Soup Studio

Soup Studio is a purpose-built, analogue and digital recording facility located in the heart of the Cable Street artistic community, in Limehouse, East London.

-Spacious and acoustically designed live room and control room -Ability to partition smaller spaces for close recording -Equipped with it’s own echo chamber and reverberation devices -Mixing console with 24 microphone inputs -Tape machines are available for 2” magnetic recording or dubbing

Home to our Soundtracs CM4400 mixing desk, the control room has ample space for the entire band to participate in the mixing process. A side room houses the Otari MTR 90 mkII 24 track 2” tape machine and plate reverb. Our selection of analogue outboard includes Drawmer, DBX, Neve, API, AKG and Brent Avril.

CONSOLE Soundtracs CM4400 32 channels of EQ

RECORDING Otari MTR 90 mk II two inch 24 track tape machine 6-core Mac Pro with RME UFX Fireface 26 i/o and Pro Tools 10 Focusrite ISA828 8-channel coversion BAE systems 1073mp 2-channel pre-amp API 3124 4 channel pre-amp Custom Neve 4-channel pre-amp

OUTBOARD Drawmer 1960 stereo valve pre-amp/compressor Drawmer DL241 stereo compressor/gate Drawmer DS201 stereo gate DBX 165A overeasy compressor/limiter Klark-Teknik DN360 Graphic Equaliser Chandler tube driver Lexicon Vortex Roland Space Echo RE-201 KMD DD900 analogue delay Dynachord Echocord Super tape delay Bell analogue ADT

REVERBERATION AKG BX20 spring reverb NSF Plate reverb Custom reverb chamber
Intersound PRV-1 spring reverb Great British Spring reverb MONITORING Mackie HR624 powered monitors Sennheiser HD600 monitor heaphones

GUITARS Gibson 1940s acoustic Martin acoustic Rickenbacker 12 String Dobro single cone resonator Fender USA custom-shop 1962 reissue Tele Fender Japan P-bass 1959 reissue Fender Japan Jazz bass Silvertone (pre-Danelectro) Gibson Flying V Epiphone Sheraton (LH)

KEYS Hammond M102 tonewheel organ Valve Leslie 145 60’s Farfisa Compact Wurlitzer electric piano Danemann Upright piano Roland RS-09 organ/strings Roland Rhythm 330 Roland Alpha Juno (analogue) Casiotone 405 Vintage rhythm boxes

DRUMS 2 x Vintage 1970s Rogers drum kit Slingerland Radio King Snare

PEDALS Fender Blender, Route 66, Hot Cake, Holy Grail, RAT distortion & various FX pedals Custom board of hand-made pedals by Fredric Effects

BACKLINE Fender Bassman Fender Deluxe 85 Fender Sidekick Reverb 65 Fender Champ Fender Vibro-Champ Fender Twin Reverb Fender Spring Reverb Rosewell Spring Reverb Ampeg Gemini 22

MICROPHONES RCA 44BX Velocity ribbon Manley Reference Tube Mic Nuemann U87 (1969) Neumann U87 (AI) Nuemann TLM 170 (pair) Neumann TLM 103 (pair) Neumann KMS 105 (pair) Coles 4038 ribbon (x4) Earthworks TC25 (pair) + SR25 Electro-Voice RE20 (pair) Electro-Voice 666 AKG 414 XLS AKG 414B-ULS AKG C451E x 5 AKG C451EB/CK1 & A51 angle joints (pair) AKG D112 AKG D12 (1960s) Sennheiser MD421 (x3) Beyerdynamic M88 dynamic Rode NTK Rode NT5 (pair) Shure KSM32 Shure beta 57 Shure SM58s and SM57s Custom-built sub-kick speaker mic

Please message us for hourly minimums and day rates prior to booking.

Hourly rate: $75/hr - Studio type: Mid-Level, Top-Line.