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The Brook Recording Studios

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Based on the outskirts of Redditch 'THE BROOK' is a music haven. Offering professional quality studio recordings and production in a relaxed home from home type enviroment.
We can also organise video production, website design, artwork design & cd duplication to see your project all the way through from start to finish.
Being in bands ourselves we know how the cost of recording can be crippling, because of this (and because we're just generally nice guys!) we not only offer great rates for all our individual facilities but also package deals...
Anyway take a listen to some of Dave's work here on our myspazz and drop us a line if there's anything you want to know!! And remember...
Rock out with your Cock out!!!
e-mail us at [email protected]
SOME OF THE STUDIO GEAR:
The Computer
The brains of the operation... it has a keyboard & a mouse & Dual 19" TFT Monitors.... or if you're a bit more technical minded its a CARILLON Custom Built Audio PC with 3.2GHz Dual Intel processors, 2GB RAM and more memory than a whole family of elephants!! For software we run CUBASE 5 with a massive amount of additional plug-ins giving you all the effects you could ever dream of!! And on top of that is the TC ELECTRONICS POWERCORE DSP Card which runs even more top end plug-ins & MASTER X3 to get your CD sounding like all the commercial releases in the shops!!
The Desk
Every studio needs a nice big console at the heart of it, ours is the Eurodesk MX9000 24 channel 8 buss anologue console with 4-band semi-parametric EQ, 6 Auxs, Mix B (Allowing 48 channels at Mixdown) and loads of other buttons & flashy lights!!
Some of the Outboard
MOTU 896HD Audio Interface, gets all those tracks in and out of the computer using some kind of black magic!?!?
Alesis AI-3 AD/DA Converter
TL Audio 5051 Valve Channel strip to add that lovely warm valve sound to your vocal, guitar or even didgeridoo part..
Focusrite Voicemaster Channel Strip, Discrete Class A Mic-Pre (we reckon the A stands for awesome) with optical compressor, expander, gate, de-esser & EQ! Its like a whole studio in one box!
Focusrite Platinum Trackmaster Mic-Pre
Reverbs & Effects by Alesis, Tc Electronics & Zoom
Mics from AKG, Audio-Technica, SE Electronics, Shure & T-Bone
M-Audio 49e keyboard controller, 49 full size, weighted, keys for controlling all our soft synths and virtual instruments!
Monitors
KRK RP8's as main monitors, they just sound wicked enough said!
Tannoy Reveal 5A's, Very accurate nearfield monitors to make sure we get the balance of your mix just right! But of course not many people listen to cd's on studio quality speakers so we also have a set of hi-fi speakers and a little sony boom box all wired up to check the mix sounds as good as possible no matter what you listen to it on!
And Finally... The Engineer
Having played in bands since about the age of 14 Dave has toured the country playing live aswell as having a couple of label releases and has done live sound engineering for more signed and unsigned bands than he can remember! Learning his studio trade from working at Noisegate Studios in Leamington Spa & alongside top producers such as Dan Sprigg (Lostprophets, Bring Me the Horizon & Cradle of Filth) & Michael Raphael (Busted & McFly)
He takes his coffee with lots of milk & 3 sugars!! =)
You can also take full advantage of our chill out area with DVD Player & Xbox complete with the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Mega Collection!!!!
We also offer PA HIRE based around a 2.5K Rig complete with engineer for £150!!!
PA GEAR:
Mackie Passive 2 x 18" Bass Bins
Mackie Passive 2 x 15" Tops
2.5K QSC Amp (FOH)
Peavey Monitoring (3-way Mix)
Mackie Desk and use of studio outboard (FX, Dynamics...)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/09/2006
Band Website: Under-Construction
Band Members: Dave Humphries - Producer/Engineer/
Songwriter

Dan Tillsley - Video Production/Editing

Some bands we've worked with in the studio & live:

MAS Records
The Return
We Are Pilots
Kimberly Southwick (X-Factor)
Salvatore Leone
Man Over Board
Regis
Chevron
The Yes Men
The Midnight Garden Burial
The Foundation State
Caspidge
Identity (Japanese Single)
This Girl
Midasuno
Drazen
Breakaway Charlie
Keiko
Three Years Hiding
My Girl Sleeps
Secretly Soulmates
Blackthorne Theatre
I AM the DOOR
DeathIsNotWelcomeHere

Sounds Like: the songs in the player....
Record Label: Unsigned

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3 DAYS FOR THE PRICE OF 2 !!!!!

Throughout the summer (June - August) The Brook Studios is offering 3 days recording for the price of 2!! Thats just £400 for 3 days to record a professional 3 or 4 track EP!!For more information cont...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 02:27:00 GMT