Studio Stories

Not many recording studios can boast a history more than a century long. And although Emil Berliner Studios are no longer located in their original site, their story is inseparably linked to some major milestones in the history of recording.

A cosy, friendly atmosphere is considered so important at one German studio that it is named House Of Music and Entertainment — or HOME, for short.

When Sound City Studios closed its doors in 2011, it had been a legendary rock & roll recording venue for over 40 years. Now the premises have been taken over by a producer and sound engineer whose aesthetic is even more retro and analogue-based than Sound City’s.

Running a successful multi-room recording facility is challenging at the best of times, and relocating such a studio to a different continent is in an entirely different league of difficulty! This, however, is what Francesco Cameli has done.

Down at the bottom of the garden, among the birds and the bees, we went to Alex Hutchings’ studio, to eliminate some unpleasant frequencies.

After almost two years of construction, overseen by architect Marcelo Tavares, the studio opened in early 2012 in a purpose-built facility, conceived as a multicultural space where people from all over the world can feel inspired.

When misfortune befell one of our contributors, we sent the SOS team to help him get his studio back up and running.

Welcome To 1979 isn’t your run of the mill recording studio. That’s because everyone at the complex is dedicated to ...

Grand Cru was founded as a private studio by Who guitarist Pete Townshend in the late ’70s, and has been in constant operation since then. Recently, it has been made available to the public...

Located in an area of North Hollywood, Los Angeles, that now thrives as the ‘NoHo Arts District’, the premises were purpose-built as a recording studio...

Perhaps the only classic Hollywood recording studio of this type that is still open today, Boulevard began as Continental Recorders around 1966. It changed name to Producer’s Workshop, before going on to create musical history in the 1970s.

Step inside Motor Museum studios, which has played a vital role in the careers of several of the most influential UK bands of the past decades.

Recording studios are increasingly finding their way onto our TV and cinema screens. And it’s about time...

Most audio professionals would agree that our industry is in a transitional period at the moment. New digital distribution...

A home studio visit sees the SOS team tackle some stubborn synth and DAW gremlins.

When studio owner Martin King left London to move up North, he was swimming against the tide in many ways. However, after six years in operation, the success of EVE Studios in Stockport has justified his decision.

Many world-class recording facilities have built up their reputations over half a century or more. Clouds Hill, however, has risen to the top in a mere decade.

The SOS team travel to London’s West End, to optimise a studio that helps homeless people record their music.

Most of the independent studios that date back to the founding era of our industry were started by single entrepreneurs....