tape machine for those who remain committed to analogue. Outboard gear includes a Universal Audio 6176, Manley Massive Passive EQ and Empirical Labs Distressor, amongst other notable names (eqpt list here.)
 
'Studio Two has a slightly smaller (30sq m) live room, used mainly for overdub recording. It's a great choice for demo artists or budget-conscious bands but can also partner up with Studio One for bigger sessions as both studios use the same Pro Tools HD2 set-up making file transfers between the two rooms easy and efficient. Both studios' live rooms contain a Brodmann acoustic piano and we have a varied and extensive mic collection, including Neumann, Coles and Schoeps models, which is available for shared use between the studios.'
 
Past clients at Chem19 include Chemikal Underground signings Mogwai, The Delgados and Arab Strap. These have been more recently complemented by an impressive cross-section of current talent from Franz Ferdinand, Calvin Harris, King Creosote and Camera Obscura to Twilight Sad and Teenage Fanclub.
 
For more information on Chem19 Studios please email them or check their website.

APRIL NEWS feat FX YOURSPACE & PRO 2 STUDIOS

28/04/2010

APRIL'S FEATURED STUDIOS
FX YOURSPACE, LONDON

 
FX YourSpace in West London is a new type of recording facility being offered by the FX Group. Two bespoke recording spaces are available to rent, by the hour, with the added benefit of FX Rentals' large selection of audio equipment, mics and instruments handily located on the premises for potential hire.
 
Both facilites contain a spacious control room with 5.1 monitoring and a dedicated sound booth which makes them perfectly adaptable for recording, mixing, vocal and instrumental overdubs, post-production, voice-overs, auditions or rehearsals. The rooms are intended for engineers, musicians and producers who are able to bring in their own portable equipment which they can then supplement from FX Rentals' vast selection of hire gear.
 
FX Chairman Roger Evan told us, 'Our aim was to create high-spec spaces without dictating how they should be used. We've already had bookings for a variety of projects including mixing, tracking, rehearsals and composition. One of our first clients was music production company weeksweeksweeks (Shackleton, Jason Carter) who recorded part of their project at home before moving to our larger space for the major part of their production.  Dan Weeks loved working here and really appreciated the benefit of being able to use a treated room without having to pay £500/day or more for loads of gear they wouldn't need to use.
 
'Here's a summary of Dan's comments, "... an attractive, affordable alternative for people who don't have their own serious studio environment ... rooms are simple, acoustically treated, nicely decorated and well organised ... our MacBook, Pro Tools, mics and preamps were set up in 30 mins ... the most exciting part for us was the FX Warehouse ... like a door to a magical, musical equipment world ... from vintage mics to gongs, plectrums to Pro Tools rigs ... all at 75% discount to studio users. Add to that the FX team are amazingly skilled professionals."
 
FX YourSpace operates from 10am to 10pm, seven days a week with three hour session slots available. For prices and further information please contact FX here.

AMATI - PRO 2, LEEDS
    
 
Pro 2 is a large multi-space recording complex located in Castleford near Leeds. It was also the first studio to join the Amati Studios' roster in January 2010.
 
Amati's managing director, Graeme Allen, told us more about the studio and its history, 'Pro 2 is widely established as one of Yorkshire's finest recording facilities. It comprises six live spaces which range from a huge 1,600 sq ft wooden-floored, high-ceilinged, main live room, suitable for string and orchestral recording, all the way down to a vocal booth.
 
'The control room is centred around a 56-channel DDA desk and B&W Nautilus monitors and there is an extensive array of analogue outboard including SSK X-Rack EQs, Millennia Twin Valve EQ, EL Distressor, Chandler limiters and a TC Phoenix valve compressor.  Added to this their huge mic collection which includes Neumann, Blue and Coles models to name just a few, means that this studio can really compete at the highest level of recording facilities. Its multiple and varied recording spaces offer a flexibility that can't be found in typically smaller, inner-city studios.
 
'Over the past 25 years hundreds of artists have enjoyed Pro 2's stunning recording facilities and we look forward to the next 25 years of success!'
 
