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Studio One Control Room

The centrepiece of the control room is a 72-channel Neve 88 RS console with a unique and comprehensive surround monitor section, capable of recording and monitoring multiple stems. Also included are 48 channels of remote Neve microphone pre amplifiers. The monitoring is provided by three B&W Nautilus 800D Loudspeakers and five HTM1 rear speakers fully configured for surround monitoring up to 7.1 channels. All analogue and digital formats are supported.

An upstairs lounge provides a comfortable meeting space and private greenroom and bathroom facilities. It offers a great view of the studio area and the ability to follow the session in 5.1 surround sound. Plasma monitors are also installed.

Studio Two Control Room

The control room has a 60-channel Neve VRP Legend console with Flying Fader Automation and Quested monitoring. A variety of nearfield speakers are also available. All analogue and digital formats are supported.

A small private lounge is available.

Studio Three Control Room

Constructed around a 96-channel SSL 9000 J series console, studio three’s control room is a world-class mix facility, perfect for album projects and film soundtracks. Stereo monitoring is supplied by large Quested speakers and five B&W Nautilus 800D speakers configured for 5.1 mixing. There is an extensive range of classic and modern outboard equipment and all analogue and digital formats are supported.

The Penthouse Control Room

The penthouse control room has a custom-made Neve DFC Gemini console. At 44.1/48 Khz it has the potential for 1,000 signal paths, including 36 stereo aux sends. The power of the desk becomes most evident when simultaneously mixing 12 * 7.1 stems. For interfacing, the desk has 96 channels of A to D and D to A, along with 336 channels of AES I/O sample rate conversion. There are also four Madi ports available. Monitoring is provided by five B&W Nautilus 800D speakers.

Insights

“In the warren of offices that make up Abbey Road studios, there is a small, carefully guarded room. On the shelves and in the drawers of this room Abbey Road keeps its most prized possessions: its microphones. To see and feel these pieces of metal and plastic, so solid yet so delicate, is to handle the pens that EMI and Abbey Road's balance engineers used to write musical history. It is a history with a foundation laid more than 70 years ago by Alan Blumlein, a history whose highest points we honour as the glory of EMI stereo. It is a history the likes of which we will never see again.”

Taken from an article by Michael M Gray Published in the journal, The Absolute Sound