What’s better than a new UK studio addition by the sea? a new RESIDENTIAL UK studio addition by the sea!
Big Jelly Studios is a fantastic affordable new residential writing and recording studio located in Ramsgate, on the Kent Coast, just over an hour from Central London. Housed in a converted chapel, the studio was completely renovated in 2014 by producer/engineer/artist Mike Collins (formerly of Soup Studios) and producer/engineer Al Harle.
The studio is comprised of 4 large performance areas, complete with various booth and iso room options, dual control rooms, lounge/dining area, full kitchen and bathroom, and on-site bedroom with 5/6 beds.
Big Jelly is centred around the studio’s stunning double height live room, accessed through the original arch doors and with the full height chapel ceiling, allowing loads of natural light to pour in. While the roof may look original it has been fully re-structured to bear the load of soundproof materials and finished with an arch to restore the building’s natural acoustics.
The live room is home to a 10 ft Elysian Concert Grand Piano, Hammond C3 with Leslie, Fender Rhodes and much more. Next door are two decent size booths, enhancing the flexibility for tracking live projects, as well as Big Jelly’s main control room, featuring a D&R Marilon Console, Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, NS10’s and Adam A77x Active Monitors. Control room B is a networked room with the capability to record in any of our spaces.
The rear of the building is where you will find the self-catered on site accommodation, with an adorable spiral staircase leading up to the bedroom, a cosy room with 5 beds and plenty of natural light. This is a great option for bands on a budget, but there are also many local B&Bs to make use of if you’re after more space.
Priced at £350/day including assistant and accommodation, Big Jelly has to be one of the most affordable and unique studios around, with many attractive selling features. Located in a lively and creative town, five minutes walk from Ramsgate station, ten minute walk from the beach, character, on-site parking, character, affordability, and passionate and dedicated team of staff – what more could you ask for?
With decades of experience in the music and recording industry, Mike and Al have put their wisdom to good use, creating not only an incredibly inspiring and creative space, but one that makes artists feel relaxed and welcome. Just ask artists like Pete Doherty, Metronomy, and Mike Smith from Gorillaz, all of whom have had the pleasure of recording here.
Don’t wait for the summer, snap up the chance to book a session in this gorgeous seaside studio with one of the best rates around!
Posted in Uncategorized |After we rang in 2018 we wasted no time in adding to our impressive array of US based studios, with Orbit Audio. Located in the heart of Seattle, Orbit Audio has been proudly owned and operated since 1995 by producer, songwriter, and artist Joe Reineke. Over the past two decades Joe has turned Orbit into one of the finest recording studios in Washington State, alongside a handpicked team of passionate recording and mixing engineers.
Inside Orbit you will find Studio A, a large live room that is home to a Mehlin & Sons grand piano, hammond organ, a wide array of mics, synths, drums and much more.
Attached to the live room is a comfortable isolation booth, which has plenty of space for vocal recording or guitar amps, and Studio A’s control room. The control room is centred around a 56-channel SSL G series desk, complemented by an Avid HDX system with Pro Tools, preamps, EQs, and dynamics from some of the industry’s leading brands. In addition to the latest digital gear, Orbit can also cater for analogue projects with their 24-track Studier A800 and Ampex tape machine.
For taking breaks or indulging in a vinyl passion, Orbit’s comfortable lounge is the perfect spot for relaxing between breaks and perusing the owner’s massive record collection. Plus you get to play with the studio’s 8 week old puppy, Domino!
With 20 years’ experience working in the studio both in front of and behind the desk as an engineer, songwriter and guitarist for bands such as No Doubt, Garbage, Green Day, and The Killers, Joe knows that a great studio takes more than just rooms and gear.
Combining skill, passion and a welcoming attitude, the team at Orbit are able to make every artist feel at home, artists like Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Vance Joy, and Lil Yachty, all of which have had the pleasure of recording at Orbit.
Surrounded by the history and culture of Seattle’s Pioneer neighbourhood, with plenty of nearby accommodation options, Orbit Audio is the perfect studio location for your next project.
