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 facilities 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.
