Analogue recording, mixing and session studio
Welcome to the home of ap Studios, a studio fully equipped with vintage analogue gear and specialising in creating vintage music with techniques from that golden era of British music; 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s. We can take digitally recorded music and bounce to tape, add reverb and tape delay, mix through the Tascam M-30 analogue mixing board and onto reel-to-reel tape to add that authentic vintage warmth to your digital files utilising documented techniques used by The Beatles, Small Faces, The Kinks, David Bowie, The Doors and most other popular bands of that golden era. Continue below to discover the full studio set-up.
Get in Touch now to find out more
The Studio
The specially built studio is based in Sheffield, UK can be used remotely from anywhere in the world. Once you have your recordings done you just send your dry song tracks and we process them with delay, reverb and reel-to-reel giving you a finished song ready for mastering. Real tape vocal delays reminiscent of Lennon, Bowie, Pink Floyd and Donovan can elevate your music to another level while the spring reverb chamber creates a lush, warm and organic room sound blending your individual tracks into a coherent and professional song.
Read more…
The Gear
Our real 1950’s Challen upright piano will give you that Beatles Abbey Road piano sound recorded in stereo or mono and giving you that lush nuanced piano recording you just can’t get from digital plugins.
Find out the story behind that purchase here.
The 1966 Philicorda will provide you with authentic heavy or subtle organ sounds heard on hit vintage artists The Monks, Chris Montez as well as more modern acts like The Coral, Teenage Fan Club and Adele.
Hammond Organ
Read more…
Session Musician
As a session musician I can overdub parts for your music using the studio and equipment and mix them seamlessly blending with the analogue reverb to create a live band sound. Ive been a professional musician for over 20 years playing a sixties flavoured style for many bands and producers including The Draytones, Ron Ryan of Dave Clark Five fame, Stephen Street from Blur and The Smiths, the English rock, blues and soul singer Chris Farlowe as well as Stan Kybert (Oasis, Paul Weller and Liam Watson (White Strings and Supergrass). I can work in most genres and with some or no direction can create sympathetic parts to your music either to support what you already have or transform them with some interesting solos or riffs,
Read more…