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Born in a Barn Recording Studio Coventry |
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Welcome to Born in a Barn Studio. Established in 1996 Born in a Barn Studio is situated inside the old milking parlour of Mobbs Wood Farm, Ansty. A quaint country village just by Coventry.
The studio has been built up over several testing years. The premises were first found and developed in 1996, when relocation of the previous local city studio was forced (due to the building being demolished!) and was originally just 2 rooms.
During Spring 2001, having visited a variety of studios and talked to many artists, further refurbishments were made and a comfortable, professional but fun place to be was re-designed, now comprising 5 rooms.
In the interim periods the studio has been hired as a project studio both long & short term but is now fully open again and has been extensively equipped with state of the art Digital Hardware including Digidesign and Focusrite. An Apple Power Mac G5 dual 1.8GHz, sits at the hub, running Pro Tools software attracting customers from Birmingham, London, Manchester, Leicester, Wales & Scotland.
Come Play in the Country !! We look forward to seeing you soon.
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Production Suite |
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Our spacious and comfortable production suite has an extensive array of equipment. Whatever sounds you are capturing, we have the exact kit you need, from hi tech effects to classic lo-fi blasts from the past!.
The Control Room, 18 square metres of floor space and 2.20 metres height, is laid out informally with kick-back comfort and spot lighting so an intimate feel can be gained during mix-down. Mastering on CD-R/RW, DAT, MD & CC. |
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| Production Suite Equipment List |
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recording: |
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ProTools TDM (v6.7) HD2 system, Digidesign HD2 with 2 accel cards, Digidesign 192 I/O Interface (44.1,48,96,192 kHz sample rate) - Digidesign Command 8. A fully automateable digital control, surface offering up to 192 channels (heat sensitive faders!), Apple 'Power Mac G5' Dual 1.8GHz (1.5Gb RAM), Glyph GT0501 F-250 Hard-Drives, Formac 'Oxygen' Monitors 19/400, Focusrite 'Platinum' Octopre. 8-channel mic preamp, Focusrite 'Platinum' Voicemaster Pro preamp with built in extras including old tube sound, Soundcraft 'Spirit' 32-Channel/8-Bus Analogue Desk - Peavey 2.6C Power Amp |
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Too many to mention, but included are the WAVES PLATINUM BUNDLE comprising industry standard setter WAVES MASTERING BUNDLE and the classic Waves Gold Bundle - hear them AND see them to believe them! Quote: ''I've used Waves plugins on every song I've mixed for the past two years. I'm still discovering others in the bundle that become my new staples everyday! Very usable stuff!'' - Tony Maserati - Mary J.Blige, Lil' Kim, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Brian McKnight, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin and Alicia Keys
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mastering: |
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Needless to say mastering comes free with all recording artists after mixdown and final production checks. |
accessory outboard: |
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Behringer Ultra-Graph Pro (31-band graphic equaliser), Behringer MDX4400 Multicom Pro, Behringer Autocom (comp/lim/expand/gates), Alesis 3630 Dual Compressors/Gates, Vesta Kozo Dual Gates, Alesis Midiverb 4 Digital Multi Effects Unit, Alesis Microverb III Digital Multi Effects Unit, ART Multiverb LTX Digital Multi Effects Unit, AKAI S950 Digital Sampler (old `n` great!), P&R Patchbay PB48M |
playback and mastering |
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CD-R/RW Mastering (Mac Superdrive), Tascam DA20 DAT Machine, Marrantz CD5000 CD Player, Sony MDS JE330 Minidisk, Sony TC-K661S Cassette Deck, Kenwood KD-491F Record Deck |
headphones: |
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Behringer HA8000 Powerplay Pro Amp (2 independant stereo mix inputs going out to 8x individually controlled stereo mix outputs), Beyerdynamic DT100 (x4), Beyerdynamic DT109, Fostex T20 (X2), Sharp HP300, P&R Headphone Splitter Box HS8 8-Way |
micrphones: |
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SE Electronics Gemini (valve mic), SE Electronics SE1 (matched pair), Rode NT1A (x2), Rode NTK (x2), Sennheiser 421 (x2), Sennheiser e606, Shure SM58 (x3), Shure SM57 (x3), T-bone BD200 (x4), T-bone SC-1100, T-bone GM-55, AKG D112 (x2), AKG D330 BT, AKG D70s, AKG C418 (x4), AKG C411PP, Electrovoice MC100 (x3), Samson S2, Realistic PZM (x2), K&M professional popshield Beyerdynamic popshield (x3) |
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Live Room |
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The Live Room is where you can make as much noise as you like! We simply won't hear you next door, due mainly to approximately 20 tonnes of sand completely surrounding this room.
