You can be as specific or vague as you wish with your instructions. From “use the Publison to pitch shift the vocals by +/- 3 cents left and right”, to “dirty everything up and make it louder”, to simply “Soundgas it!”. We’ll always aim to give you a range of usable/interesting results; it’s very much up to you how much we follow your lead or use our experience: this will depend on how much guidance you give us. If you select the real-time option you’ll be able to hear the results as we work (subject to your internet connection).

If you’re not sure, then get in touch using the Enquiry Form and we can take a look and discuss the options with you.

The brief you send us can be detailed and technical, can reference other artists/tracks, or it can be very general and simply ask us for our input and guidance. We are here to navigate you through the process and our engineers are available to discuss your requirements via email or on the phone beforehand, if required. You can select the real-time option and hear the results as we work and direct us as required.

We always endeavour to supply you with results that offer you as much flexibility as possible (ie mixed and wet-only passes). If you book the real-time service, we can liaise with you directly during the session.

Ready to send us some info? Fill out this enquiry form now.

As you will see, there’s a lot there, and there’s certainly no obligation for you to take it all in (there won’t be a test!). But if there’s a specific piece or pieces you want to hear on your sounds then let us know as we develop the brief, and we’ll use those in conjunction with whatever else we feel is necessary to achieve the best results.

And will we use all of it? No. Often a carefully tweaked chain of two or three pieces plus outboard processing will give us the sonic shift we are looking for. A less is more approach. But, also yes, sometimes more is more, and if things need to get really wild then (as the studio photos and our Instagram feed hopefully illustrate) we are ready to take things into wild and forbidden sonic dimensions.

If you need more time then £550 gets you a full day’s lockout (7 hours).

More info:

• The number and length of the files you provide will naturally determine how much variety you receive in return. Everything is processed in real time in the analogue domain: offline bouncing is not an option!
• You can book as much time as you require, and we can add additional processing sessions at a reduced rate should you wish to revisit the same sessions at a later date (within four weeks).
• For the half day rate (£350), the maximum track length is 12 minutes with no more than 30 total minutes of music (ie five stems of six minutes, two of fifteen, or ten of 3 minutes). If you choose to send us shorter sections for treatment (eg samples, hits and short loops), you will receive a greater variety of results in return.

We may from time to time offer introductory taster sessions for simple/specific treatments, for example processing beats through a signal chain of Grampian 636, EQ, compressor and our desk.

There will be a modest extra charge (depending on the size of the job). Enquire for details.

Please do not send limited or normalised files – we need as much headroom as possible to ensure the best results.

Please note: track duration, file resolution, and number of stems will affect the variety of results – we reserve the right to increase the studio time required and inform you of extra charges if you send more files than we can process within the selected service.

Exactly what will depend on the nature of the project and what processes have been applied. We strive to always offer a range of processing options for maximum flexibility.

If appropriate, and if time allows, we may include “extra” passes through more unusual combinations to offer something unexpected.

Ben Hirst is our in-house engineer and Felipe Gutierrez is our main freelance engineer: all the examples on the site are their work. They are in turn overseen by Head Gear Head Tony, who’s responsible for the studio gear selection and knows much of the more unusual equipment inside out; he may also choose to be involved at the processing stage where required.

We also have the extremely experienced and BBC-trained Dr Huw on hand for additional advice – he has recorded many artists and boasts a gold disc for his work with Robert Plant.

If you haven’t already looked through it, see the gear list now.

But if you are unhappy for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know so we can discuss how to rectify the situation.