New Equipment Upgrades at Retreat Recording Studios, Brighton

Our spotlight on new equipment shifts back to the south coast of England this week, where the Retreat Recording Studios just outside of Brighton has been busy with the following purchases and installations…

1) The guys at Retreat have installed four EMI REDD series style vintage valve pre amplifier: two of which are much like the V72s included in the early REDD mixing desks; the other two are like the REDD.47 modules which EMI engineers subsequently built themselves.

2) They have installed a Heritage Audio 1073 DMP, a high quality clone of the original 1073 modules (with 3 input stages) in a stereo module (2 channels).

3) Next up is the inclusion of an oak desk resulting in more rack space to be able to house new equipment and generally make the control room more ergonomic and space-efficient.

4) Lastly, The Retreat now features Mitsubishi inverter air-conditioning in the control room and second live room, which is super quiet. Just in time for those summer sessions by the sea…

Find out more on The Retreat Recording Studios by visiting www.miloco.co.uk/retreat.