Mike Banks

Are Friends Electric? - Underground SSL studio

This is different!. Imagine you're in beautiful countryside, miles from anywhere but under your feet is an amazing studio hidden away making this one of the most unusual and interesting studios we've visited*.

The Crypt - Affordable large London studio

Nestled next door to Paul Epworth's The Church Studios is this hidden gem, The Crypt Studios. Take a tour around this lovely studio perfect for band recording with large main studio space, good sized dead area/booth and full Dolby ATMOS equipped control room.

StudiOwz - Converted Welsh Chapel

Deep in South Wales Owain Fleetwood Jenkins has created a fabulous residential recording studio in a now very impressive once abandoned chapel.

Marshall Studios - Impressive studio built by Marshall with unique equipment

Tour around an epic recording studio built by Marshall next to their amplification manufacturing plant in Milton Keynes, England.

EchoTown Studio - New SSL studio near Dorchester, England

Tour around Echotown Studios with singer/songwriter Nick Capaldi. Nick and his wife, Grace, shared a dream to build a high end studio in their hometown and Echotown Studio is the result.

GloWorm Studios, Glasgow

GloWormRecording is a serious studio complex in Glasgow City Centre that attracts artists from around Europe due to its high end facilities and approach to production.

Eastcote Studios - Studio tour around long established London studios

Eastcote Studios is where Adele recorded 'Rolling In The Deep'. Things haven't stood still, now after 40 years they've just upgraded the studios so we wanted to show you how it's now even better than before.

Hive Rooms Studios - Video tour with Phil Bashford

Studio engineer Phil Bashford took us around the Hive Rooms mid COVID pandemic so had to wear a mask but we hope to re-visit and bring a bunch of new videos filmed at Hive Rooms soon.

Master Chord Studios

For “all in one room recording”, the booth’s doors can be left open, letting the sound spread from one room to the others, creating an amazing “ensemble” ambience.

Dan Austin - Interview with leading guitar band engineer and producer

Dan Austin is a leading British producer and engineer - many people know Dan for his amazing guitar and drum sounds (we have another feature on that in-edit) so while he was visiting Otterhead Studios Dan sat to chat with Oscar Ball about production, recording...

John Parish - Interview at his private studio

Ben Turner from Axe and Trap Studios visited John Parish at his amazing studio with ace cameraman and editor Harv to record this in-depth video.

Nick Mason - History of Pink Floyd

Nick Mason tells us how the band met, the various names the band had, Syd Barratt, Dark Side Of The Moon, and look back album by album etc.

Robert Carranza - Recording engineer and mixer feature

We met up with music producer Robert Carranza at Plastic Plant Studios in L.A as we are interested to find the secrets behind his great sounding records and to find out if the whole studio really runs on solar power.

Padley and Godfrey - Interview at their London Studio

We caught up with hit making writer / producers Padley and Godfrey at their own facility in London in April 2003 and are very pleased to feature them in an excellent video interview.

Jah Wobble - Video feature at Mark Angelo Studios

Following his founding and subsequently splitting from Public Image Ltd, the band John Lydon joined following the break-up of The Sex Pistols, Jah Wobble has been releasing albums at a great rate.

Benedict Findlay - Video interview

Record producer Ben Findlay's approach to engineering is that of an artist, his commitment to detail in recording and mixing is staggering.

Iain Roberton - Video interview at SARM Studios

We dropped in at SARM West and managed to wrestle Iain away from the controls of the console to talk about working with people such as Madonna, Spice Girls and William Orbit.

Jon Musgrave - Interviewed at Roundhouse Studios, London

Jon Musgrave's credit list includes: Culture Club, Boy George, High Lamas, Beverly Knight, Omar &Angie Stone, S Club 7, Darryl Hall & Kylie Minogue.

Mike Nielsen - Archive interviews at Strongroom Studios

Mike has built up a distinguished reputation as an engineer and producer who began his career by co-producing the first two Jamiroquai albums.

Dave Pemberton - Interview at Strongroom Studios, London

NEW: 2023 - Watch the latest interview/feature with Dave Pemberton, click here.

Matt Howe - Interview at Metropolis Studios

Grammy winning Matt Howe in conversation with RecordProduction.com at Metropolis Studios, London, March 2000. A fuller video interview is scheduled in the near future. To contact Matt, please e-mail us.

Session Walkthrough at StudiOwz - Featuring audio samples

Alongside our studio tour we have recorded this session walkthrough of StudiOwz showing owner and engineer Owain Fleetwood Jenkins - he shows us his microphone choices, instrument placement and more while recording brilliant session musician Dan Moore.

Jarle Bernhoft - Interview with Oscar Ball

Jarle Bernhoft joined us from his personal studio to talk about his love of making music - Oscar Ball who chatted with his asked about Jarle's interest in production and record making.

Ken Scott with John Webber - Conversation about mastering at Air Studios

Late September 2023 Ken Scott met with John Webber who's mastering the Bowie catalogue at Air Studios Mastering.

Iain Hutchison - Recording engineer at Glo Worm Studios, Glasgow

This ARCHIVE feature was recorded at Iain's old studio in Glasgow. The NEW studio is featured here: GloWorm Recording Studios Glasgow

Great Linford Manor Studios - Archive videos

Real World Studios - Archive video

The studios must be seen to be believed and must be visited. Watch the vintage pre-broadband video tour - a new one is coming soon.

Grand Piano Recording - Using Stereo Ribbon mic with AKG 414

Using the amazing Bechstein grand piano at StudiOwz (a lovely converted chapel in Wales) engineer Owain Fleetwood Jenkins shows his approach - getting a beautiful piano sound using a Hum Audio Devices RS-2 (stereo ribbon) microphone and a pair of AKG 414 mics.

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