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A Recording Studio in Derby, UK The Snug Recording Co. is a recording studio and rehearsal facility based in Derby, UK.
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The studio was founded in 2006 by Robin Newman and Richard Collins after taking over The Hive Recording Studio which they had been managing in years prior to that. They still own, manage and run the studio sessions and you can read any updates, news and opinions they may post on the News / Blog page on our website. The acquisition of The Hive brought an overhaul of the studio interior and large in

vestment into upgrading the facilities including completely refitted electrics, a custom-designed isolation booth, professional acoustic treatment and an extensive range of microphones, outboard processors, effects and software. has since become one of the premiere recording studios in the region and has produced recordings for hundreds of local, national and international artists, films and television productions. Please contact us if you'd like to discuss any project you have in mind. We can talk you through the options regardless of your previous studio experience.

11/07/2024

This little guy is great - probably one of my current simple slapback faves but can also get some wild feedback and tone/texture.

02/07/2024

More drum fun in the (acoustically) new room! I take the worst pics cos I’m only really taking them for mic setup logging 😂

21/05/2024

Little in-progress peek at the live room. Fabric on the ceiling "teeth" is underway. Then it's on to adding trims, diffusion and lighting before tackling yet more wood panelling and other misc. Feeling great in there already.

09/05/2024

Just found this old studio diagram from 2012. It's absolutely true, even today, that if you pay to layoff your masters via tape you will guaranteed get 50% more streaming royalties/sales. Even your income from Merch will go up. ⠀
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06/05/2024

Protect ya delicate ribbons, kids. Prolong the life and reduce stretching with a pop shield. Might just turn this into a recording tips and tricks account. Cos we need more of them ...

05/05/2024

Us and curing the floor tom basketball 'thing' with knowledge from (go see their YouTube vids on drum stuff if you like drum stuff). Great Toms = Great Songs, we all know that.⠀
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02/01/2024

HNY folks! We've had a much needed break and now just easing back into remembering what all the buttons do. If you're waiting on replies, etc - we're just working through them as quickly as we can. Here's hoping everyone had a happy and healthy festive break and that you were able to get a little of what you needed - be that family, rest, social time or just time to yourselves. Booking projects for the coming months (when are we not?), so give us a shout if your new year's resolution is to make a cracking record. X

05/12/2023

Organ Guts! - a quick cable fix for 's new Yamaha YC-45D and it's singing (and squawking) once more. Tonnes o fun keyboard with a crazy variety of tones. I can safely say that nothing quite sounds like this thing.

28/10/2023

No, we don't know what all of these do. Great day with , working on some tunes for and forever forgetting to take interesting photos, just logging settings. Pretty settings nonetheless.

01/04/2023

Sound The New Toy Klaxon! 🚨

The final piece of the puzzle is heading for our 500 series rack! Bloody love this .audio stuff and been looking to get their whole set of 500 series tools. Not had a hardware Transient Shaper before, either. This lets us adjust the level of transient (the punchy bit of a sound) and sustain (the tail-end of the sound) AND at specific frequencies! Lots of possibilities, especially for drum shaping, etc.

It's off to join its family; the , and in our 500ADAT rack ❤️

26/09/2022

A few shots from our guitar setup today with . The mission was to use two amps simultaneously, one with more of an all-rounder distortion and another doing a real mid-rangey fuzz so we can balance all the weight and high frequency energy with note definition and spread stuff out in the stereo field. We used the Evertune for two layers of this rig and then switched up to the Tele for a cleaner layer using the middle single coil pickup.⠀
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For the main tone, we ended up going with the Boss Blues Driver into the clean channel on the Single Rectifier, coupled with a AC30 for the fuzz receptacle. We went through a bunch of fuzzy options but settled on the Analog Drive on the Mid Drive model (which is basically a Tube Screamer circuit). The Bigshot ABY took care of splitting the signal and the Mesa ran downstairs into the 2x12. The AC30 went in one of the rehearsal rooms via another Radial problem solver, the SGI which lets you run an instrument signal over long runs of balanced cable without ruining the tone. This means both of the amps are totally isolated from each other and don't cause phase issues. Looking forward to mixing this one!

21/09/2022

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24/07/2022

It's a secret, but the table in the studio control room is actually a case that hides this beautiful . It's a seriously beautiful instrument ❤️. Come and use it on a track - got some dates left in September and then plenty of rekkid making opportunities from October onwards. ✌️

28/06/2022

Loooook at (and pre-order) this beautiful vinyl bundle from for the album we recorded with them during Lockdown times. It'll be no surprise that this time of our professional lives - moving our studio during a worldwide pandemic and wondering if we'd be able to survive long enough to come back from that - was some of the most stressful, scary, emotional and draining months we've experienced.⠀
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I will always be grateful for the (no exaggeration) adrenaline rush and joy when we'd get a mix back from and and hear how they'd smashed everything out of the musical park. A very special record for us for so many reasons and a big thank you to all the wonderful friends and professionals involved. 🫶

Address

2 Aberdeen Street
Nottingham
NG31JB

Website

http://www.snugrecording.com/

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1/2 Drum Mic stuff for those with an interest in that sort of thing #drumrecording #nottsmusic #recordingstudio #musicproduction #makesickrecords

2/2 …further explanation of some drum mic stuff. YAY!

Recording Yeovil Town Band for Haiku Salut Album 3

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The Snug Recording Co. is a recording studio and rehearsal facility based in Derby, UK. The studio was founded in 2006 by Robin Newman and Richard Collins after taking over The Hive Recording Studio which we had been managing in years prior to that. We still own, manage and run the studio sessions and you can read any updates, news and opinions we may post on the News / Blog page on our website. The acquisition of The Hive brought an overhaul of the studio interior and large investment into upgrading the facilities including completely refitted electrics, an isolation booth, full acoustic treatment to the mixing space and an extensive range of microphones, outboard processors, effects and software. The Snug Recording Co. has since produced hundreds of recordings for local, national and international artists, video producers and brands. We’re constantly growing the studio and exploring new ways to make interesting sounds. Please contact us if you'd like to discuss any project you have in mind. We can talk you through the options and processes, regardless of your previous studio experience.