Posted in Uncategorized |New studio directory addition Love Electric comes with the tagline, “built by creatives, for creatives” and we can’t help but agree!
The boutique vintage-inspired tracking studio can be found tucked away in the leafy streets of North London’s Islington. A two-studio facility Love Electric comprises of a large live room and attached control room with excellent visibility and plenty of space.
The main live room is a fully sound treated room with wooden floors, and space to fit up to 12 string players or bands of up to eight. Here you will find not one but two Bosendorfer grand pianos, including one used by Elton John and Tina Turner.
A studio that specialises in live band tracking, Love Electric has an additional ISO area and recording booth for tracking and instrument isolation, as well as a private studio and recreation area for clients to relax in during sessions.
The studio’s control room is based around a Universal Audio Apollo system, where you will also find a wide selection of preamps, and monitoring from Focal, Yamaha, JBL and Auratone.
Despite being a boutique studio, the equipment list is anything but! The comprehensive selection of instruments and backline include vintage drum kits, two Bosendorfer grand pianos, vintage keyboards, synths, guitars, amps – you name it, they’ve got it.
As creatives and musicians themselves, the Love Electric team are well equipped to provide artists and producers with the utmost flexibility, as well as a unique environment that bring together modern recording methods and the character and warmth of classic vintage equipment.
View the full studio page here and contact our bookings team to enquire about booking a session, with very reasonable rates starting from £350 a day including an engineer.
Posted in Uncategorized |Please help us welcome the amazing Decoy Studios to our directory this month. The creation of award-winning producer and engineer Cenzo Townshend, Decoy is a lovely secluded studio located in the picturesque English countryside, in Suffolk.
Decoy Studios is a dual facility with one half of the building home to a private and self-contained Recording Suite, complete with its own live room, control room and vocal booth, aka The Library, as well as a kitchen and living space. The right side of the building is where you will find Cenzo’s Mix Suite. As Cenzo’s own studio, the mix room is mostly occupied with his own projects, however all spaces are available for sessions subject to availability.
To create this incredible space, Cenzo enlisted the help of studio designer David Bell from White Mark to bring his studio dreams into fruition. The self-contained recording suite’s live room is at the building’s centre, benefitting from lots of natural light, lake views, amazing acoustics, and a great array of instruments and gear. The attached Control Room A is centred around an Audient ASP8024 Heritage Edition Console, and features 16 vintage Neve Mic amps, impeccable monitoring, and a host of outboard. The Library, named for its wall of books, is primarily a vocal booth but can also be used as an isolation room for guitars, drums or voiceovers.
The Mix Suite is centred around a 56 channel SSL-G console and more outboard than you can poke a stick at. Undoubtedly one of the best equipped mix rooms around, the studio also features monitoring from Yamaha, Amphion and Focal.
Located just an hour away from London, this is the perfect countryside retreat for artists wanting to escape to some peace and quiet while remaining in easy reach of the city. Alternatively there are a host of great accommodation options nearby for those wanting to insert themselves in this beautiful country setting for the duration of their session.
With a high-end construction, beautifully light spaces and boutique vibe, Decoy truly provides a unique recording experience that has catered for the likes of The Maccabees, George Ezra, Rat Boy, Ed Sheeran, Jamie T and many more.
Book your session in with our bookings team before the dates get snapped up!
Posted in Uncategorized |We love adding studios to our directory from all corners of the world, and we are pleased to say we have recently added to our list of Thai studios with Studio28.
A brand new facility built in 2014, Studio28 is located in the heart of Bangkok, and provides a tranquil recording oasis in amongst the buzzing activity of the capital.
Studio28 is home to two studios that can cater for any type of setup. The monstrous Studio A is a large live room with the space and equipment fit for any size project, but is especially perfect for orchestral recording. Attached is a spacious control room centred around an SSL Duality Delta console, which also features plenty of outboard and other gear for clients to take advantage of.
