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Recording Huge Guitars & Massive Drums

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  Recording studio london Big Bad Guitar Here at the coolest recording studio in London Town we produce all kinds of music & audio for all manner of clients. One thing they all need is quality sounds - for which we need some specific tools - names - good mics - & really good, top drawer mic preamps. We did have 96 different preamps & channel strips - but then we saw This little Doozer floating around the interweb: Phoenix Audio Neve mic Pre The DRS-Q4 is a masterpiece of audio engineering - looks like a Neve but has a much clearer more modern vibe - so delicious on drum overheads, guitars & vocals. The saturation this thing provides can make a vocal sit right in the mix from the get go. Amazing. It also makes guitars sound freakin Huge - especially running the audio through the eq - like stepping on gas for Sonics! Everything gets leaner, brighter & meaner. Big Badder Drum Recording JJ API Mic Pre We couldn't believe

Recording a Band Song Track in a Day !

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  Recording a Band Track in a Day                                  Here at the coolest recording studio in south London we work at all kindsa speeds - mainly the speed the artist we're working with wants to work at. Some folks need their stuff in a hurry - others want to take their sweet time. We just had the supercool post punk band Happy Science in to record their upcoming single - & boy what a banger it is. They needed the whole band recorded in a day - drums / bass / guitars (plus overdubs) & vocals - & all to our regular uber high standards! So as per - we set up the drums the day before to save the band some time - & within an hour had Fin test recorded & sounding his phenomenal self!                                                                             Drums Recording Recording Bass Guitar Next we ran the bass through a nice DI into a tube / valve eq which gently saturates the peaks & makes the bass more alive, and als