In 1968, the introduction of eight-track recording and increasing sonic experimentation by The Beatles and other groundbreaking artists meant that the capabilities of Abbey Road Studios’ REDD .37 and REDD .51 consoles were being stretched. This called for a new desk. The name of the console was TG12345, with the TG being an acronym for The Gramophone Company. Abbey Road's Mirek Stiles delves deeper into the desk, delivering eight insightful facts about the iconic console.

We are delighted to welcome mastering engineer Oli Morgan to the Abbey Road mastering team! Now in this new role at Abbey Road, Oli combines traditional mastering with expertise in stem mastering. With stem mastering, Oli is not only able to shape the overall tonal balance of a track, but he can go even deeper into each component part to help achieve an even better result.

Following the success of his track ‘You’re So Cool’, which was awarded Time Out NY’s Video of the Year 2017, New Zealand based singer-songwriter and producer Jonathan Bree returns with new single 'Waiting on the Moment'. Dubbed "a break-up song you can dance to", Bree used the state-of-the-art Abbey Road Reverb Plates plugin, as well as our Online Mastering service working direct with Christian Wright.