BB Studio's Live Room is bigger by design and boasts the original beams and parlour step! With 30 square metres of floor space (2.85 metres in height) we have recorded groups of 8 members and even small choirs.
This spacious room has a versatile 24pc drum kit, powerful PA, valvestate bass amp & lots of percussion instruments for your amusement. Our professional sound isolation equipment aids what has been described as a 'lovely, warm, acoustically dead room'.
Clear Sonic Screening providing perfect isolation/boothing necessary for your acoustic separation. There's also some lighting equipment so you can create your own vibe during live recordings!
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| Live Room Equipment List |
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Peavey XRD 680S PA Unit - RCF 152 Performer PA Cabinets - The Sssnake M6 multicore (10m tails) |
keyboards: |
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Korg Triton LE 61 Digital Sequencer - Kawai K11 Digital Master Keyboard - Jen Synx 508 Analogue Keyboard - Kingswood Upright Piano |
drumkits: |
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HRK Drum Institute(Japanese), basic 4 shells 'Trak' Drum Kit, (22" BD, 12", 13", 16" Toms), Tama Tenor Snare Drum (14"x6") , Pearl Piccollo Snare Drum (13"x3"), Premier 3-Piece Roto-Toms Rack, (6", 8", 10"), Premier Floor Tom (18"), Pearl Double Bass Pedals, P955TW , Pearl Omnipod Swivel System Hi-Hat Stand, Pearl/Premier Double-Braced Hardware (x6), Meinl 10" Splash Cymbal, Meinl 18" China Cymbal AMPLIFIERS, Trace Elliot V-Type Bass Amp, Speaker Cabinet (4 x 15")
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percussion: |
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Premier 2-Piece Bongo Set, Wooden Djembe, Irish Bodhran, Stagg Metal Darbuka, Large selection of smaller percussion instruments such as: maracas, afuche, chimes, whistles, Meinl 20" Heavy Ride Cymbal, Meinl 14" Soundwave Hi-Hats, Zildjian 13" Heavy Hi-Hats, Zildjian 16" Medium Crash Cymbal, Zildjian 12" ZLK Splash Cymbal, Sabian 16" Metal Crash Cymbal, Sabian 18" ROCKTAGON Crash Cymbal, Premier Hardware Mountable Cowbell, Premier Hardware Mountable Tambourine, Premier Hardware Mountable Drink Holder!, Premier Hardware Mountable Ash Tray!
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lighting: |
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Proscan Super Spot lights (x4), Strobe, Disco Lights, Rotating Mirror Ball |
screening: |
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Clear Sonic Absorbtion Panels (x4) |
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Facilities |
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Chill zone and accommodation
After many trips to recording studios ourselves it became quite obvious that a place to sleep is enormously helpful to a hard working band - especially if they're from out of town.
Our chill zone can comfortably accommodate 6 people. It's upstairs out of the way and a perfect place to get your head down during those long recording sessions (or while the lead guitarists' on their 30th solo take!) This area also doubles as a games room with Nintendo and Playstation games consoles, TV, board games and loads of cushions. It's an ideal place to get away from the crowd in those moments of despair!
The chill zone helps keep your recording costs low and takes away the hassle of finding accommodation elsewhere. Just remember to bring your own sleeping bags and bedding.
Food & Drink
For those of you with healthy appetites or a talent in the kitchen there is a handy Whirlpool microwave combi-oven, drinks fridge/freezer and food preparation area.Free filter coffee is available during most sessions. Making coffee for your engineer will help keep him in the chair! There's also some comfy seating and a piano for idle composing or just to vent your frustrations!
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Special Offers
3 days in the studio for the price of 2 - you want it? - we give it! An offer so good its getting bought out! Now extended to any block booking so if you want 6 days you get 2 free. Unsigned bands/artists only.
Prices
Our prices are negotiable and differ for weekday, evenings, weekend or public holiday sessions. Savings can be made with block bookings or student discounts.
Opening Hours
The studio is open on demand and tends to operate 10-12 hours a day. Usually we start sessions at 10am (except weekends and public holidays) and late sessions into the night are welcome.
Bookings
To guarantee your booking 10% of the agreed fee is required in advance. Payments by arrangement. Bookings can be taken anytime & are best made by calling either: 024 7621 0094 or 07956 624 376.
Ask for Roger!
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| Contact Information |
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Born In A Barn Studio Studio 01 Mobbs Wood Farm Nettle Hill Ansty Coventry CV7 9JN
Tel: 024 7621 0094
Mob: 07956 624 376
Email: enquiries@borninabarnstudio.co.uk
Web: www.borninabarnstudio.co.uk
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