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Vintage Analogue Console
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Accommodation for Ten
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Unique Live Room with Superb Acoustics
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Yamaha G3 Grand Piano
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Excellent Rates
about us
THE LODGE CREW
At The
Lodge Recording Studio you will find gifted people with experience, skills, creative
imagination and brains, plus all the gear you are likely to ever need to
get the best possible results recording a demo or full album for release.
The Studios give large discounts to unsigned bands, small independent labels
and young bands still at school.
We have built our reputation
recording bands. It is what we understand and do best. We are constantly
improving our facilities.
All in all, The Lodge represents
unbeatable value.
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THE LODGE EXPERIENCE Over all the years we have been doing this, we long ago realised that the most important thing, above all else is to provide a completely stress free environment and positive surroundings. We believe this to be absolutely essential and no amount of classy equipment can make up for the lack of the right atmosphere operated by the right people with the right attitude. When you decide to use The Lodge Recording Studio, it won’t end up costing you an arm and a leg. You will get our undivided attention from the moment you walk in the door until the moment you leave. You will be working with talented engineers who will be able to understand exactly where you are coming from and will do their very best to give you exactly what you want. |
2007 - 9 AT THE LODGE
A FAIRLY RANDOM SELECTION
SHARKS - EMILIE CHYTRAEUS - EXOTERIK - ZODIAC MINDWARP - ARBITORS - CALORIES - BISON - THE BRINK - BRASSKATS - THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS - THE JACKS - 4 GET ME NOTS - SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND - LAND OF CAIN - THE JUVIES - COUSIN AVI - UPTOWN DECADENCE UNIT - VICE LIKE GRIP - DANNY CONNORS - ALAN MOORE - PEACH RHINO - JONATHAN ROSS - BBC - UNIVERSAL - PARLOPHONE - MAGIC SKOOL BUS - DEAF HAVANA - IRRITANT - BEE STUNG LIPS - THE MOONS - MIRROR MIRROR - HEARTS IN ATLANTIS - THE NINE BELOW - RATTLESNAKE REMEDY - SEVEN YEARS - ZOOT ALORS - VINDICTION - THE ARTIZANS - SEVENTY FIRST SIN - SHEEP THIEVES - GYPSY DOGS - THE ON OFFS - SEGA RALLY REVO (surround soundtrack)
OVER THE YEARS
PARADISE LOST - NAZARETH - BERNIE TORME - DO ME BAD THINGS - KATRINA AND THE WAVES - NEW MODEL ARMY - KIM WILDE - MARILLION - CONFLICT - SPIRITUALIZED - FUN BOY THREE - ASWARD - MARI WILSON - THE BELOVED - THE RUTS - THE WISHPLANTS - JAZZ BUTCHER - FIELDS OF THE NEPHILLIM
Whether you are an unsigned band from out of town with a recording project, a producer with a young band who needs a creative space to work in or a signed band needing a serious rehearsal and preproduction facilities, The Lodge can provide extremely cost effective student style accommodation and in house catering for up to ten people.
TOTAL RECALL
The Lodge is the only comparable
recording studio in the region with Total Recall, a fully automated
mix facility.
Total Recall will
save you time and money and bring your mixes that nearer to perfection than
possible previously. Gone are the days of "Hit 'n Miss" mixes.
Yamaha G3 Grand Piano
The main Live Room is geared up for bands. With 20 feet of space above the drum area and a ceramic ceiling the naturally created ambience gives a superbly huge sound.
There are also two quadruple-glazed, nested dead rooms having visual contact with all areas enabling unparalleled separation when recording all-at-once performances.
Great Atmosphere - Great Acoustics
THE ROOF GARDEN
In summer this is a spectacular space for chill, chat or to have a smoke.
THE GREEN ROOM
The new chill out room is very popular. Providing a home from home space in which to relax and collect your thoughts. To eat and drink. To have a smoke and a chat with friends. To make and take those inevitable calls. To take a break.
- Cable TV
- Home Cinema (10ft Screen)
- Hi-Fi
- Broadband
- DVD
- Kitchen
- Bathroom
- Roof Garden
COOL ANALOGUE HISTORY
The studio was first established in 1979 by Robert John Godfrey
and Stephen Stewart. Situated in a large farmhouse in
WARM DIGITAL FUTURE
In 1992, Robert John Godfrey reopened The Lodge in Northampton where he, together with Max Read, have served the recording needs of the local community ever since offering support and advice for young artists taking their first steps. Whilst The Lodge has kept up to date with all the latest technology and digital recording techniques, the studio has retained the best of the vintage gear, a decision which has turned out to be a good one.
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Sleeps a maximum of ten.
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One large room containing four comfortable single beds.
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One large room containing four full size comfortable bunk beds.
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One room containing a double double bed or two singles.
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Two bathrooms
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Large living room with a Computer for email and web surfing - Home Cinema - Broadband - Cable TV.
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Roof garden
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Catering: Very flexible and very good home cooked food to suit all tastes.
apogee - lexicon - aphex - neumann - akg - electrovoice - sennheiser - focusrite - tc electronics - waves - ursa major - yamaha - studer - drawmer - dbx
RECORDING
Cadac Console
72 Channels At Mixdown, 32 Channels Of Automation, Full Parametric EQ, 10
Sends, 32 Track Routing.
