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Music Producer Mix Engineer IR IR's

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  Music Production Impulse Response IR's Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we don't only mix some of the finest music the world has to offer ( Baba Ali + B&B )- we are also developing Impulse Responses from our huge collection of Mixers / Eq's / Mastering Saturators etc - so that producers all around the planet can use our sound in their productions. Cause it's a Big, Beautiful sound y'all !! We started out making IR's for our Alice 828 mixer:   Which you can hear Here:   Then we added our amazing Mini Guitar Amp Saturator:      ...which you can hear Here: And now we have included the Superbeautiful Orban 622 mixing & Mastering Eq.  Which - yep... you can hear Here:   All of which you can purchase Here you lucky things! Now Go Forth & Create Stupendous & Beautiful Audio! Another Solid Shrunkenheads Production!

ShStudios - Mixing Baba Ali's New Music Release !

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 Baba Ali New Music Here at the Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we do a Lot of editing, mixing , & producing for bands locally & across the globe! It's been nearly 2 years since I mixed Baba Ali's breakout single " House " - that got him 6 weeks of radio rotation & half a million spotify plays! Now we've done it again - Black & Blue is out today on the Zen FC label - already getting airtime.     Baba has always had a fascination for classic funk & electronic music ( from Parliment Funkadelic to Grace Jones & All points in between) but his vocal melodies & lyrics come from the alt dance / rock scenes - and it works! What we end up with is a melting pot of musical forms that not only make you think - makes your body move too. So head over to your fave music platform ( Spotify - Amazon Music - Apple Music - Tidal - Deezer etc - or listen to it HERE ) & Put some Dance in your Pants!     Mixed, Made & Produced wit

ShStudios - creating Software from Hardware for your DAW !!

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  Alice 828 Mixer - Mixing Desk Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London - we been busy busy busy! We finished producing Songdogs new lp - recorded mixed & mastered a coupla ep's for new up&coming bands - produced Baba Ali's new dual track single out on Yard Acts Zen Fc label Feb 18th - & now we're digitizing all our fabulous hardware - turning it into super high quality impulse responses (IR'S) - which you can drop into any convolution player software - et voila - you'll have a piece of the studio right there in your session!   Impulse Response  All our IR's have been created from a music mixing & production perspective - we havn't done what all other developers do & copy a piece of hardware & hope it sounds right - we mix music for a living - & we're at the top of our game mixing for clients worldwide - what we develop - we use. All our IR's will beautify and clarify your music - the line channels will

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

Recording Vocals - Mic Preamps

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  http://www.shrunkenheadstudios.com Microphone Pre's for vocals Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we have approximately 120 different mic preamps - from super old (1940's) valve / tube pre's to modern day superfast broadcast models. Why? you might ask. Because we Freakin Care - that's why. All musicians need proper looking after, drummers need to know their kit sounds incredible from the thump of the kick to the splish of the hats. Bass players need to know their low end & presence are solid, complete & tucked in. Guitarists need to know their chops & dalliances are tracked to perfection & Classical combo's need to be sure their textures & tones have the richness & poignancy the piece deserves. Above all though - vocalists need special care & attention to detail to capture themselves within the moment - & as all singers have different timbres & voicings - to properly attend to that - you need d

Music Mixing & Mastering

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Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town – we make some mighty fine rekkids – & for all types of people – we recently had Tugboat Captain in recording their new 6 track ep – january 2021 brought in a London/Dublin punk band “Sister Ray” …… on the up & up they is! Noisy too! Both these bands had one thing in common – they mix their audio themselves. Might seem a bit foolish not to employ an industry pro to do that for ya – but folks like to give stuff like mixing a try – see what they come up with – & sometimes – it’s good enough to release – so long as its’ mastered properly – & that’s where we come back in.  Mastering Music & Audio A lot of audio engineers try mastering - but it's one of those jobs you really need the right tools for - you find that out the hard way! Anyone can buy a good quality audio interface like This - but that's just the start - you need a treated environment - really good monitors - and good ears! Then you need som