Here at Red, we thought it would be interesting to look back at the history of background music, uncover its origins just over 100 years ago and milestones in its evolution through to the present ...

Making critical mix decisions on the centre content of a stereo image is amongst the hardest things to achieve when working with headphones. Our Head of Audio Products, Mirek Stiles, explains why this is so important and how the Waves Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin can ...

Abbey Road Red are delighted to present their video summary of Red Demo Day 2020. Hosted earlier this year in Studio Two before lockdown, hear from Red's graduating start-ups MyPart and Audoo and recent graduate LifeScore who update us on their progress, as well as Isabel Garvey, our Managing Director at Abbey Road, who summarises the three key trends we’ve been focussed on over the last two ...

Last month, Abbey Road Red completed their inaugural series of Red Turntables, designed to offer expert guidance to music technology start-ups during the global lockdown. Varying from first-time founders seeking advice on how to build a business out of an idea, to funded start-ups looking to scale, Abbey Road Red Innovation Manager Karim Fanous summarises the mentoring sessions and key trends over on the ...

Throughout lockdown, the Abbey Road team have been finding innovative ways to keep themselves busy. Red’s Junior Programme Manager, David Fong, is the latest member of the team to put their skills to use, entering Spitfire Audio's scoring contest in collaboration with HBO's 'Westworld'. David spoke to us about the composition he entered and the inspiration behind ...

Last week Sony PlayStation’s lead designer and all-round gaming legend Mark Cerny presented a technical deep dive into the system architecture for the much anticipated Sony PS5, and I have to say the messaging around audio is very exciting indeed (if you are into that sort of ...

We're delighted that Abbey Road Red alumnus Lickd has announced a partnership with Universal Music Group to offer a diverse selection of pre-cleared music from its catalogue across multiple territories in Lickd’s licensing platform for content creators. ...

Last week, Abbey Road Spatial Audio Forum founder and Head of Audio Products Mirek Stiles hosted the first virtual Spatial Audio Forum. The group which included Stephen Barton - Composer, University of York's Dr. Gavin Kearney and DELTA Soundworks' Ana Monte, to name a few, discussed the future of sound and virtual music ...

Over the last four years, the Abbey Road Red team has helped as the official coaching partner for the Midemlab music start-up contest at the annual MIDEM conference – the leading international event for the global music community. This year Abbey Road Studios’ Managing Director, Isabel Garvey, was invited to join the judging panel in the Music Creation and Education category. Head over to the Abbey Road Blog where Isabel and Abbey Road Red Innovation Manager, Karim Fanous, talk us through the event and their pride at the success of Red alumnus Audoo, who won in their ...