Studio Stories

In this day and age, major recording studio complexes rarely survive the sale of the buildings they inhabit — but is there hope for Avatar?

You are walking through a wild garden towards a beautiful late-19th-century mansion. Through an open basement door, you catch a glimpse of a magnificent discrete Neve console.

We talk guitar recording and more with Grammy-nominated engineer Michael Ilbert, based in Berlin's legendary Hansa Studios.

Located in the village of Loguivy-Plougras in Britanny, Kerwax is an intriguing new take on the concept of the residential studio

Some world–class studios are housed in purpose–designed buildings, but the majority of recording venues were set up in spaces originally conceived for other duties.

The SOS team travel to the big smoke to deal with some tricky acoustics in a media composer’s writing studio.

Tony Maimone laid the foundations for what has become one of New York’s most interesting recording venues.

Buenos Aires remains one of these places in the world where rock & roll still plays a vital cultural role.

The SOS team travel to a Stourbridge community centre to solve some low-end problems and build some speaker stands.

In over 30 years in business, Miloco has developed from a small independent studio to a venture that is operating worldwide.

Built in the '50s as the broadcast headquarters for the GDR’s state radio, this complex is home to some of the world's most breathtaking recording studios. Watch our video tour...

The 300–square–metre hexagonal hall is one of the largest recording facilities in the world.

In this video, mix engineer Cenzo Townshend gives us a tour of his new studio and shows us the techniques behind his mix of ‘Marks To Prove It’.

One of the most remarkable new recording venues in Berlin opened its doors in 2013.

This month we take a look inside Estudio Panda, located in the Argentine ‘federal capital’ Buenos Aires.

This month we look at a famous South American studio which has occupied its current premises for an impressive 55 years.

Founded in Buenos Aires in 1956, we go inside the recording venue which is sometimes called the ‘Abbey Road of Tango’.

Sweden’s newest high-end studio is built on very strong foundations, both literally and metaphorically.

We take a look at the former EMI Electrola studios in Germany.

Housed in an old cinema in Stockholm, Atlantis Studios is a very special place even by the standards of our Studio File series.

Only a very few studios in the world are capable of accommodating the largest recording gigs.