Next door you’ll find Studio B, which is a smaller, but incredibly versatile room. The space has been developed to be able to record vocals, voice overs, ADR, as well as editing and mixing.
In addition to world-class facility, Studio28 provides clients with a welcoming and highly skilled team that allows artists total creative freedom and a comfortable environment to record in.
To plan your next Asian recording escape, contact the bookings team at bookings@miloco.co.uk.
Posted in Uncategorized |In case we didn’t shout about it enough already, last week we opened the doors of our SE1 studio complex HQ to the public for the premier Miloco Pro Audio Gear Showcase.
It was a great night with many new and familiar faces coming down to check out our new facelift and the new gear we had on offer. The event was a huge success, and we would like to thank all that attended – we truly believe we offered something very new in the trade/showcase format!
Special thanks must go to all of our partners on the event, including Sam Bath from SSL, Martin Warr from RME, Bryn Wildish at Audient, Simon Short from Focusrite, Gary Ash from Manley, Ian Down from PMC, Sam Simon Norris from Sony, Soyuz, Trinnov, API, Sontronics, Townsend Labs and Lauten. We were also very lucky to have Augspurger’s Managing Director Dave Malekpour attend all the way from California to launch the new Augspurger Treo 812 monitors in The Pool.
Highlights of the evening were the microphone and compressor shoot outs, each room was full to the rafters and full of rich conversation. It was our great pleasure to host the European launch of both the Sony C100 mic and Augspurger Treos along with the UK launch of the PMC Result 6.
Needless to say we’re really looking forward to our next event post Frankfurt Messe 2018!
Posted in Uncategorized |At the risk of making too may airline themed puns, please strap yourself in, get comfortable and enjoy this post with In Flight Music Group.
A “creative hub in downtown Los Angeles”, this gorgeous facility that delivers comfort and sonic excellence to each and every client that comes through its doors.
Surrounded by quintessentially LA palm trees and greenery and located a block from the Warner campus, In Flight is home to a large control room and attached lounge room which doubles as a writing room and ISO booth for recording, an additional artist lounge, and machine room.
The studio features a painstakingly restored Solid State Logic 8064G+ recording console, cutting-edge Dynaudio Mains that deliver the most incredibly clear and crisp sound. Here clients will also find all the gear they could need, including the top names in vintage and boutique signal processing, and an extensive microphone collection that would accommodate even the most demanding vocalist!
The team have In Flight have utilised the space’s industrial nature to create a studio that is cool and modern while remaining comfortable and relaxed, facilitating the workflow of the modern producer, songwriter and artist and stimulating their creativity.
In Flight is also the home away from home for a team of talented and music-obsessed producers, engineers and assistants who will go to any length to ensure clients needs are not only met, but exceeded. Explore the studio’s guide to the in-house and surrounding amenities artists can enjoy when recording at In Flight.
The technical expertise, envy-inducing gear spec and creative layout make In Flight a great studio option in the ever-growing creative arts district of downtown LA.
Explore the full studio page, and get in touch with our bookings team for all session enquiries.
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The nominees for the 2018 MPG Awards were released this week, and we are so pleased that so many of our colleagues and friends are being recognised for their incredible work over the past year.
Miloco-represented engineer Matt Wiggins has been nominated for Recording Engineer of The Year, sponsored by AMS Neve. Matt works in Paul Epworth’s The Church Studios, lending his talents to many of the projects recorded there, including Glass Animals’ How To Be A Human Being, which has been nominated for the Self-Producing Artist Of The Year and UK Album Of The Year awards.
Jake Gordon, engineer and producer managed by Pieces of 8, has been nominate for Breakthrough Engineer of The Year, sponsored by Genelec. Jake has become widely recognised for his engineering and mixing work on some of the biggest urban releases to come out of the UK, including Skepta’s Mercury Prize winning Konnichiwa, J Hus’ acclaimed debut Common Sense, and Dizzee Rascal’s triumphant return to the limelight, Raskit.
