Shaken Oak Studios

Professional, affordable, passionate about music and creativity - Shaken Oak is a residential project studio aimed primarily at hosting freelance producers.

Shaken Oak Farm is situated between three villages; an ancient farmhouse with possible Roman foundations, private woodland and a magical atmosphere.

The barn conversion with its spacious 320sq ft room and floor to ceiling windows creates a breathtaking space for making music, and its use as an occasional recording studio is only a part of the farm’s evolution from purely agricultural business to an informal but professional family and community that encompasses music, art, food, horticulture and craft.

Equipment list:

• Solid State Logic Nucleus 16-fader DAW control surface

• Thermionic Culture Fat Bustard valve summing mixer (14 channels)

• Antelope Audio Orion 32 AD/DA converters and RME MADI FX card (up to 64 channels)

• Fink Analog Audio CS2-FA dual channel strip. 2 channels of valve preamps, Pultec EQ and 1176 compressors in one unit. Indispensable tool for tracking and mixdown, designed by Dennis Fink (formerly of UREI and Universal Audio)

• Universal Audio LA 610 mkII channel strip. Valve preamp, two-band EQ and LA4 compressor (based on the legendary Teletronix LA2A valve compressor)

• 2x Aurora Audio GTQ2 solid state preamp and 3-band EQ. 2 channel unit designed by Geoff Tanner, formerly of Neve - fat and punchy transistor unit, great for drums and guitars, with that distinctive Neve transformer “sound”.

• Universal Audio 4-710d 4 channel variable valve and solid state preamps, with 1176-derived compressors.

• Gem Audio Preceptor compressor / limiter. Awesome “high-end” unit, super versatile for tracking, mixing and mastering.

• Drawmer 1968 compressor, excellent on the drum and mix buss

• 8 additional channels of Focusrite preamps, all with hardware compressors

• Comprehensive patchbay to connect all the outboard for any tracking and mixing scenario.

• 8 in/out “Guest” bay, for visiting freelancers to quickly and efficiently interface their own outboard into the existing system.

• Apple Mac Pro Digital Audio Workstation (Quad Core, 16GB RAM) running Logic 9, Logic X and ProTools

• Apple iPad (dedicated for studio use), with V-control app for DAW control

• Plugins from Universal Audio UAD-2 (Quad-core PCie with emulations from Ampex, Shadow Hills, Fairchild, Pultec, UREI etc), Lexicon (PCM Native Reverbs), Waves, iZotope (RX3) Slate Digital (VTM, VCC, FG-X), PSP Audioware. Focusrite Liquid Mix 32 and many others

• ADAM A77X three-way nearfield monitors

• Monitor control and talkback ably handled by Crane Song Ltd. Avocet controller

• Artist monitoring from trusty Beyerdynamic DT100 headphones

• Microphones from Telefunken, Neumann, Coles, Sontronics, AKG, Oktava, Shure, Beyerdynamic and Golden Age Projects, with visiting mics from Neumann (the legendary U87, this one a vintage from the 60s) and sE (Gemini II valve mic). Additional mics from AEA, Coles, DPA etc available for sessions - please enquire if there is a particular mic you want and we’ll do our best to source it!

Please send us a message for more info, hour minimums, and day rates.

Hourly rate: $40/hr - Studio type: Home Studio.