In music production, mastering is the final step in the creative process. But in order to get there, it’s crucial to prepare your music for the ‘master’ to create an extra layer of magic on your creation. So, time for the elusive question. What exactly is mastering and why is it important? To explain more, here’s Darcy Proper; an extremely successful mastering engineer, amassing three Grammy awards and nine nominations for her work. A role model for many within the industry, we were thrilled to have Darcy as part of our Abbey Road Equalise International Women's Day festival, hosting our panel talk on Becoming a Recording and Mixing Engineer. ...

Want to find out SG Lewis’ go-to audio plugins, or how he created the track ‘One More’ with Nile Rodgers at Abbey Road? In-between Nile’s writing camp at the studios last year, we caught up with the Reading-based alt-pop star and producer who shared his favourite production techniques, go-to plugins and how he creates his signature sidechain ...

We’re thrilled to announce today that our education arm, Abbey Road Institute, will relocate its flagship school and education programme to London’s Angel Studios this Summer. After 40 years of recording, Angel Studios sadly closed its doors last year. With rumours of the storied location being turned into flats, we will be ensuring the music plays on in the historic ...

Score a sequence from STUDIOCANAL's BAFTA-nominated ‘Saint Maud’! | EXCLUSIVE Competition. We’ve teamed up with our friends over at STUDIOCANAL to bring you an exclusive competition. Download and score a scene from the British psychological horror film ‘Saint Maud’ for the chance to win a personal feedback session with the film’s composer, Adam Janota Bzowski, along with £500 worth of Spitfire Audio vouchers! ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our Abbey Road Equalise programme is designed to inspire and empower under-represented groups to enter and find their place in music production. To celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility, we've produced a mini documentary filmed during a one-day recording session with a fully Trans*/ Non-Binary / Gender Diverse production team, including Charlie Deakin Davies, Max Blue Churchill, Jesley Faye and artist Andrea Di ...

“With an admirable portfolio of audio plugins and production tools, as well as years of experience developing start-ups, we felt that Abbey Road Studios is the natural home for our business. We built Audiomovers for those who need audio excellence, which is exactly what Abbey Road is all about. We have an ambitious and innovative roadmap and, powered by the Abbey Road team, we can become the global choice for remote audio collaboration.” – Audiomovers founders, Igor Maxymenko and Yuriy Shevyrov ⁣ ...

To celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday 31 March, we are pleased to announce the release of a mini-documentary and live panel talk from Abbey Road Equalise. Equalise is our programme to drive awareness and understanding of music production as a credible and accessible career path for under-represented groups. Hosted by Trans*/Gender Diverse industry leaders and rising talent, the aim is to normalise the roles of Trans*/GD identifying people within the studio and to educate by providing the right language to address people in these spaces. ...