Record your music in Newcastle Upon Tyne. We are a pro audio recording, mixing and mastering service offering full analog mixing, digital mixing or a hybrid approach. We are one of the world’s best studios.
Subwaves Studios is a Pro Recording and Music Production Service and Studio based in Eldon Square, Newcastle, North East England, UK. We look forward to welcoming you into the studio. We also have a portable on location studio and work across many different recording studios worldwide.
Studio A
Studio A is the main recording studio we have access to at Subwaves Music and represents everything that makes Subwaves Studios a world class music production facility, we have just upgraded to the industry standard Universal Audio Apollo X16 interface coupled with our amazing brand new API Console. This studio is for bands, ensembles and singers. The main studio is currently running the latest version of Pro Tools 12 as well as a plethora of industry standard plugins to enhance and bring out the best qualities within the artists recordings. We have the latest vocal and instrument plugins from iZotope, Antares, Waves, CLA and Abbey Road Studios to name a few, please see equipment list below for the full list. At Subwaves Music Studios we only use the best microphones and have a huge selection including the Neumann U87 which combined with our API Console and outstanding preamp selection including the legendary Neve 1073 running into the Tube Tech CL1B Optical Compressor used by Ed Sheeran, Beyonce and Kanye West amongst others. We also have a Neve 33609 Stereo Compressor, Universal Audio LA2A, Pultec EQP1A and an SSL Fusion plus more. We are able to capture every nuance of the artists performance whatever the instrument, and create outstanding industry standard records. The sound is unbeatable with our latest upgrade and mixing techniques.
Studio B
Studio B is suited to solo artists, singers and small bands. This studio like our main recording space represents everything that makes Subwaves Studios a world class music recording and production facility, but the difference is the recording area is smaller than Studio A. Studio B is running all Studio A has in terms of Pro Tools 12, Apollo X16 Interface, industry standard hardware and equipment, plugins, preamps, and everything else. Studio B is also ideal for surround sound mixing for TV and Film, as well as overdubs. This makes a excellent industry standard mixing suite.
Setting the standard for audio capture and processing. Record. Arrange. Mix. Master. Bounce. Release. Distribute. We can do it all in-house at Subwaves Studios.
Mic Selection, Preamps and Physical Hardware
We have one of the best selection of outboard gear hardware across the North East…
- Telefunken U47
- Neumann U87
- API The Box Console
- SSL and API EQ’s
- API The Box Console
- Neve 1073 with EQ
- Tube Tech CL1B Optical Compressor
- Pultec EQP1A
- Neve 33609 Stereo Compressor
- Teletronix LA2A
- Neumann KMS105
- SSL Fusion
We have access to a huge mic range as well as a top selection of outboard gear. If you don't see your desired mic please get in touch and we will arrange this for you. We use one of the most famous recording chains in the history of recorded music.
Music Production, Mixing and Mastering
The latest version of Pro Tools with the latest in music production plugins to achieve world class audio as below…
- iZotope Music Suite 4 including Ozone 9 Advanced, RX8, Insight, Alloy 2, Nectar 2 Production Suite, and Trash 2 + expansions
- Waves Gold (L1 Ultramaximizer, C4 Multiband Compressor, H-Comp, and H-Delay, Vitamin Sonic Enhancer + more)
- Abbey Road Plugins - The Full Collection including reverb chambers and saturation plugins
- Universal Audio 1176
- Antares Auto Tune Pro + AVOX 4 including Harmony Engine, Mutator Evo, Articulator Evo, Warm Tube, Aspire Evo, Throat Evo, Duo Evo, Choir Evo, Punch Evo, Sybil Evo
- Waves Chris Lord-Alge Signature Series Plugin Bundle
- Air Instruments Expansion Pack 3 Complete
- ReFX Nexus2
- Slate Digital Everything Bundle
+ More
Interface and Desks
Our studio uses the latest MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM, 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 with Turbo Boost and 1TB of memory packed with audio samples.
We use the latest Apogee and Apollo Interfaces fitted with the latest in digital conversion as the main input to Pro Tools 12. Recently upgraded to Apollo X16 which has the best conversion of all interfaces in the history of recorded music and offers the best plugins in the industry in terms of mic pre amps, EQ’s and compressors. For large scale projects where lots of tracks are required we have a range of suitable top range analog and digital desks.