For more information about Pro 2 and Amati Studios please follow the links.

MARCH NEWS - feat ALPHA CENTAURI, LONDON

26/03/2010

MARCH'S FEATURED STUDIO
ALPHA CENTAURI, LONDON
   
Alpha Centauri is an independent studio, owned by singer/songwriter Steve Rhodes and managed by Hamish Jackson. Discreetly incorporated into the former Battery Studios complex in NW London and fully equipped as a top-end SSL mix room complete with its own assistant engineer and technical staff, Alpha Centauri has attracted the likes of U2, Richard Ashcroft, Kanye West and X-Factor/Simon Cowell to its doors in its two years of operation.
 
Studio Manager, Hamish Jackson tells us, 'This is the ultimate SSL mix room! Alpha Centauri is a trail-blazing studio filled with top-end outboard gear as well as an awesome custom-built SSL 4060 G+ console with Total Recall.  Actually, it was one of the very last G Series desks ever built by SSL and has a few sought-after custom features not found anywhere else! The control room also houses a combination of monitors including a pair of uniquely modified Dynaudio M4+ active speakers and we have a live room able to accommodate up to 5 musicians.
 
'Alpha's finer details are what make our clients' experience here so unique; the interior design is stunning and incorporates an ambient fusion of natural daylight, intelligent lighting and sophisticated air filtration; our outstanding microphone collection includes a model Neumann M49, Sony C800G, Coles, Royers ribbon mics and Neumann pencil tubes from the '50s, all of which are treated through a pre-amp selection including API, Neve, Focusrite and AEA all perfectly suited to urban, vintage, classic-crossover and acoustic sessions; DSD mastering and Atomic clock provide the best possible sound in digital, while a choice of Studer A827 2" and A820 1/2" tape machines, with the highest grade RMGI tape, can accommodate even the most ardent of analogue purists. Are we the UK's most advanced recording studio? Well, let's just say Alpha is certainly light years ahead!'

For rates and booking information contact Hamish on 020 3239 5880 / 07545 330637 or hamish@alpha.uk.com

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WHO'S WHERE?
This new section is an opportunity for studios to let the world know who has been through their doors in the past month.
Contact info@allstudios.co.uk to submit a recent client list.

ARTILLERY STUDIOS
*U2 mixing tracks with Producer/Engineer/Mixer Declan Gaffrey
*Friendship (Too Pure) mixing new single with Donald Clark
*Lettie (White Lines) mixing forthcoming album with Cameron Craig & Mike Mason
*Blond Louis (SPC Live) producing and mixing debut singles with Tom Fuller
*Fiction (Offmodern) mixing news single with Jim Anderson
*Gold Future Joy Machine mixing album tracks with Donald Clark & Paul Hollingsworth
*Headspace mixing debut single with Donald Clark
*Joe McAdam mixing tracks for forthcoming album with Donald Clark

FEBRUARY NEWS

24/02/2010

FEBRUARY'S FEATURED STUDIOS
HEAR NO EVIL, LONDON SW6 
  
 
Tucked away down a small private mews near Earls Court's Exhibition Centre, Hear No Evil recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Studio owner and multi award winning music and scoring engineer Steve Parr tells us about his studio and clients.
   "Since the late '80s I've recorded and mixed music for well over 600 films as well as TV series like Prime Suspect, Silent Witness, CSI, Cranford and Lark Rise To Candleford. In 1990 we installed a Euphonix CS console, ideal for this type of work and arguably the best analogue console for surround sound mixing with instant recalls. We have a large control room capable of accommodating all the clients, composers, directors, producers and editors who invariably turn up to our sessions and I am always on hand to engineer or assist. That way if anyone is unfamiliar with the Euphonix I can handle the technical aspects myself, freeing them up to concentrate on performances. After 20 years working here I know what the room can do, the best mic placements and the logistics of running a complicated session, but I'm always happy to try new ideas if time and budget allow!

