Caledonian Recordings

Caledonian Recordings
Here at Caledonian Recordings we welcome
musicians from every corner of our world.
We believe that music is universal
and has no borders or boundries.
Music can unite all of mankind
and is therefore a gift to us all.
Songwriters
Bring your musical ideas to reality and let us create your own unique sound for you. Sing us your song (and play guitar or piano if you do) - and we'll do the rest! We can add drums and percussion, guitar, bass and strings, even backing vocals if your song requires it. We will produce, arrange, mix and master your tune on to a CD so that you can go away happy in the knowledge that your track is a unique production that's never been heard before.
Even if your musical ideas are little more than a few songs that have previously been written and performed by someone else - bring those song ideas with you. We will analyze the contents and draw from it new ideas and inspiration for you to have a truly new production that you can call your own.
CD mastering to your finished product is included at no extra charge.

Promotion
We also promote artists via our website and can offer listeners the chance to purchase CD's directly from us. At Caledonian Recordings we are currrently promoting bands and artists from all over the world and we strongly believe that music has no borders and is truly universal.
Other Services
Film, television and radio commercial theme & background music production.
Voice-Overs
Cassette transfers to CD
Tape hiss & vinyl restoration/reduction
Whatever your needs are we here at Caledonian Recordings will do our best to satify you. We take pride in what we do and we will not let you go home until your happy with the finished product.
Our aim is your happiness in our service.
Studio & Equipment
The heart of the studio is Steinberg's Cubase SX-3 audio and midi recording and editing system.
Microphone input (SE Electronics, IMG, Audio-Technica, Shure SM57/58, etc.) passes through a Behringer MX-9000 48 track mixing console directly into 4 Audiophile 24/96 PCI Digital Recording Interfaces, and then to hard-disk, as a digital WAV file.
Guitar input is DI'd into the Behringer console through a Line 6 Pod Pro, second guitar goes through a Line 6 Pod XT Live, bass guitar & keyboard go through a Behringer Bass V-Amp Pro.
Individual parts are recorded separately (drums, then bass, guitars/keyboards, then main vocals, backing vocals, lead instrument solos) to maintain control over the mix.
Individual parts are then edited and then mixed together to create the overall song.
For voice-overs, multiple takes of the narrative may be seamlessly merged together. All editing, effects processing, equalization & mixing is carried out using Cubase SX-3 & remains fully within the digital domain.
Mastering of the mixed material, to enhance the loudness/punch of the overall sound, is carried out using Sequoia, and the finalized WAV files are burnt to CD-R.