Equipment & Facilities

Expand information about our recording system, processing, facilities & microphones below:


We can capture your performance with the highest possible warmth & quality. There are 16 channels of simultaneous inputs, allowing a multitude of tracking combinations when working with ensembles. Great possibilities: record a live band as one, capturing a string quartet or record each element of your project separately to a click. Our comfortable live area has been fitted with professional acoustic treatment making it ideal for lots of styles of music.

1. Recording System: digital with warmth

  • Logic Audio Pro v8
  • Neve 1073 stereo mic / line preamp. Ultimate in warmth!!!
  • Custom Vintage 1960's preamp. Great valve overdrive feature.
  • MOTU 896 HD interface - clocked by HEDD
  • RME Octamic D - Analogue to Digital conversion
  • Apple Powermac G5 Dual 2.0 gHz 2GB RAM
  • Lots of Hard Drive space for large projects
  • Waves Gold package - top sonic quality for mixes
  • Sonalksis complete collection
  • Waves SSL - recreation of the classic 'big desk sound'
  • Native Instruments Guitar Rig
  • Convolution Reverbs: Space Designer & Waves IR-L
  • Celemony Melodyne: vocal / instrument tuning software

2. Processors & Monitoring

  • Neve 1073 stereo mic / line preamp. Ultimate in warmth!!!
  • Overstayer Stereo VCA Compressor Parallel compression function, very clean level correcting, or heavy pumping compression.
  • Empirical Labs Distressor flexible compressor / distortion (with british modification)
  • Avalon VT 737sp Clean sounding Mic Pre / EQ / Compressor
  • Cranesong HEDD 192 Tape saturation emulator / Hi-end AD/DA converter / digital clock
  • Klark Teknik DN-22 graphic equaliser
  • KRK V6 Main active monitors
  • Yamaha NS10m monitors - powered by Yamaha P3500S
  • Sennheiser HD-25 headphones
  • Sennheiser HD-280 headphones
  • Shure SRH840 headphones

3. Musical Instruments & Facilities

  • Yamaha upright piano.
  • Upright Acoustic Double Bass
  • Pearl Masters Custom Drum Kit
  • Zildjian Cymbals
  • Ampeg 8x10 Bass Cab with Hartke head
  • Fender De Ville Combo guitar amp
  • Wireless Internet with a fast connection
  • Kitchen Facilities including fridge and kettle
  • Comfortable Seating
  • XBOX 360 Live!
  • Air Conditioning
  • Toilets are available too!

4. Some of our Microphones

  • Condensers:
  • AT 4050 - variable polar pattern pair
  • sE4 Stereo Pair - sdc with stereo bar
  • Shure SM91b - boundary mic for kick drum
  • Dynamics:
  • Shure SM7b - high quality dynamic mic for vocals and instruments
  • Electrovoice RE-20 - zero proximity effect mic great for vocals and instruments
  • Shure SM57 - industry standard
  • AKG D112 - for low frequencies

Unit Studios, friendly staff that put your music first

Some of our outboard processing to add colour to your music.

Unit Studios, friendly staff that put your music first

The concert pitch Yamaha upright piano.

Unit Studios, friendly staff that put your music first

The Pearl Masters drumkit which is extremely well maintained.

Unit Studios, a comfortable recording studio giving you a cutting edge sound

Get comfortable in our air conditioned, well lit studio.

Unit Studios, a comfortable recording studio giving you a cutting edge sound

Clients are always happy with the effort we put into their projects!

Unit Studios, a comfortable recording studio giving you a cutting edge sound

Focus on your parts using great monitoring and purpose built acoustics.