Scarlette O'Harlette at Southern Studios. Photo courtesy of Damon Allen Davison.

News

Southern Studios now offers a tape restoration, baking and digital archiving service in addition to the recording services. Please contact us at the studio for more information.

Input

Console

• 24Ch Raindirk Series III Vintage Desk
• B & B Sub Grouper with 8 different Mute and VCA groups
• Plus 32 input Mackie for additional returns

Outboard Equipment

• Chiswick Reach stereo valve compressor
• Focusrite Green mic pre amp/equalizer
• Drawmer 1960 Valve mic pre-amp/compressor
• T.C. 4-Band Parametric Equalizer
• BSS/Valley People Compression Drawmer Gates
• Behringer Ultra-Q 5-Band Parametric Equalizer

Microphones

• AKG D110/D12/C451
• Beyer M201 x 5
• Neuman U87 x 2
• Sennheiser 509
• Shure SM57, beta SM58
• U47 fet x 1

Live Room

Dry-sounding room with good separation and space to record full drumkit and backline live. Also an Ambient sounding hallway which is great for recording accoustic instruments and vocals.

Processing

Programming

Pro Tools

• PRO TOOLS 7 HD2 on Mac Pro (Intel Xeon)
• PRO TOOLS Mix Plus TDM on Mac G4

Digidesign

• Digidesign 192 I/O
• Digidesign 888/24 I/O
• Digidesign USD synchronisation

MIDI

• AKAI S2000 sampler
• DRUMKAT (with audio to midi triggers)
• Freebass FB383
• Mutator (midi version)
• Roland Juno 106 and SH101 keyboards

EFX

• AMS Tape phase simulator
• Alesis MidiVerb 4
• Boss SX700 (with 3D RSS)
• EMT plate reverb
• Eventide Eclipse
• MXR Phasers and Flangers
• Roland SDE3000
• Yamaha D1000
• Yamaha Rev 5
• Yamaha Rev 7
• Yamaha SPX90 II

RAM

Mastering Machines

• STUDER A827 2" Twenty Four track
• STUDER A820 1/2" and 1/4" two track
• 2 X Sony PCM2700A DAT machines
• Digidesign 192 I/O

Output

• BUZZCOCKS 'Buzzcocks LP' and new LP 'Flatpack Philosophy'
• MIOCENE 'Cellular Memory' EP and 'A perfect life with a view of the swamp' debut LP
• RACHEL STAMP various LP and Single trax
• RUDIMENTARY PENI LP
• JOHNNY PANIC trax
• GOOD SHOES 'single'
• LATITUDES SERIES various artists
• FLESH FOR LULU
• SUNS OF THE TUNDRA
• TODD
• THE HEIGHTS 'jamaica beer eyes' single and forthcoming LP
• TRAILING LACES 'make your mind up' single
• THE HOP LA 'Rigolous' LP
• CHROME HOOF
• GOOD SHOES 'Singles and LP trax'
• FLESH FOR LULU 'Rear View Mirror' LP
• THE HEIGHTS 'Toys and Kings' LP and singles
• THE KING BLUES b-sides
• JOHNNY FORIEGNER 'Champagne Girls' EP
• MIASMA AND THE CAROUSEL OF HEADLESS HORSES Latitudes Session (Southern)
• GANG GANG DANCE Latitudes Session (Southern)
• ALEXANDER TUCKER Latitudes Session (Southern)
• ALAN MX 'Warpsichord' LP Mix (Smalltown America)
• ALIEN SEX FIEND 'live mix and dub'
• ARNMAR 'Speed' Mix
• GOOD SHOES Demos
• JOHNNY FORIEGNER 'b-sides' (Best Before Records)
• YOKOZUNA Trax
• JIM JONES REVUE LP Mastering

Memory

CRASS, JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, ADRIAN SHERWOOD & ONU SOUND, TACKHEAD, MINISTRY, THRILL KILL KULT, BAMBI SLAM, FUGAZI, SNUFF, SENSELESS THINGS, MEGA CITY FOUR, RDF, CULTURE SHOCK, THERAPY?, SILVERFISH, LES SHERRIF, SKIPPIES, FLYSCREEN.