Studio Two. Studio Three. The Gatehouse. The Front Room. From analogue tape machines and vintage microphones to high end digital and analogue mixing consoles, the unique array of equipment on offer at Abbey Road is second to none. While treading in the footsteps of giants at the Studios, you can take your pick from any of the extensive selection of often custom built equipment used to record at the studio over the years.
Our extensive microphone collection encompasses the finest models from the past 80 years, while our carefully selected loudspeakers provide equal clarity at the opposite end of the signal chain. How an elegant sixteen-room, three-story town house built in changed the course of music history forever, the ripples of which are still unquestionably strong, inspiring and infectious.
It saw the Chicago rapper teaming up with a piece all-female string orchestra for an ambitious concert that featured expanded and reimagined takes of his biggest tracks of the time, and may be one of the most well-known instances of hip hop and classical music coming together. Interviews Studios. Take a look at the beta version of dw. We're not done yet! Your opinion can help us make it better. We use cookies to improve our service for you.
You can find more information in our data protection declaration. Founded in , the studio enjoys iconic cult status for having produced albums for the Beatles, Queen, U2, and Kanye West among many others.
The Beatles had to walk down this zebra crossing six times to capture the iconic shot for their album 'Abbey Road'. It's probably the world's most heavily guarded recording studio.
You don't just walk in here to have a look around. You must register and justify your reason for entering. Curious people can only look at it from the outside. For it was here on the world-renowned zebra crossing in front of the studio where John Lennon , Ringo Starr , Paul McCartney and George Harrison walked back and forth a few times in a bad mood on a sunny August day in That undertaking resulted in one of the most famous album covers of all time — and sealed the cult status of the recording studio that opened its doors for the first time on November 12, All of EMI's classical recordings were produced here — the vast majority of them under the direction of the famous conductor, Yehudi Menuhin.
Abbey Road is of course synonymous with the legendary work of The Beatles , who worked with EMI producer Sir George Martin and recorded of their songs at the studios. As the demand for classical recording spaces declined, Ken Townsend found a new role for the big rooms — movie scores, with the first major film score being Raiders of The Lost Ark in The studios house a number of state-of-the-art mastering suites, with engineering expertise spanning direct to vinyl and half-speed mastering.
In Spring , in the biggest transformation since first opening, two new contemporary studios were launched - The Gatehouse and The Front Room - making the magic of Abbey Road accessible to a whole new generation of recording artist. Enhancing the services to film clients, a new Dolby Atmos Premier accredited Mix Stage also opened in , making Abbey Road the only facility in the UK to offer both scoring and film sound post production.
Abbey Road was declared an English Heritage Grade II listed site in , but the focus continues to be on the future and helping to spread the expertise and knowledge present within the building to a new generation of musicians, engineers and producers around the world.
Isabel Garvey Managing Director.
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