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Studio oddities 1 - How to Make friends & Influence People

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Recording Studio London Life ! Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we don't just make some of the finest sounding records - we help to mould them - by introducing our artists to various noise & sound generating equipment. This could be anything from recording tuning forks at half speed to generate spooky & odd harmonics to poking mics out of upper story windows & recording street noise & traffic to record interesting loops. Or ..... it could be old forgotten instruments - like the Casio range of digital guitars - recently used by Flight of the Concords - to great effect!! Recording studio toys - don't matter the cost if it's cool ! We were lucky enough to pick this one up - & it's already been used on a track by a very well known artist! It's packed with pcm sounds which maybe don't sound so good when played on a keyboard: Classic recording studio equipment But the odd way the strings react to p

Eyecrophone - Electromagnetic Microphone - Record the Whispers of the Universe!

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 Recording Studio London Life ! Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London Town - texture plays a key part in all our productions - it may be a Japanese post punk band looking for slowed down traffic noise to add girth to the verses - it may be an Electro artist looking to track authentic sounding Soul to add to their palette - or it may be an alt. folk songstress searching the universe for random voices to enhance or gell their repertoire ..... so what do we here at ShrunkenheadsStudios do? - We research & make stuff bespoke for our artists - that's what we do! Here's our latest & greatest venture into audio experimentation - SHS's own Eyecrophone!  Eyecrophone Recording studio microphones - funky is good !  Hand made at the studio - it picks up electromagnetic information from ipads , phones , computers & other electronic devices - it's quite odd hearing what your phone is thinking - especially when you go online & c

To Tape - or Not To Tape?

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 Recording Studio London Life ! Here at the Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we do try to rise to every occasion, so when we have repeated requests to reinstall our amazing Soundcraft one inch \ eight track multi channel tape recorder - well - couldn't say no could we. So - here she is in all her full Analog Glory!! Recording studio tape recorder machine There are of course tape hire costs & machine maintenance costs  (£40.00 & £55.00 respectively) - but the beauty of the sound far outweighs any extra £Poundage. It sounds as gorgeous with any of our vintage tube microphone preamps as it does with our modern solid state units on all sound sources - drums / keys / guitars / bass / vocals - & we're now officially the biggest recording geeks in London Town! You can see the studio HERE :