The Area

21/09/2023

Sitting in its temporary home until it gets housed in the rack is our new channel strip. Adding a different flavour, the 6176 incorporates the vintage 610 preamp married with the 1176 compressor, we can't wait to get this into work

30/07/2023

Follow up on the previous post…this absolute channel strip powerhouse at The Area hooks up with the mics from our locker to give us the most amazing tones, whether vocal, acoustic guitar, piano, bass, guitar cab. Gorgeous analogue/valvey loveliness.

14/07/2023

Here's just a small selection of mics from our amazing mic locker at The Area. And paired with one of the boutique channel strips, whether we're recording vocals, guitar, acoustic, piano, bass, in fact pretty much anything - we've got you covered.

27/12/2022

Having a little break from all the festivities….warming up a vocal track with this absolute beauty today.

18/12/2022

On vocal duties this weekend is our flagship mic, the beautiful MA-1000 going through the equally beautiful Branch II channel strip. Tubey loveliness.

12/07/2022

These two units feature on almost every mix we do. When we need to come out of the box, this is where we go. A lovely bit of analogue mojo right here.

02/07/2022

Lovely vocal sound from the Neumann KMS105 going through the Rupert Neve Shelford via the UAD Apollo x8p on today’s session.

19/05/2022

Gracing the left and right of our workstation is these jaw dropping Footprint 02 monitors. Most recently, handling classical then onto R&B. Of course, the acoustic listening environment made all the better by .

15/02/2022

Used today and on just about every mix at our studio, the Louder Than Liftoff Silver Bullet is just the tool for warming those ‘in the box’ mixes. The mojo preamps are gloriously vintage and add a wonderful tone. Wouldn’t be without it.

13/02/2022

06/02/2022

06/02/2022

Ah, the trusty old AKG C414....

30/01/2022

Just outside the studio door…a chilly start to the day but a beautiful sunrise. Now, let’s warm up with some valve preamps

22/01/2022

Ahhh, the growlingly beautiful Warwick Streamer

22/01/2022

17/12/2021

It just fell into the basket and hitting ‘checkout’ was pure fluke. Area Studio now also featuring FabFilter plug ins [purchased by mistake of course]. Mmmmm…..geeky.

14/12/2021

Some of the lead up to completion of the studio…

18/11/2021

Lovely studio furniture from these folks….

17/11/2021

How it all started...

17/11/2021

After over a year and a lot of hard work, how it all ended up...