Fast PC running
32 I/O of up to 192 kHz 24bit
Apogee Rosseta 800 x 4
Studer A800 2" - 24 Track Tape Recorder
Studer A80 1/4" - 2 Track Tape Recorder
Pioneer D-05 DAT Recorder
Sony MiniDisc Recorder
CDR Burners
DVD Data Archiving
DAW
Silent PC System With 240 Gigs +
Cubase 5 or Pro Tools HD 3
Wavelab 6.1 (Red-Book CD Mastering)
Waves Platinum
MAIN MICROPHONES
Neumann U87 (2)
AKG 414 B ULS (2)
AKG 451(4 inc CK22)
AKG D112
AKG D12 Vintage
AKG SE300B (CK93 & CK91)
Audix D1 (3)
Shure SM58 (4), SM57 (6), Beta 57 (1)
Sure Beta 52
Electrovoice RE20 (2)
Sennheiser MD421 II
DYNAMICS & EQ
Aphex 109 - 2/4-Band Valve Parametric EQ
Aphex 661 Expressor (Valve Compressor) (2)
TLAudio Ivory Series C-5021 (Valve Compressor)
Focusrite Platinum Compounder (2)
Pearl
Export Drum Kit
Emulator X2 Studio with large library
MONITORING
Vintage Tannoy Super
Reds
Yamaha Near Field
Mackie PA (Studio Playback)
REVERB & DSP
Lexicon 480XL
Lexicon PCM60
Lexicon PCM70
Lexicon PCM91
Yamaha REV7
Yamaha SPX90 (2)
Roland SDE3000
TC Electronics 2290
Ursa Major Space Station
Ursa Major Stargate 626
Ursa Major MSP 126
ZOOM 9010
DeltaLab Acoustic Computer
EcoPlate Plate Reverb
Aphex Aural Exciter
MXR Delay Lines (2)
Drawmer
Compressors (2)
Drawmer Gates (8)
DBX Dual Comp/Gate/Lim
VINTAGE
Valley People 440
Valley People Dynamite
Valley People Gatex
Cadac Compressors (4)
AMPLIFICATION
Line6
Pod Pro + FloorBoard
Slimline Marshall 4 x 12
Marshall JCM2000 Orange Crunch
30 Watt Marshall Valvestate
200 Watt Marshall Valvestate
300 Watt Peavey Bass Stack
Pearl Export Drum Kit
Fender Strat (Mexico custom)
VINTAGE KEYS
Korg Mono Poly (Vintage)
Yamaha DX7 (Vintage)
Roland V-Synth GT
Roland Fantom G8
Roland V-Piano (New)
Yamaha DM2000VCM
96 Channel digital desk - Fully automated with total recall and flying
faders.
Tannoy Reveal Surround Sound Monitoring 5.1 - Yamaha NS100 Near Field -
Tannoy Super Reds playback in Studio
Cubase 4: 48 I/O at 48KHz, 32 I/O at 96K
Lexicon 480XL: Highly sought after industry standard high end reverberation
and processing
DAW:
(Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz, 3Gb RAM, 2Tb HD), RME Interface
Yamaha S90 ES with TX816 (Vintage FM)
Inputs from Tape, Vinyl,
Betamax F1, Reel to Reel etc.
Mastering
Main Tools: Waves Diamond Bundle Digital Mastering Tools plus many other
sophisticated digital tools for the unforseen.
Orchestral Library
Studio 2 features a magnificent symphonic sound library featuring Vienna
Symponic Strings, Brass, Woodwind, EW Symphonic Choirs and more.
Yamaha G3 Grand Piano
The Lodge's Yamaha grand piano is located in Studio 2. It is played daily
and tuned regularly. Balanced tie - lines enable recording of the piano
from either studio.
Max Read or Robert Godfrey
23 Abington Sq
Northampton NN1 4AE
01604
475399 : All Enquiries - Bookings and Admin
07915 610735 : Max Read - Direct
studio_enquiries@lodgerecording.co.uk
Neighbouring Towns and Cities:
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The Studio is located in Abington Square in Northampton, a couple of minute' s walk from the centre of town. To find us from the M1:
- Leave the M1 at junction 15 and take the Dual-Carriageway (A45) towards Northampton
- Travel down the A45 about 3 miles, then take the Bedford turning
- Keeping left round the roundabout, head towards Northampton Town Centre (don't go to Bedford!)
- Turn right at the lights (BMW garage)
- Follow the road up the hill and go straight on past 2 sets of traffic lights
- At the top of the hill (T-Junction), turn left onto the Wellingborough road.....
then, to unload outside studio:
- After about 500 metres you will reach an island with pedestrian crossings and statue
- The studio is on the other side of the island to the left of "Mollys", the grey-fronted building
- You can do a u-turn around the end of the island and unload directly outside the door no. 23
or, to go straight to St. Michaels multi-storey car-park:
- After about 600 meters, follow the road round to the right past BBC Northampton
- Keep in the right hand lane and turn right at the lights into St. Michaels Road
- Keeping to the right again, the car-park is on your right
