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#1 | | Gear nut
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Thread Starter  | The best, most amazing and absolutely stunning recording studios in the world!!!
Hi everybody,
there are so many really crazy and amazing recording studios in the world!
Lets collect them, so everybody can get some inspiration for their own dreamstudios.
I start with the Black Rock Studios { Black Rock Studios } | 
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Originally Posted by padddywood | ironic that they should use such dreary music on their web site.
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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| Atrium Studio
Tommy Lee's place
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by fakiekid | It looks really nice in the pictures but I suspect there are awful comb filtering and L/R phase issues in that control room with the way it looks... and measures.
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#7 | | Gear nut
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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Sorry, but that Greece studio looks way cheesy. It's just not outlaw. If I were a producer of softporn: Yes. For Rock 'n Roll? No.
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#9 | | Moderator
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Originally Posted by Chucho ironic that they should use such dreary music on their web site. | Miloco Recording Studios London
get it here without the crap music....
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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windmill lane here in dublin.
(also just added an ssl to studio 2) Windmill Lane Recording Studios | Home   | |
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Whereabouts in Dublin is that? I only remember the mackie room they had in Bellyfermot. Always wondered if there were any good studios around.
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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ballerfermot college? you know matt out there?
man theres tons of great places to record here 
windmill was owned by van morrison bu is now owned by pulse recording and is down in ringsend.
pulse recording have "the engine room" just outside city centre (located on the same premises as their college)
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#13 | | Gear maniac
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| Vega Studio
me like vega studio 
Had a great time there, and sunny south of France... what can I say???
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by fakiekid |
Looks like a porn shoot with outboard in the BG.
...Fuggin A!
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#15 | | Lives for gear
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I'm quite over the huge-bombastic-studios phase, now I like any place that is organic, vibey, with lots of nature around it and lots of sunlit rooms. Doesn't have to be big and posh at all. No, actually I'm quite over the "own a dream studio" phase. I'd rather travel all over the world to try every nice studio even if I had the $ to own a huge one.
That said, the ex-Allaire Studios was the dream of dreams.
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#16 | | Gear Guru
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#17 | | Gear Head
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While I'm impressed (possibly jealous and definitely falling for it) by what I've seen - I just don't get this 5 star residential concept... Seems more suited to airline carriers or late night dream holiday programs... At the end of the day it's what gets in the can that matters. Time to get back to your warehouses/garages guys!
+ most of the gear listed didn't strike me as 'exceptional' ...
my noob 2 eurocents - cheers
tones
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#18 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by tones12 While I'm impressed (possibly jealous and definitely falling for it) by what I've seen - I just don't get this 5 star residential concept... Seems more suited to airline carriers or late night dream holiday programs... At the end of the day it's what gets in the can that matters. Time to get back to your warehouses/garages guys!
my noob 2 eurocents - cheers
tones | these are ridiculously high end places catering to a high end market. do you honestly think that **insert latest global superstar** is going to want to record in your garage when they have some of the above on offer? Quote: |
+ most of the gear listed didn't strike me as 'exceptional' ...
| so large format SSLs and neves alongside 1176, distressors, LA2As, various beautiful tape machines, top end monitoring systems, instruments most of us can only dream about etc isnt exceptional? what exactly is in your book?
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#19 | | Gear maniac
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That's what I love about Vega studio in my previous post. It's so "homey"
Great sounding space, not at all surgical and lots of different spaces to work with, from very reverberant to very tight.
And the EMI desk, well, what can I say... Quote:
Originally Posted by tones12 While I'm impressed (possibly jealous and definitely falling for it) by what I've seen - I just don't get this 5 star residential concept... Seems more suited to airline carriers or late night dream holiday programs... At the end of the day it's what gets in the can that matters. Time to get back to your warehouses/garages guys!
+ most of the gear listed didn't strike me as 'exceptional' ...
my noob 2 eurocents - cheers
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#20 | | Lives for gear
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| Avatar studios
Studio A: 
And the incoming Mainfold miraverse... I'm sure most of you have seen the work in progress in the "Studio Construction" forum Manifold Recording and the Miraverse | 
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#21 | | Gear maniac
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#22 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Kore | seen you're control room somewhere before. i love it. | |
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#23 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by rhythmtech ballerfermot college? you know matt out there?
man theres tons of great places to record here
windmill was owned by van morrison bu is now owned by pulse recording and is down in ringsend.
pulse recording have "the engine room" just outside city centre (located on the same premises as their college) | I lived in Dublin 2004-2005. I absolutely loved the place and felt like a true dub after a while. Lived in Beamount. 78a to Bellyfarout everyday. The upper saloon of that bus truly was like a proper Wild West saloon. Good times. Haven't been back since which is a real shame. Don't know Matt though, but it's been a while.
Hans
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#24 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Outlaw Hans I lived in Dublin 2004-2004. I absolutely loved the place and felt like a true dub after a while. Lived in Beamount. 78a to Bellyfarout everyday. The upper saloon of that bus truly was like a proper Wild West saloon. Good times. Haven't been back since which is a real shame. Don't know Matt though, but it's been a while.
Hans | im originally from beaumont. elm mount rise.. living in my studio in inchicore these days.. (not as bad as it sounds though, it was originally an apartment so i still have seperate bedroom and lounge)
yeah 78a is my bus home from town.. "the junkie express" | |
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#25 | | Lives for gear
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#26 | | Gear Head
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Originally Posted by rhythmtech these are ridiculasly high end places catering to a high end market. do you honestly thing that **insert latest global superstar** is going to want to record in your garage when they have sopme of the above on offer? | Of couse not - but that's not the point. Apologies for the sweeping comment (and I don't own a garage). I was referring to a couple of the corny videos and the basic marketing gist behind them. The, as you put it, 'ridiculously high end of the market' (whether a recording studio or what) is more often than not, exactly that: ridiculous and FOS. And I cringe whenever I come across it (my bad, i know...)
I have nothing against great studios with great accoustics and engineers (strange how that came last...) and a prohibitive ticket price - but I just don't buy the whole 'greek island for multimillionnaire pop star to peacefully record his album' crap. That's just plain BS. Ask Smokey Robinson. Quote:
Originally Posted by rhythmtech so large format SSL and neves arent exceptional? what exactly is in your book? | (you edited that but...)
Again my bad, was certainly not referring to Windmill or anyone else...
I think I just don't get this industry.
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#27 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by rhythmtech im originally from beaumont. elm mount rise.. | Celtic Park Ave over here! Story, neighbour!
B.T.W, Tones 12 is absolutely spot on. I wanna have a dodgy place like American, or Motown or Stax or Muscle shoals. The greek thing is just pure BS.
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#28 | | Lives for gear
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i know where you're coming from but... Quote: |
but I just don't buy the whole 'greek island for multimillionnaire pop star to peacefully record his album' crap
| but that just happens to be a high end studio on a greek island. no more, no less. it wasnt put there by the gods or anything, just whoever opened it happens to live on or near the island and if artists choose to use it because of location then so be it.
people come to windmill because U2 have a history with the building.. doesnt mean they're gonna sound like U2. just another marketing angle to get business.
i think you're thinking about it too much to be honest Quote: |
I think I just don't get this industry.
| not many of us do...
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#29 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Outlaw Hans Celtic Park Ave over here! Story, neighbour! |
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#30 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by rhythmtech knacker | lol!
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