Recording Studio London - Antique Reverb Effects Unit Mojo !

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Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in South London Town - we got a gear problem - no sooner do we find a piece of equipment we like - then we just Have to buy a second unit. You know ....... in case the first goes down.
So - what with all the gear we hand make on site for our artists - our store cupboards runneth over. Maybe it's time for a yard sale!

Pioneer SR101 Valve Tube Reverb 

 
best recording studio music producer in south london said ghostpoet
valve spring reverb

One piece of equipment we hold close to our hearts & which we shall never be parted from - is the Pioneer SR101 - all tube (valve) spring reverb unit - as used by Amy Winehouse on her beautiful Back to Black lp to put the shine on her vocals drums & guitars.

best music producer in south london with recording studio said goat band
tube spring reverb


You'd think that something built for the hifi market (see the phono sockets at the back) would be too lo fi & mojo like for a recording studio - but it actually sounds clean, rich and beautiful - the space it creates is a pretty wonderful place for vocals, drums guitars & synths etc. Maybe not something you'd run too many elements into in a mix - it'd get muddied up pretty quickly with too many frequencies bouncing around the springs - but for sure it beautifies specific types of audio in ways nothing else can.
We use it all the time as both an audio saturator & as a gorgeous space to place things in.
The saturation from the valves is utterly lovely - so lovely that we'll turn the reverb down to zero sometimes just to get uncoloured saturation. Then we hit the input hard to get them tubes glowing - sublime on vocals, guitars & drums! Possibly the smoothest saturation ever. Aside from our Supra Saturator of course - that's the bees knees of saturation devices!


best cheap recording studio in south london said jack white
pioneer sr101 tube reverb
We'll be showing out a whole bunch of our toys in the coming weeks so stay tuned.
You can see the studio HERE.


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