First Love Studio - 07931 931598

Recording, Mixing, Mastering studio

First Love is a large creative recording, mixing and mastering facility studio in NG7 Nottingham.

We've been making records since 2000, and have worked with labels like Matador, V2, XL, Kranky, Southern and bands like Soul Savers, Felix and Kid Harpoon as well as loads of Nottingham artists like Hhymn, Fists, Swimming, Kogumaza etc.

The studio is designed for creative live recording and has has built its reputation on its drum sound, largely thanks to a large, stone ceiling live room - that's why we're here - it makes drums sound great. We have several different acoustic environments and use different spaces creatively for different sounds

First Love is a bit of an Aladdin's cave to a musician - you'll find literally dozens of vintage amps, instruments, pedals, percussion, drums, organs etc all ready waiting to bring inspiration to a recording from a 1960's Marshall to an 1860's Harmonium - classic to classical. We're pretty obsessive about guitar sounds - if you're geeky about amps and pedals we can get match you!

We also have a proper big analogue desk and a lovely collection of mics, SSL converters and proper monitoring in well treated listening positions

You can book the studio for an hour to record some Hammond organ, or for an album - we can mix your home recordings, or write and record an album with a singer and record an album over an entire year. Whatever the job, we'll do it with all the love and care we'd take with our own music - recordings are precious and should not be wasted - a moment in time captured forever (well, a long time anyway)

We understand that a great recording is about inspiring and capturing performances - this is a lot more than engineering, its having an eye on everything from string guage to blood-sugar. We'll work hard to facilitate your best possible performance and know how headphones and studios can get in the way - we understand the compromises and solutions

We also have in house mastering facility run by Dallas Simpson. We offer a totally unique collaborative approach to recording, mixing and mastering - come see it in action, pop in for a coffee and see what we're all about

Pricing

Studio dry hire - £100 per day
With engineer - £175 per day
With Pete (and engineer) - £250 per day

Mixing - £250 per day. (ideally 1 track, but we'll do up to 5 per day if you're on a tighter budget - we can make a BIG difference very quickly)

Mastering -
Track 1 - £45,
Tracks 2-5 £20 each,
Tracks 6-any £10 each.

So, 5 track EP is £125, 12 track album £195. We don't charge for burning the CD and stuff.
OR use Dallas Masters (at First Love) - £45 per hour.

We'll do package deals with big discounts too and we're really flexible with you doing some bits at home or whatever - we'll even lend you mics...
We actually prefer to quote for projects up front, so give us a call - there's always a deal and once we've quoted, we won't be watching the clock - we're all in...call 078.158.312.71 (Pete)

But to give you some idea:
Dry hire (just studio) - £75 per day (24 hours)
With Engineer - £150 per day
With producer 'Pete' (and assistant) - £200 per day
Mixing - £150 per day
Mastering - £25 per track, then less for more...

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