email: studio@spontinmusic.com
The Setting
The Spontin Music Studio is in an intimate setting, on a house boat moored in National Trust Forest on the River Orwell
There's a cosy lounge upstairs for the important liquid & herbal remedy breaks between sessions!
And great views into the woods and over the river for chilling out on deck...
The studio itself features 10 simultaneous live channels of multi-track hard disk recording into Cubase SL Version 2.0.
Or, any number of channels can be laid down individually and overdubbed, only constrained by the processing power of the Apple iMac
It's especially suitable for new bands who want to record their first demo.
The studio can cater for anyone from a solo performer to a full rock band so drop us an email and pop in anytime to check out the set up....
The studio offers the following set up:
Vocals:
2 x Shure SM 58 Vocal Mics.
Optional Alesis Sub-Mixer with built in effects.
2 x dB 100 Watt Powered Monitors.
Guitar Amplification:
Marshall 40 Watt, "Valvestate" Combo Amp.
Line 6 "Pod XT" Direct Injection Guitar Processor.
Bass Amplification:
Carlesbro 75 Watt Combo Bass Amp.
Line 6 "Bass Pod" Direct Injection Bass Guitar Processor
Keyboards:
Korg X5, 5 Octave Sensor Touch
Drums:
Roland TD3 'VDrums' - Electronic Drum Kit
Percussion:
Various tambourine's, bongo's, shakers and chimes.
Mixer:
Studiocraft Spirit M12. 12 Mono Channels, each with direct out, plus 4 Stereo Channels. 4 Auxilliaries.
Interface:
Mark Of The Unicorn 828 II Analogue to Digital converter.
Media:
Apple iMac hard disk recording
Software:
Cubase XL Version 2.0
Mastering
Cubase XL Version 2.0 Mastering
Rates start at £20/hour for a 10 hour day meaning that if you're well rehearsed a great quality demo can be produced for around £200.
My speciality though is LIVE RECORDING where it is possible to record, mix and master a whole album in a day for the same £200, if you're a well rehearsed act....
If you use my musical equipment the first hour will be charged as set up time.
If you use your own gear the setting up is done on the day and charged for the time it takes.
(I normally find mixing and mastering takes as long as the recording so to get an idea of total price for LIVE RECORDING estimate how long your set will take to get down and then double it).
Since the business started clients have included the following acts:
Tuscan Raiders (5 piece indie rock - my old band!)
The Rollocks (5 piece Rock band - featured below) - three times
The Smoking Hogs (4 piece blues band)
aflightoremember (solo acoustic singer song writer, Marc Newby) - twice
Grogan (4 piece alternative rockers)
Ominous (alternative rock band)
Metal Mouse (heavy metal two piece)
Lucky You (Indie 4 piece - now called "It's A Trap")
Andrew Marshall (solo acoustic/vocal)
Salt Shaker (blues duo)
mister christopher (solo acoustic/vocal) - "playing live in a room" - album details
< updated Sept 2009 >
Feel free to contact any of these artists to get an unbiased, fair testimonial (hopefully!)
To book studio time, or for any other queries please email:
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