RECORDING

Our focus at TAD Studios (being musicians ourselves) is comfort, flexibility and ease of use. That's why we have gone to great lengths to make our studio as musician-friendly as possible, offering multiple options for bands and musicians alike.

Whether you want to record a full band-setup completely live in high quality, build your music up in layers or anything else, we are ready and committed to working with you in your desired workflow.

STUDIO FEATURES

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• 3 live rooms, 2 guitar booths and vocal booth

• Fully kitted-out control room with SSL desk and Neve / API Style Pre-amps

• Adam A8X monitors

• Nice range of condenser, ribbon and dynamic microphones

• Up to 6 separate stereo headphones mixes for musicians

• Large viewing screens in each room to maintain visual contact

• Apple TV and Bluetooth music streaming in each room

• Phone-app controllable LED lighting

• Kitchen area with tea making and cooking facilities

Each of our live rooms has 18 inputs and 6 stereo headphone outputs. Each room is routed directly to the control room, meaning signals can be patched to and from any area of the studio for maximum flexibility.

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Each room has a different sound for recording. Live room 1 is the most spacious, with a high ceiling and wooden flooring (perfect if you're looking for a big drum sound). Live room 2 is a "deader" sounding space with more acoustic absorption, and live room 3 is the "deadest" of the three spaces.

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Our vocal booth is padded with acoustic absorption for ultra-dry sounding vocal recording. The two guitar booths are also acoustic "dead spaces" for guitar amps, playable from any other room in the studio.

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There are large viewing screens in each room, enabling maintain visual contact between musicians during recording. Essential for keeping a sense of connection with your fellow band members, as well as being able to hear them. The screens are also Apple TV equipped, providing entertainment for kick-back and relax periods.

We have taken an analogue / digital hybrid approach with our control room, with an SSL Nucleus desk at the heart and range of vintage style pre-amps on offer. Monitoring is via our beautiful sounding Adam A8X monitor speakers, with KRK Rokit and vintage hi-fi speakers for alternative ways to listen back to mixes.

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Another great feature is our Thermionic Culture Little Red Bustard, superb for injecting analogue tube warmth and saturation into our mixes.

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Rather than leave musician's monitoring as an afterthought, we have provided up to 6 separate stereo headphone mixes from the control room, which are patch-able to any room. Combined with Senheiser HD280 headphones with great bass response, musicians will be able to hear all instruments clearly and not struggle to hear themselves.

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