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Creating lo-fi music in the digital realm is all about inducing the flavour of analogue...
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AKG’s C12 is one of the best-known tube condenser microphones in history. The original CK12 capsule...
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Prior to the mid-1950s, automatic gain control devices were not to be found in Abbey Road's...
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Interested to find out more on stem mastering and the benefits it can offer over stereo mastering?...
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Abbey Road Studios is thrilled to announce a partnership with Spitfire Audio, which begins with...
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Our engineering team have been helping with creative and technical tips for recording in isolation...
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Guitar pedals are more popular and more plentiful than ever before. Large pedal boards are becoming...
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Making critical mix decisions on the centre content of a stereo image is amongst the hardest things...
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The drum kit can be one of the most time-consuming instruments to record, so it's worth taking a...
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Many of you out there are likely singers, musicians and producers who for the first time, are...
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For the first time in our 89-year history, we are closing the doors to Abbey Road Studios in line...
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A great kick drum sound is, of course, the foundation of any modern drum kit recording. Getting it...
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Ever wondered how a record is cut-to-vinyl at Abbey Road Studios? Step inside award-winning...
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Whether mastering with outboard or in-the-box, you’ll still want a great EQ, compressor and limiter...
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A question we’re often asked is “how do you become an Abbey Road engineer?” It takes many years of...
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8th Apr 2021

Adding A Lo-Fi Vintage Vibe To Your Track | Waves Audio | #ProductionHub

Creating lo-fi music in the digital realm is all about inducing the flavour of analogue imperfections, tape machine modulations and the colourations caused by worn equipment and mechanical artifacts. From adding more wow and tape flutter effects with our Waves Audio J37 plugin, to adding vintage vinyl noise and crackle with the Abbey Road vinyl plugin, here are a few tricks to add analogue imperfections and that warm nostalgic vibe to your sound.
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10th Feb 2021

Abbey Road Microphone Collection - The AKG C12

AKG’s C12 is one of the best-known tube condenser microphones in history. The original CK12 capsule is widely considered to be one of the finest condenser microphone capsules out there. The AKG C12 Capsules were made by hand and were far more intricate than those fitted to equivalent Neumann mics in the 1950s (Neumann U47 etc), incorporating more than 120 individual parts. These are colloquially known as ‘brass’ capsules due to the brass housing, although the coating of the capsule itself is sputtered gold.The microphone requires an external power supply with a remote pattern box.
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1st Feb 2021

#InsideAbbeyRoad – The RS114 Limiter

Prior to the mid-1950s, automatic gain control devices were not to be found in Abbey Road's equipment collection. So, one of the most obvious improvements made in 1954 was a limiter which the Research Department developed, lead by Mike Batchelor. The RS114 valve limiter meant that artists could record without any restriction on the dynamic peaks and resulted in apparently louder records which permitted the backing to be brought further forward.
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26th Jan 2021

Stem Mastering Masterclass & Q&A with Abbey Road’s Oli Morgan - Presented by Bohemia Junction

Interested to find out more on stem mastering and the benefits it can offer over stereo mastering? At the end of last year, Abbey Road mastering engineer, Oli Morgan, explained all in his live stem mastering masterclass and Q&A, presented in conjunction with Andrew Mackay and the studios’ mastering partner for India, Bohemia Junction.
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27th Oct 2020

Abbey Road Studios Launches Scholarship and Work Placement Programme for Young Black Students

Calling all aspiring, young black producers and engineers. Announcing a new scholarship for two black students to complete an advanced diploma in music production & engineering, followed by a year-long engineering apprenticeship at Abbey Road.
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11th Sep 2020

How To Build Your Own Guitar Pedal... | Abbey Road's Matt Kingdon Explains

Guitar pedals are more popular and more plentiful than ever before. Large pedal boards are becoming ever-present and the need to fill them with pedals is no financial triviality. Therefore there is no better time to consider building your own guitar pedal! Abbey Road’s Deputy Head of Technical Services Matt Kingdon gives a step-by-step guide to assembling your first guitar pedal.
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