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    Andrew Dudman takes us around his live recording setup
    Andrew Dudman Takes us around his live recording setup

    Around 80 producers and engineers met up at  Abbey Road's Studio Three  in October 2018 to participate in a live recording workshop with senior Abbey Road Studios engineer Andrew Dudman.

    Drum recording with Clint Murphy & Mike Exeter
    Drum recording with Clint Murphy & Mike Exeter

    Woodworm Studios was the venue for our recording masterclass focused on rock and metal production - this was our drum recording section which we have edited to hopefully not run too long and we think that these methods would be of great interest to anyone...

    Acoustic guitar microphones compared
    Acoustic guitar microphones compared

    Mike Exeter met up with Barry Bayliss at Gospel Oak Studios near Birmingham, UK, to compare a range of microphones for recording acoustic guitar. Some of the microphones were very affordable and a few more expensive mics were thrown in too.

    Tape flange feature one way to get a flanging effect
    Tape flange feature One way to get a flanging effect

    A group of recording engineers met up at Rimshot Studios, a lovely recording studio in the UK's Kent countryside, to try out some ideas, share techniques and hang out.

    Piano recording workshop at Rimshot Studios
    Piano recording workshop at Rimshot Studios

    March 2017 - We were at Rimshot Studios recording some production videos in our series for the site with musician Nigel Powell, pop producer superstar Gary Stevenson and ace engineer / producer George Shilling . We were joined by several leading recording engineers.

    Piano recording techniques with Clint Murphy
    Piano recording techniques with Clint Murphy

    Clint Murphy was at Rimshot Studios recording some production videos with Mike Exeter and decided that as we had a lovely Bechstein Grand Piano in a lovely room with someone that could play (Michael Bunce) we recorded this short feature.

    Mark Rankin talks about recording drums
    Mark Rankin talks about recording drums

    Mark Rankin discusses his approach to recording drums. Nick Poortman visited Mark to meet up and chat about some of the unique working methods and approaches, this is a short snippet out of the longer video, click here to watch the full interview.

    Ian Shepherd tries wearable binaural mic's on a studio session
    Ian Shepherd tries wearable binaural mic

    March 2017 - We were at Rimshot Studios recording a new production series for the site with musician Nigel Powell, pop producer superstar Gary Stevenson and ace engineer / producer George Shilling.

    Dan Logan talks about recording drums at Orchard Studios
    Dan Logan Talks about recording drums at Orchard Studios

    Russ Cottier met with Dan Logan at Orchard Studios and talked drums. Recording drums is one of those subjects where you just can't get enough information and opinions - we think, anyway.

    Piano mic shoot out comparing microphones with Clint Murphy
    Piano mic shoot out Comparing microphones with Clint Murphy

    Clint Murphy's unique series continues here on RecordProduction.com with a journey to Belgium's ICP Studios - Clint compares three piano mic alternatives selecting some very classy mics from ICP's excellent mic collection.

    Guitar cab recording with Clint Murphy & Mike Exeter
    Guitar cab recording with Clint Murphy & Mike Exeter

    Woodworm Studios was the venue for our Metal Recording Masterclass in 2015. This is a short extract of that feature where Mike Exeter and Clint Murphy discuss placement of mics. The two mics of choice are the affordable Sure Sm57 and ribbon Royer.

    Andrew Scheps drum recording techniques
    Andrew Scheps Drum recording techniques

    Russell Cottier talks with recording engineer and mixing legend, Andrew Scheps.

    Andrew Scheps recording guitars
    Andrew Scheps Recording guitars

    Russell Cottier talks recording guitars with legendary producer, engineer and mix engineer Andrew Scheps. In this short video segment taken from our hour long interview at Monnow Valley Studios recently this feature covers Andrew's love of recording guitars.

    Production masterclass with Nigel Powell featuring Clint Murphy, Mike Exeter & George Shilling
    Production masterclass with Nigel Powell Featuring Clint Murphy, Mike Exeter & George Shilling

    Three engineers on one session? How did we avoid a punch-up?. Actually, the three people working on the session all come from different backgrounds but surprisingly to us, they got on really well and we may have inadvertently created a production team by mistake.

    Metal recording workshop feature with top recording engineers
    Metal recording workshop feature with top recording engineers

    Engineers Clint Murphy and Mike Exeter got together with Stuart Jones at Woodworm studios to record a feature for us following the recording of a complete track with a band to compare various recording approaches and methods.

    Clint Murphy kick drum sample technique
    Clint Murphy Kick drum sample technique

    Clint Murphy's unique series here on RecordProduction.com continues with Clint showing us his methods for kick drum replacement with samples and how to tune the kick to be sympathetic to the song.