Mastering
The Recording Studio/Control Room and Vocal Booth are linked to all 4 Rehearsal Rooms. Their acoustic treatment also makes them suitable for recording, allowing for full isolation of instruments.
We have a long history of recording all genres of music, as well as audio recording for broadcast services, podcasts, audio books, websites and more. Rehearsing bands can also record their sessions live.
All completed recordings can also be professionally mixed and mastered ‘in house’ by our resident sound engineer/producer. We also offer professional standard Mixing/Mastering service to anything that has been recorded elsewhere.
Check out some of the recordings we’ve done. You can also listen to some of the tracks that have been professionally mixed/mastered below.
The Rocking Horse RecordingStudio/Control Room was uniquely designed by our resident sound engineer/producer, Neil Combstock. Built from the ground up, drawing on his past experience in recording studios and mastering houses. The space is acoustically designed to provide the best possible recording and mixing workspace. It is comfortable, with mood lighting, a sofa, and air conditioning. It is connected to the Rehearsal Rooms. This setup allows recording from any of the 4 rooms. You can record with up to 32 tracks. The 24 bit digital recording capability ensures high-quality audio. This setup allows you to record separate band members in each of the 4 rooms. A singer can perform in the Recording Studio/Control Room’s Vocal Booth. You can record a song in one take while retaining clear, isolated recordings on each channel. Room 1 is large enough to accommodate a full band. It has the required microphones. This setup provides a more ‘live’ sounding recording if required. Completed tracks can be professionally mixed and mastered. The very latest mixing/mastering software and plugins are used for this purpose. These are monitored through professional Yamaha speaker monitors, including a 10 inch KRK sub. Yamaha MSP5 near field speaker monitors are also used. The Recording Studio/Control Room can also be used to record a rehearsal. A band can obtain a rough CD recording of their practice sessions this way.
The standard rate for the recording studio/control room is £20 an hour. This rate includes usage of the vocal booth. It can be used for either vocals or an isolated guitar amp. The rate also includes basic recordings.
However, if any of the 4 rehearsal rooms also need to be used, the rate is £25 an hour. This applies when recording drums, for example. We also offer a discount rate of £200 for a full day recording. This is available if a full band needs to record multiple tracks or a full album. Other deals are available depending on the amount of recording needed.
To book a recording session, call our resident sound engineer/producer Neil directly at 07758 509744. You can also discuss any other recording requirements with him. You can also call Rocking Horse at 0191 385 0595. Alternatively, email rockinghorserehearsalrooms@gmail.com.
The standard rate for recording studio/vocal booth is £20 an hour which includes usage of the vocal booth.
To book a recording session or discuss any other recording requirements, call our resident sound engineer/producer
Neil directly: 07758 509744, call Rocking Horse: 0191 385 0595 or email: rockinghorserehearsalrooms@gmail.com
He previously worked in many different studios in London. This includes the Fluid Ounce Studio, Metropolis, and Music City. He also did freelance sound engineering work. This work led to time spent in mastering houses such as Alchemy Mastering Ltd and Masterpiece in London. He mastered recordings to both Vinyl and CD. He spent 5 years in Japan DJing and working as a sound engineer/producer. He also recently worked for the Music Department at Durham University for 2 years as Head Music Technician. He gained valuable experience working with Classical and Jazz musicians. He managed the concert hall and music equipment. He also oversaw the music laboratory and 4 recording studios.
Neil has a huge back catalogue of work prior to the creation of Rocking Horse. He worked as one half of Ninja Tune’s Zero dB. This role has seen him release 5 albums. He also worked with some of the most respected talent around the world. He has released material on record labels like Ninja Tune, Fluid Ounce, and Tru Thoughts. He has also released with Sony, Victor Japan (JVC in England), Ministry of Sound, and Ubiquity. In Japan, he has collaborated with many artists. These include Kyoto Jazz Massive, Root Soul, Soil and Pimp Sessions, UFO, and DJ Kentaro, amongst others. He has also collaborated with Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 6 Music), Mr Scruff, Azymuth, and Kruder & Dorfmeister. Additionally, he worked with Bonobo, DJ Food, ATFC, and Hexstatic. Other collaborators include Quantic, Coldcut, and Attica Blues.
He has also DJ’d and performed all over the world. He has covered most of Europe, the Far East, North America, and Australia. This includes festivals such as The Big Chill, Glastonbury, Marsatac (Marseille), Transmusique Festival (Renne), Kontrapunkt Festival (Zagreb), Cité De La Musique (Paris), Yebisu Garden Hall (Tokyo), Worldwide Festival (Singapore) along with hundreds of famous nightclubs worldwide (too many to list!).
With his extensive technical knowledge and experience, Neil has helped to build Rocking Horse from the ground up, runs the Rocking Horse Recordings Ltd record label and deals with all recording studio and sound engineering matters. His experience as a producer has covered pretty much every music genre there is and has also now built up huge knowledge and experience of recording bands at Rocking Horse, creating our unique sound!
Telephone: Direct 0191 3850595 / Mobile 07758509744
email: neilcombstock@me.com / rockinghorserecordingsltd@gmail.com
Selected Work (as Zero dB): (COMING SOON).
Each of our 4 rehearsal rooms is fitted with a 24 channel mic box which provides the potential to record from any room directly into the Recording Studio/Control Room. We will mic up everything as if it’s a live gig, i.e. kick, snare, bass, guitars and vocals direct to the studio (using DI boxes), but you’ll still be able to rehearse using the PA for vocals. This enables us to record better high quality rehearsal recordings! We’ve also created a ready to load template in Logic to make the whole editing/mixing process a lot quicker after your rehearsal. Those recordings can then be checked after the practise session is complete and edited to separate tracks (if required).
You will then be presented with a CD (or multiple CDs if required) of the recordings along with an MP3 version to download via a link (if required).
We will mic up the room with high quality recording equipment and patch it through to our studio. All the bands so far have been very pleased with the outcome. We’ve uploaded some of the recordings to Soundcloud which you can check out above. All you need to do is tell us you want to record when you book your rehearsal and we’ll make sure your room is mic’d up for your arrival.
£30 per session (Stereo room mics)(maximum 1 hour recording time)
£50 per session (everything mic’d up individually)
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Bookings:
Email / rockinghorserehearsalrooms@gmail.com
Phone / 0191 3860595 / Mobile No’s: Rich 07554 265040
Book a recording / Neil: 07758 509744 or email: rockinghorserehearsalrooms@gmail.com