Dub Cavern Studio

A year today since the huge Dub Cavern Drums Crucial Loops & Samples pack released! Thanks to all who have supported, bought it and shared some of their brilliant music with the world. https://www.dubcavern.co.uk/dubdrums

FREE STEMS it's exactly a year since the recording work of my Dub Cavern Drums loops/sample pack, so I decided to put a quick free stems pack together last night. 2 loops this time! (as the first take I recorded ends with a crash cymbal, which is nice, but not always so useful for looping beats) The take you hear first in this video has a wacky fill at the start, but the second loop (1.25 in vid) starts with a more classic intro :) Both beats include live percussion parts - Tambourine, Kete, Flexatone, Vibraslap. As with the sample pack, there are full drum mixes, full drums with percussion and spring reverb, mixed 'busses' (kick, snare, overheads, toms, percussion etc) and full multitrack stems. So you can use the beats straight up, or edit & mix them yourselves! Main Drum Buss sent through analog compression, valve & tape stage on the way out. These loops & stems will be going out to the mailing list this weekend, if you're not on it yet drop me a DM and I can add you! Happy Dubbing Microphones used: Neumann U47 FET & Shure Beta 52 on Kick AKG 320b & Sennheiser 441 on Snare 2 x AKG 451's on Overheads, & one more on Hi Hat 2 x Sennheiser 421's underneath Toms Fathead style ribbon mic on Timbale U47 Valve on Room All preamps a combination of vintage valve, Neve 1073 and API (Musical stems not included, just to keep me in the groove) #dubcavern #reggaemusic #stems #loops #freesamples #recording #drums #soundengineer #dubmusic

A new track from Jose McGill of the @thevagaband receiving the analog treatment last week in Dub Cavern. I love his songwriting style and impeccably tight arrangements! Always a pleasure to mix with a very clear vision in mind. This reminds me of some of the 90's triphop I grew up listening to mixed with more classic tones of Fleetwood Mac / Beck #dubcavern #mixing #soundengineer #producer #recordingstudio #analogsound

For all the Dubbers out there! I've just released the stems pack for my latest single with @leoloremusic Available on the Dub Cavern Beatstars and Bandcamp! #reggae #dub #dubcavern #stems #dubmixing #whitneyhouston #ukmusic

Out Valentines day! Excited for this relick of a Whitney Houston classic to be available tomorrow on all platforms and limited vinyl release! The next collaboration between myself and @leoloremusic Featuring @bella.askew on the lush backing vocals! And a heavy dub on the B side Much love #reggaemusic #whitneyhouston #newmusic #dubcavern #ukdub #dub

Free Stems! Alot of people have enjoyed the sound of the Ribbon Room mic in the Dub Cavern Drums Loops & Samples Pack, and I've been enjoying it more recently too, with just a vintage sounding mono drum capture, it really feels similar to some of the sounds I love from early roots and some (extra crunchy) lovers rock. Just a Ribbon mic at a distance, into a vintage BBC valve preamp, and some spring reverb. (though I've included kick & snare channels in the stems folder if some of you are absolutely crazy and wanna use more than one mic!) Drop me a DM if you'd like to be added to the DC Drums mailing list! #drums #analogrecording #vintagedrums #reggae #dub #dubcavern #recordingstudio

Final stages of exports for the now massssive Dub Cavern Drums Loops, Stems & Sample Pack! A lot of hours and love have been put into this Reggae and Dub drum pack to end all drum packs. 140+ full drum performances ranging from 40 second to 3+ minutes, recorded analog with 70's era drums and equipment, full multi-track stems, mixed stems with analog processing, and bonus effects tracks from Lexicon and wonderful spring reverbs. Tempos ranging from 65 to 85bpm. Alongside this there are 40 percussion loops plus multi-track stems, and a dedicated tambourine part for every single drum track! #drums #samplepack #loops #reggae #dub #dubcavern #recording #analog

Laying down solid foundations for a @shaolin_sound and @conscious_sounds production. Check out @shaolin_sound for heavy UK roots, dub and Digi releases. We've been working together for a couple of years and the output of tunes, mostly on 7" vinyl has been huge. With almost all the tracks being recorded and mixed here in the Dub Cavern #dubcavern #reggae #drums #ukmusic #recordingstudio #soundengineer #vintage #norwichmusic #shaolinsound