  "We also welcome more 'typical' studio sessions. Our large, bright live room is acoustically flat across all frequencies, with space for up to 30 musicians. Strings sound great recorded here and the acoustics of the room enhance the sound without producing the longer reverb tails associated with a larger room. We offer ProTools, Logic, Digital Performer, Nuendo, Cubase and Radar recording, live rhythm track recording and string/orchestral overdubbing. We also have a Yamaha C6 Grand Piano, a Hammond B3 and Leslie and the live room lends itself particularly well to video shoots of which we've done a great number.
 "At Hear No Evil we pride ourselves on our ability to work quickly and accurately. Each project is discussed thoroughly with the client beforehand, test files are sent over and we check and set everything up in advance to prevent delays caused by avoidable technical hitches. As for the future, we are increasingly being booked to mix music in 5.1 or to add overdubs to music originating from Producers' own studios. We will continue to tailor our services so that our clients can work efficiently and flexibly within their budgets."
 To contact Hear No Evil click here.
 
HILTONGROVE MASTERING 
 
  
 
Located in a quiet, cobbled mews in East London, Hiltongrove is run by mastering engineer David Blackman who, since 1986, has worked on thousands of releases for artists including Coldplay, Keane, The Bluetones, Echo & The Bunnymen and David McAlmont.
  After a recent corporate rebrand including a new logo, website and wall mural, David gives us a brief summary of the studio, "Our main mastering room is a large daylit space which was designed by Sir Clive Kenan and can easily accommodate six people. Analogue processing includes gear from Prism, DAV Electronics, Chiswick Reach and a Barry Porter custom EQ built along the lines of the famous Trident equalisers. We use a TC Electronic System 6000 for the majority of digital processing and a SADiE PCM 8 workstation sits at the end of the chain for audio capture and editing. Monitoring is provided by a pair of B&W Nautilus 801s and various Cedar processes are available for audio restoration.
  "We also offer exceptional turnaround times on short-run CD and DVD duplication. Paper parts can be printed on site using high quality image disc printers to provide full colour thermal print or simple black text on-bodies."
 
There are also two longterm dry hire rooms available for rent within the studio complex.

 

JANUARY NEWS

27/01/2010

JANUARY'S FEATURED STUDIOS
ANGELIC STUDIOS, NORTHANTS
   

Stunning, residential SSL Studio, built in 2009 and set in beautiful countryside near Banbury, Northamptonshire. Owned and run by producer and former Jamiroquai keyboardist and songwriter, Toby Smith.
   The spacious Sam Toyashima control room features the SSL 8072 G+ console, complete with Total Recall and Ultimation, previously located in Townhouse Studio 2, a Pro Tools HD3 rig, Apogee convertors and three 192 interfaces. Monitors include ATC SCM200s, Barefoot MicroMain 27s and Yamaha NS10s powered by Quad and ATC amps. Outboard is extensive and includes vintage Neve mic preamps (1084s, 1100s and 33114s). Full equipment spec can be found here.
   Angelic is a fully residential studio designed to accommodate up to 8 people on-site. For further details or for bookings enquiries please click here.

FABRICAUDIO, PIRAEUS,GREECE
    

FabricAudio is a post-production, rehearsal and recording studio located in Piraeus, Athens and housed in a privately owned building near the docks of Greece's main port. Owned and managed by Nikolas and Jordan Pamouktsoglou, FabricAudio provides professional music recording and post production film services.  It is also an events management company and a record label in its own right.
   Nikolas tells us, "The centrepiece of FabricAudio's business is our recording studio. The 50sq m live room with variable acoustics and 44sq m control room are able to accommodate any music recording or video post-production project. The heart of the control room is our Euphonix-Artist console complemented by Apogee convertors and a collection of mic pre-amps, EQs and compressors. The live room offers a wide selection of valve amp heads and cabinets, new and vintage keyboards, a classic upright piano, a drum kit and a wide range of microphones.
   FabricAudio also offer a mastering service in partnership with Odeon Mastering, Athens. For more details and contact information about all of FabricAudio's services please click here.

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