Miloco Studios is also very proud to be the sponsor’s of this ceremony’s Mastering Engineer Of The Year Award, which has nominated Barry Gint, Many Parnell and Matt Colton.
The 2018 MPG Awards will be held at Grosvenor House on Park Lane on March 1, 2018. Tickets for the 2018 MPG Awards are now on sale. For price information and bookings, please follow this link: http://www.mpg.org.uk/mpg-awards/2018-tickets/
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We are pleased to be hosting Miloco Gear‘s first ever Pro Audio Showcase open day! Hosted at our Bermondsey HQ, the day will be a rare chance to see the inside of a top London studio complex as we open our doors for product showcases, educational workshops and gear shoot outs.
The event, held on Thursday November 16, is completely free or charge – if you’d like to come along all you need to do is register on our Evenbrite page, which you can do here.
Starting the day, Audient and Focusrite RedNet will host an exclusive educational workshop in The Bridge from 11am to 4pm, demonstrating several setups that offer the ultimate in value, versatility and sound quality for your studio, institution or facility.
From 5pm onwards there will be numerous product showcases from many leading UK manufacturers and distributors accompanied by complementary drinks and snacks. Exhibiting on the day will be API, Augspurger, Audient, Focusrite, Dramastic, DPA, Manley, Sony, RME, Lauten, Trinnov, Soyuz, PMC and Townsend Labs.
The event also will host the European launch of the Augspurger Treo 812 monitors and the company’s MD, Dave Malekpour, will be on hand to explain why its speakers are the choice of luminaries such as Dave Pensado, Wisseloord Studios, Rafa Sardina and Rik Simpson. PMC will also be unveiling its Result 6 nearfield monitors for the first time in the UK and there will also be a very special UK debut from Sony.
Finally for gear lovers there will be some unique product shoots outs between classic and new microphones and compressors to find out how modern counterparts really do compare to vintage models. Attendees on the night also have the chance to win a day’s recording and mixing in Miloco’s Red Room and Livingston 2 studios.
To reserve your free ticket now to this essential studio open day please visit
eventbrite.co.uk/
(Open to over 18s only.)
Full Itinerary
11am-4pm Audient and Focusrite RedNet workshop
5pm Drinks and canapés
6pm Introducing the PMC Result 6
6.30pm Mic shoot out 1 – new brands on the block – Lauten vs Soyuz vs Sontronics
7pm Introducing the Sony C100 (TBC)
7.30pm Classic Buss Compressor shoot out – API vs Manley vs Dramastic
8pm Introducing the Augpsurger Treo 812
8.30pm Sony C800 shoot out
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We have recently added to our growing list of Berlin-based partner studios, this time with Schweiger Studios. Located in north Berlin’s Tegel neighbourhood, Schweiger is a brand new recording and mixing facility, having only opened its doors in April 2017.
The brainchild of founder and owner Grego Schweiger, the complex was created to specialise in analogue workflow and combines a carefully designed analogue environment and the most modern pro audio gear. With a comfortable live room, complete with grand piano, and attached control room with high visibility, the flexibilty of the equipment and the rooms make the studio interesting for pretty much every branch and genre of audio production.
The studio comprises of a 53sqm live room with two isolation booths and a 1968 Steinway & Sons Model D grand piano, which was a concert piano at the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall before moving to Berlin Tegel. For monitoring during recording sessions all recording rooms are connected to a Hear Back Pro monitoring system.
The attached control room is centred around a completely analog surround mixing console (64Ch) designed by Paul Wolff. It is the very first console of his new brand FIX Audio Designs and is based on the API 500 series, offering two 500 slots on each channel. All rooms can be operated from the office, which then turns into control room 2, with digital processing and guarenteed high end quality. Using this set up, it is possible to run recording and independent mixing sessions at the same time.
When it’s time for a break, Schweiger offers a spacious and comfortable lounge area for clients to relax and unwind, complete with fully-stocked bar, free wifi, and a PlayStation for a bit of extra escapism!
If you’re interested in booking a session at Schweiger, please contact our bookings team.
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