Drums going down for a new single & collaboration between @pendub_production & @lionelsolo7 . I've recorded drums for, mixed or mastered quite a few of Pen Dub's tunes and they're always killer! This track has a much more modern sound than my recent work so it was nice to switch up the drum tones for a bit, going for clean & punchy with a bit more of a stereo capture! #drums #dubcavern #recordingstudio #recordingengineer #producer

This one a rubadub style.. Another one from an evening last week in the Dub Cavern, playing with dusty drum sounds using only vintage gear, prepping to begin some different sounding sample packs. If you would like the stems for this beat and 2 other one drop styles drop me a DM. FX from valve spring reverb and space echo 201

Dusty drum sounds playing with all the old stuff, an old Soviet Lomo mic on snare, vintage eletrovoice on hats and an U47 on kick. Valve preamps and spring reverb

Studio biz today = a mix & master for @mayalxw and final mixing of some smooth neo and liquidy productions from the super smooth sounding @katja_sound. Check her out and give her a follow to keep in the loop of releases! #dubcavern #neosoul #producer #soundengineer #mixing #mastering #ukmusic #recordingstudio

@the_bomb_fayre_band in the mix today with some brutal analog saturation going down for this heavier sound. The Grampian 636 spring reverb has a super cool sounding preamp distortion when overdriven, it's how Pete Townsend of The Who got his guitar distortion sound and this very unit has a service tag in it from Olympic studios (where he spent a lot of time) so it may have been used by the man himself. They're quite coveted and rare/hard to find on good condition, so much that @soundgasltd have been making the front end preamp stage as a distortion unit without the reverb circuit and I get why, it's a unique sound. As it goes I got this unit just after it was used on Lee Scratch Perry's 'Back On The Controls' album and was used by that very man himself! So a cool history. We also have the @gainlabaudio on high compression drum buss smashing duties. The space echo adding gritty slap back echo to vocals and guitar, 1176 on guitar for some ballsy FET aggression and the @retroinstrumentsinc 176 (as ever) pinning down and fattening main vocals. #mixengineer #analog #soundengineer #producer #dubcavern #dubcavernstudio

After a year or two of working up to it I took the plunge on a beautiful set of 1970's Rogers drums made in the USA. These drums are the pinnacle of vintage drums in my eyes and this kit represents the sound I've been wanting to achieve in terms of reggae and dub for some time! Hitting the kick drum feels like being smacked in the chest with a bag of sand, it's very satisfying! With my main focus recently on dub productions, drum recording for producers and personalised sample packs it seemed like the right time. Today I've been tracking drums in a rubadub style for @shaolin_sound , @roll_and_record and @pendub_production and it's sounding pretty heavy! #dubcavern #drums #soundengineer #reggae #dub

MEASURE is out now! Link on bioooo! Large ups to my pasta brother @leoloremusic for the collab on this one. @gallimusic on BV's @joecwebb + @vv_illhelm on the horns @celia_jean_ on the snaps

Handcut copies of this lil guy available in a very limited number! #dubcavern #dubcavernstudio #reggae #dub #vinyl #mixengineer

I'm very lucky to work with all the brilliant artists I do (and I hope the feeling is mutual!), but sometimes a project comes along where it feels like you're working on something truly special, something you know you'll be proud to say you were a part of. @bella.askew 's EP is one of those times! The songwriting is beautiful from front to back and I have enjoyed every moment of helping her craft and produce the tracks into something bigger than her and her guitar, laying drums and keys and bringing in session musicians to provide extras. This track in particular has been a lot of fun going down the producer's rabbit hole and I'm thankful Bella trusted me enough to let me go in on this track, writing keys, horns and strings arrangements (horns then re-recorded by the fantastic @robmilnejazz along with some additional flute). From the get go I heard the classic Ray Charles'esque jazz ballad potential in this tune and it's coming together nicely. Keep an eye on Bella's profile for a soon to be released first single off the EP!

Bit of phone audio from a drum session last week laying down groovy disco beats and some lovely laid back neo parts for @joecwebb and his solo productions. Simple set up with AKG small diaphragms on overheads, Nuemann and Shure mics on the kick drum, SM57 and Sennheiser 441 on snare, with Sennheiser 421's on toms and an SM7 for the hihats #drumrecording #norwichmusic #recordingengineer #sessiondrummer

Back in the studio after a solid month in the fields, mixing some classic sounding Boogie tracks produced by @danieltuffs . Even broke out the roto toms for some big drum breaks!