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5th November 2020

The Basics of A Home Recording Set-Up from The Abbey Road Engineering Team

Following our #ProductionHub blogs from the last few days, we spoke to our engineers to give you some creative and technical tips for creation in self-isolation. Paul Pritchard, an Abbey Road recording engineer who has worked on projects with Bastille, Dave and Paul McCartney takes us through the basics of a home recording set-up alongside engineers Andrew Dudman, Chris Bolster and Gordon ...

The Re-Opening of Our Online Mixing & Mastering Services

We thrilled to re-open our online services and welcome your projects for online mixing and mastering again. Our mixing and mastering engineers are working in isolated rooms, allowing for social distancing. ...

West End Stars Join Forces to Sing Flat 15B from Brand New Musical Halls

Written by musical director George Stroud and writer Jennifer Harrison, 'Halls' is a brand-new musical set to open in London in 2021. Marking its launch, the Halls crew have teamed up with a group of West-End all-stars, performing the shows opening number 'Flat 15B'. ...

The Historic Re-Opening of Abbey Road Studios

After more than 10 weeks, the Abbey Road team is thrilled to return to the famous house in St John’s Wood, to welcome back the creative community for recording and mastering. Re-opening the doors and making history as the first studio session is Decca Records artist Melody Gardot. The world-renowned jazz singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist was poised to record with the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Orchestra when the COVID-19 restrictions came into place. With the safety and wellbeing of the Studios team and guests as the top priority, Abbey Road has introduced new operating guidelines that will allow for social distancing and create the safest possible working environment. ...

Remote Session FAQs: An Overview from our Technical Services Team

We often carry out ‘remote’ recording sessions at Abbey Road but for each instance there are things we need to clarify to ensure we suggest the optimum solution. If you’re considering having a remote session with us and have some questions here are some common points of discussion which will hopefully make things a little ...

28th April 2020

De-mixing Cat Stevens with Abbey Road's James Clarke

Last month, Yusuf / Cat Stevens' 1967 debut album 'Matthew & Son' and the swift follow up which appeared the same year, 'New Masters,' were reissued on vinyl for the first time since 1982. Abbey Road’s James Clarke has breathed new life into the original masters with the reissues making use of his unique De-mix technology. ...

19th April 2020

Your Questions Answered By The Abbey Road Engineers! #AskTheEngineer

Get your questions answered by the Abbey Road engineers! If you’ve ever wanted to have a specific recording, mixing or mastering query answered by our engineering team, now is your chance. You can pose your questions to senior recording engineer Andrew Dudman, assistant engineer Andy Maxwell and mastering engineers Alex Gordon and Oli ...

Music at Long Distance – Online Creation and Collaboration Tools from Abbey Road Red

In these uncertain times of isolation, many artists and musicians are likely to be asking how to jam, write or record a song together with other musicians as seamlessly as possible and in (almost) real-time. As a follow-up to yesterday's blog from our Technical Services team about the remote tools they use, Abbey Road Red’s David Fong provides an overview of the exciting technologies for online music creation and collaboration. ...

31st March 2020

Remote Session Tools: An Overview from our Technical Services Team

On a normal day at Abbey Road we help artists from different parts of the world to write and record together, but what can we offer to them now when bands and collaborators are unable to be in the same location? ...