How does remote recording work?
We start with your track
Whether it’s just a single idea you have, or a fully-developed recording with parts ready to record, we start by listening to your track. We can determine what is appropriate with you, and what you’d like to achieve together. If you don’t have parts written, we can write them for you. Then we prepare the file for us to record. If we are writing an arrangement for you, we will send a demo mockup for you to listen to.
Remote or not?
For interstate or international artists, we record our sessions at our own studios. For local artists and labels, we can record remotely or come to you. Depending on the requirements, this may be in our individual spaces, or together in the one studio. We record all our parts on separate channels so you’ve got the potential to mix every instrument how you’d like.
Digital Delivery
Once we’ve finished recording, we send your files digitally. A typical turn around time is 1-7 days, but can be as quick as an hour if you have pre-booked the session. You will receive individual dry recording stems of each instrument for mixing and adding your own effects on mics of your choice (see below), our own balanced stereo mix of the horns with reverb, outboard and plugin effects, and a stereo room bounce for adding ambience into the track. Often, we will give multiple takes of a recording so you have the option to choose your favourite.
If you have any special requests, just let us know, and we will do all we can to accommodate them.
Recording Equipment
Interfaces and equipment
We choose only the best quality interfaces and A/D converters at 24bit/192kHz. We use professional series UAD and Apogee interfaces.
We can record up to 16 tracks simultaneously if you require a huge section with room mics.
Microphones
We have a large selection of premium quality microphones specifically for brass that we use for our recordings. This includes:
2x Royer R122 Ribbon Microphones
2x Royer R10 Ribbon Microphones
AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone
AEA N8 Ribbon Microphone
RCA 77B
Sennheiser MD421
Sennheiser MD441
2x Neumann KM84
Slate Digital ML1 and 2x ML2