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 ...

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 ...

“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 ⁣ ...

“Really exciting for me to hear Spitfire’s sampling of what we used to call Mrs Mills piano from Abbey Road. It’s great to have it on my computer.” — Sir Paul McCartney. In partnership with Spitfire Audio, we are proud to present Originals Mrs Mills Piano — capturing the distinctive sound of the studios' legendary pop history. Expertly recorded in Studio Two, this piano was made famous during the ‘60s pop era at Abbey Road following its use on recordings by artists including The Zombies, Russ Conway and The Beatles, featuring prominently in 'Penny Lane' and 'With A Little Help From My ...

A huge congratulations to Griff who has won this year’s BRITs Rising Star Award! We sat down and spoke to Griff in Studio Two who told us the advice she wishes she was given when starting out, how she captures song ideas on the go and what she’s listening to that no one would expect. ...

Through our innovation arm Abbey Road Red, we're delighted to announce the acquisition of Audiomovers. Audiomovers is a tech start-up reinventing the remote production experience, allowing music professionals to stream, listen to and record high resolution multichannel remote audio in real time, with multiple collaborators, anywhere in the ...

While music has always been part of her life, Dion entered artist management relatively recently, but the impressive success of her artist and son, Novelist, has shown that she has a natural talent for this work. Joining the music industry as a manager after previous roles as a key worker, helping homeless women in London, Dion is a mother of four and balances managing a family with managing Novelist. She is a regular guest on Novelist’s popular BBC 1Xtra show and has now branched out with her own show on Balamii radio, spreading positive vibes with her sharp and uplifting ...