Pro-Audio facility in Cumbria
Phone: 01539 624827
Email us:
guy@lindenstudio.co.uk
maire@lindenstudio.co.uk
Highly respected for professional music recording & production,
producer & engineer Guy Forrester, and musician Maire Morgan manage all kinds of production and recording projects.
We are not a corporate body, franchise, or charity run enterprise. As musicians ourselves, we provide a personalized homely professional experience for music artists.
We also record Voice-Overs, provide ADR facilities, & create music & fx, for TV Film & Multimedia.
Analog Desk
Soundcraft 2400 Console with 40 inputs.
The Desk with 24 group outputs, is perfect for Multi-track recording and seamlessly crosses over into the digital world where tape has been replaced by Avid Protools 2024.
The Desk produces a rich transparent sound as you would expect from the Soundcraft family of vintage and modern Consoles.
Microphones for Vocals:
Neumann U87Ai and AKG C414 EB
The go to' legendary high quality microphones for vocals & acoustic instrument recording. Both mics are Dual Diaphragm for Cardioid Omni and Fig 8 patterns.
For Instruments:
A wide selection of studio microphones for drums electronic and acoustic instruments:
AKG D112 Kik Drum mic).
Legendary Shure SM7B (Perfect for 'close' Vocals, Voice Overs and Podcasts).
Shure SM57's & 58's. general drum and instrument mics.
Sennheiser MkH 50 condenser's and UB421's.
Neve 1073 DPX Pre-Amps
This is a legendary dual Pre Amp, producing the signature 'Neve Sound' recognised the world over. Vocals and instruments sound beautifully warm with sparkling clarity, due to it's 'Class A' circuitry as well as the renown 1073 three band Eq's.
Tube Mic Pre-Amps.
The Art Pro MPA II Mic and Instrument Pre' is a 2 channel Rack mount Tube Pre-amp that is reviewed as one of the best sounding units out there.
I personally love this thing! It has so many options for gain, saturation and stereo configuration including 'mid-side'
Pro Tools 2024
Protools is the most widely used DAW of preference, It records both audio and midi. Protools includes an abundance of high end eq and dynamic shaping tools, as well as many virtual Instruments. Our system provides artists endless possibilities for recording, editing, mixing and mastering.
MOTU 16A 24bit hardware
The 16A has a very high dynamic range (127db) and a beautiful smooth sound.
When coupled with ProTools 2024 it can record a large number of audio tracks all at once. It provides huge production possibilities.
Plugins and Virtual Instruments.
Universal Audio plugins are legendary and feature original classics like Neve 1073 & Pultec tube Eq's.
The LA-2A (Teletronics), the 1176 AE compressors These Plugins sound like the original hardware. They all add so much harmonic, warmth and dynamic to mixes. We have over 60 UAD Plugins altogether which include -
UA Capitol Chambers, and Mastering Compressor, Plate and Lexicon reverbs and many other legendary proccessors.
Other fx and virtual instruments.
Arturia Vintage Keyboard Instruments, Fabfilter compressors and eq's, Tokyo Dawn Mastering Limiter and mastering EQ, Plugin Alliance Neve Channel (Lindell 80), Waves collection and many more. Your productions can have real and electronic virtual drums and synthesizers and a number of different types of sampled Panos to suiter all tastes.
Keyboard Hardware.
Yamaha P140 weighted piano action keyboard with 88 keys
Arturia Keylab midi instrument controller
M-Audio Keystation 61 midi controller
Yamaha midi drum pad set.
Guitars
We do record guitars on amps, but we also have some awesome guitar software, allowing you to record electric guitars without an amp, but achieving virtually any classic electric guitar sound.
There are also some pedals we use like The Past FX TDY Tube driver and Big Muff which really hit the spot when you want a bit of drive. (or even a lot)
Control Room
Our Control room is comfortable to work in and the main monitors are superb! Separate amps running on crossovers powering twin 15" reflexes tuned to 40 Hz for that big punchy vibrant bottom end, with Tannoy LRM 12" Dual Concentric Monitors handling Mids and High Frequencies.
Near field Monitors
Tannoy Reveal 502 Monitors have a massive sound for near-field speakers. Ensuring precise mixing & imaging
Rates
Call us on 01539-624827 or click guy@lindenstudio.co.uk
I do special deals for songwriters, who want help producing their songs over a period of time with Guy Forrester as engineer /producer. Instruments and musical input can be provided. Even if you do not have a band or musicians to work with, but are able to competently play 1 or more instruments, you will achieve amazing results. Several of the featured artists shown on our website have been working this way. As Musicians ourselves, we can help with Guitar Bass Drums and Keyboards. In the Artist section and Audio section, there are some special artist pages and music tracks. Check out the video page as well. You will find lots of music from some of our featured songwriters, bands, and 1 or 2 of our own. enjoy!
