The Parlour Recording Studio

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“Major label sound at a fraction of the cost”

“Major label sound at a fraction of the cost”

Welcome to The Parlour, Northamptonshire's premier recording and production studio. The Parlour features state of the art equipment and acoustics. Our air-conditioned control room is equipped with an Audient ASP8024 analogue console and some of the finest outboard available. This perfectly compliments our industry standard ProTools HD3 Accel digital recording and editing system. The combination of analogue sound and digital freedom is unrivalled. The studio also features a large, great sounding live room, vocal booth and artist's lounge. Remember, a superb recording does not have to cost a fortune.
The Parlour Recording Studio

Control room

Measuring 15 by 14 feet, the control room is both spacious and acoustically designed to ensure your mixes sound great both in the studio and when you get your CD home. The control room is totally isolated from the other rooms and features air conditioning and fresh air replacement to ensure your comfort.

Live Room

Our large live room (23 by 20 feet) can accommodate large groups of musicians. The acoustics in this room are superb and this really makes a difference to the recording. In the lively end of the room drums sound huge and vibrant and the dead end provides a more intimate sound. The room is fully isolated from the control room and the outside world and features a floating, wood floor, fresh air replacement and views of both the isolation booth and the control room.

Isolation booth

The booth has been designed to be acoustically dead. It measures 10 by 6 feet and features a floating, wood floor and views of both the control room and the live room.

Artists Lounge

To ensure maximum comfort, our clients can have full use of our lounge area. The lounge features a fully fitted kitchen with fridge/freezer, microwave and kettle. Also included is a full size pool table and games console.

Equipment

Mixer:

Audient APS8024 80 channel analogue console. Features 14 auses, 24 multi-track busses, 8 groups and an SSL style buss compresser.

Recording:

ProTools HD3 Accel

Apple Mac Pro 3Ghz

2 Lynx Aurora's clocked with and Apogee Big Ben giving 32io.

Monitors:

JBL Mains

Dynaudio BM6a's

Mic Pre’s:

API 3124 (4 API Preamps, world-class – unbeatable for drums and electric guitar)
(2) Amek PurePath (2 World-class, British preamps designed by Rupert Neve)
(2) SPL Channel One (Lovely tube preamp, compressor and EQ, superb for vocals)
(32) Audient preamps

Dynamics:

Crane Song HEDD

(2) Universal Audio 1176’s (World class compressors, no studio should be without a couple of these!)
(2) Amek (Nice little comps from the legend, Rupert Neve)
DBX 160x (Another classic, excellent on snare and bass)
SPL Kultube (Stereo tube compressor)
SPL Dynamaxx (Little known box, superb on drums – think SSL type of compression)
Drawmer Gates
TubeTech CL1B (A Classic, one of the very best)

EQ:

Avalon AD2055 (Class-A Mastering EQ)

(2) Amek PurePath (The EQ on these is fantastic, Neve designed analogue EQ)
SPL EQ

Reverb/Effects:

Lexicon PCM91
Kurzweil Rumour
Digitech Quad (Used mainly for delay)
Zoom 1201 (Dirty little box, for dirty little effects!)

Microphones:

Neumann U87
(2) AKG C414
Beyer M201

AT 3050
Rode NTK
Rode NT1
AKG D112
Shure SM7
(2) Beyer M160 Ribbons
(4) Shure SM57
(2) Shure SM58
Shure Beta 58
(2) Shure Pencil Condenser’s
PZM Boundary Mic

Computer:

2.4 GHZ Athlon, 512 MB memory, XP Pro

Synths:

Roland XV3080 and various soft synths

Instruments:

Premier drum kit with choice of top of the range snares
Line 6 and fender amps
Fender Telecaster
Takamini Acoustic guitar
Fatar Studio 900 Master Keyboard

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