Location:
10/59 Hudson Road, Spotswood (15 mins from the CBD).
Hours of operation:
From 12pm, 7 days a week.
Tell us about the history of your studio.
When designing our studio, we wanted to be able to track a live band playing a gig on our stage or in our bar and be able to give them a release quality product. This is why we consider our studio unique. We have the capability of recording a live gig with a studio quality production. The reason we say unique is that while the band is performing on our stage the music is fed back up into our control room and tracked and mixed by one of our in house engineers or producers on the same night. Therefore, what you end up with is a live recording which would be suitable for release. If you were after the more traditional side of recording we also have packages to suit most budgets with access to some of Australia best producers.
What are your studios digital and/or analogue capabilities for recording?
We have a great new console we have imported from England from our friends over at Allen & Heath. It’s the Gsr-24M which is a 24 channel analogue fully automated desk. This is the centrepiece of our Control Room. This gives us great freedom to use it as a DAW controller and use it to get that great analogue mix. As well as this we have loads of great outboard gear and mics available. If we don’t have it, we will outsource it.
How many rooms does the studio include and what are they ideal for?
Our Recording Studio is made up of three rooms which are all monitored by camera that feed back into our Control Room. We also have a tracking room with its own isolated booth and a live stage area that is ideal if you are after the huge live drum take.
What recording gear is available to use?
Our console is the Allen & Heath GS-R24M, we use an iMac 27″ 2.93GHz i7 16 GB RAM with ProTools, Logic Pro and Ableton. We also run Yamaha NS10 near field monitors and Event 3 Way. The outboard gear we run includes an Avalon VT-737SP, Universal Audio 4-710d, Universal Audio LA-610 MkII, Universal Audio 1176LN, Warm Audio WA76 (1176 clone), Focusrite Platinum Voicemaster Pro, Focusrite ISA One, Silver Tube Ultragain T1953, Avid Eleven Rack, ART Pro Audio 6 x 2 (headphone amps). We also have a huge selection of Condensor and Dynamic Microphones including Rode, Neumann, AKG and Shure to name a few. We have a huge library of plug-ins from Waves and UAD to boot!
Are there any instruments available to use or hire whilst recording?
Yes, we have Fender, Gibson, EVH, Maton and Yamaha guitars, alongside Lakland and Music Man basses. We have a a few Marshall, Fender, Engl and Ampeg amps alongside Pearl drums.
Who are your in-house engineers and what is their experience?
Our in-house Producer is Danny Simcic, who first came to prominence as the drummer/composer/producer of the internationally successful band Real Life, who had a string of hits selling well over 3 million records worldwide. Danny has worked with many prominent record producers including Steve Hillage (Simple Minds) David Holman (Bush, No Doubt) Peter Henderson (Supertramp) Ross Fraser (John Farnham) and Paul Wiltshire (Delta Goodrem, Guy Sebastian, Human Nature). Danny has also played drums as a session musician with M People, Kim Wilde, Taylor Dane, Kids In The Kitchen and Dave Evans (AC/DC).
Extras worth mentioning: We pride ourselves on our excellent service and a central location – easy to access from anywhere in the Melbourne metropolitan area and surrounding suburbs. There are over 20 onsite car parking spaces available and it is only a two minute walk from the railway station. Our location is close to all amenities, with the local shopping strip as well as the Spotswood Hotel nearby.
Phone: (03) 9391 3444
Website: soundcitymelbourne.com
Email: [email protected]
