Mobile Recording Studio from Ipswich.
Covering Suffolk and Essex. £50 per session.

Run by David Parker - Producer/Engineer/Drummer/Keyboard Player & Nice Chap.

Contact: davidstephenparker@yahoo.co.uk or phone 07834 701446.

Before you go visit my projects page to find out more about me and my personal projects.

Studio Info

The Groove UK studio is a fully portable digital studio based around Logic Pro Studio 9 or Protools 9 running on a MacBook Pro with an Allen and Heath ZR16 16 channel analog/digital mixer and an M-Audio Profire 2626 audio interface. With the two together I can record up to 24 channels simultaneously.

Rates are £50 up-front per session up to a maximum of 5 hours (including setup and pack down) and £10 per hour after that if a single session needs to run longer, this covers all tracking (the actual recording). For a full band recording it will take roughly 30 - 45 mins to get everything setup, during which time I will need you to shout "one two" into mics and bang drums, etc, so please allow for this. It will also take about the same time to pack down. Mixing and mastering are included in this price which I will do separately in my own time. I am not usually available during working hours as I do have a day job, but evenings and weekends will usually be ok.

I am based in Ipswich Suffolk so you will need to be within a reasonable distance for me to get to you. I cover Suffolk and Essex mostly around the main towns on the A12, Ipswich, Colchester, Witham and Chelmsford. The map to the right shows my coverage area. As I am mobile I come to wherever you rehearse, or wherever you want to do the recording. Preferably this is a quiet location with good acoustics. For a band recording the location will need to have a PA to amplify the vocals and for me to play back the recordings to you. For smaller recordings, for example a singer/songwriter with a guitar we can use headphones. For best results I recommend new skins on the drums and new strings on the guitars and bass. And finally it should be a given that you are well rehearsed and ready to record.

1. A live recording. This is where the whole band plays together as you would do live and each instrument is recorded to a separate track so the mix can be adjusted to taste after the recording.

2. A multitrack recording were each instrument is recorded individually, either to a recording taken as option 1 above as a guide, or to a scratch recording taken to a click track.

Option 2 will give the best quality sound and will result in a more commercial album quality recording. Option 1 will result in a recording reflecting what the band sounds like live. Option 2 is harder work and will take longer, possibly 2 to 3 sessions for 4 or 5 tracks. Option 1 will most likely be done in one session.

After a few days I will give you a download link to some mp3 files of your recordings to review after I have completed the initial mix. It's likely you will want some revisions to the mix and some edits. It's normal to go through a number of revisions to get to the sound you like. I don't generally have people present whilst I am mixing because I do it over several short sessions and review the mix through different sound systems, plus I like to take my time over it. I also master all the mixes using Ozone. Once you are happy I can either send/give you a CD of the recording, or upload the wav copies of the recording which can be used to duplicate CD's. I don't currently offer CD duplication myself, but there are several companies that can offer this.