Competition winner and Equipment list.

We've got some news.. (we always have really.. things are really moving fast!) But we're fast approaching our relaunch! You're going to want to stick with us as we are launching some pretty cool initiatives over the next few weeks!


The competition winner
So my @Ilurkah, a Coventry Emcee won our competition and will be joining us shortly for his 4 hours of recording time! Congratz!

Equipment list

a few people have asked what we've got in the studio. I figured it was about time I put a nice list of it all on here for you.

MICROPHONES
apex- Tube mic 1 mod (Peluso Capsule), 1 original,
Violet Design the globe x 1
4033 x 2
nt1a x 2
re18 x 1
sm57 x 2
sm53 x 1
pl10 x 1
re15 x 1
sm58 x 1
se1 x 2
d112 x 1
sm57 x 1
goose neckcondensor x 1
akg tom mics x 4
Wierd Harmonica mic x1
c1000 x 2
1 ribbon T-Bone.

MONITORING
unerty audio rock's
event 20-20s
hitachi stereo speakers,
beyer dt100 x 6
sony mdp-xd200 x 4

OUT BOARD
audient asp800
cln db8000 (original)
TL AUDIO 5050 VALVE PRE/COMP X 2
POWERCORE RACk X 2
LEXICON MPX550/ MICrOVERB
SAMSON STEREO COMP
TC Helicon VOICE ONE
RNC STEREO COMPRESSOR
RADIAL PHAZER
KORG DT2000 TUNER

RECORDING SETUP
QUAD CORE MAC PRO
PROTOOLS LE 9
CUBASE 4
REASON 4
APOGEE BIG BEN CLOCK
EUPHONIC MC MIX
EUPHONIC MC CONTROL
AVID 003 RACK

INSTRUMENTS
FENDER TELECASTER
M-AUDIO KEYSTATION
YAMAHA P-90 STAGE PIANO
HAMMOND ORGAN
DJEMBE DRUM
YAMAHA STAGE CUSTOM DRUM KIT
MOUTH ORGAN
TAMBOURINE
SHAKER

PLUGINS
AS WELL AS BUILT IN PLUGINS-
WAVES SILVER
SONALKSIS BUNDLE
BLUE TUBES CREATIVE KIT
POWERCORE BUNDLE
DVR2- REVERB
DRUMAGOG
T-RACKS BUNDLE
MASSEY DE- ESSER
ELEVEN AMP MOD
MELODYNE PLUGIN
MAXIM
VACUUM
XPAND
DIGI TRANSLATOR
ULTRA ANALOG
SANSAMP
NOMAD FACTORY
and a stack of others I can't be bothered to find out..

Free Studio Time.

A little while ago I made an outrageous claim that I would give away a half days recording when we hit 400 followers on Twitter.

Well, we only flipping went and did it... so we're giving away 4 hours of studio time to the person or group who enters our little competition.

in order to win, simply :

1) Follow @flipsideaudio
2) Tweet "I'm in the running for FREE Studio time at @flipsideaudio, enter here http://bit.ly/c6wb8n"
3) leave a comment on this blog.

That's it!

the winner will be picked at random on the 8th October! Only one entry per person will count :)

Good luck.

The Flipside team

The most important thing when recording...

Here at Flipside we're constantly trying to serve our artists needs. While we were doing the refurb and trying to work out where to place our cash we had to consider what artists REALLY value in their recording experience.

We made a list of the priorities that we, as musicians ourselves, have when getting our tracks sorted. See waht you think and add your own by commenting.

5) - A great Environment
Relaxed and vibey, a place you can really get creative and have fun!

4) - No wasted time
All the equipment working, fast working experienced engineers, quick setup, well prepared and ready to roll

3) - Experienced, friendly feedback
Someone who can work with you to make your music sound better, experience and skill really count!

2) - A good price
Something that won't break the bank! But you get what you pay for..

1) - A good quality result
The most important thing is walking away with something you're proud of at the end of the day, that makes people go "wow!"

We're working hard to meet all of these needs, and at flipside we think we've got a pretty good balance of all of these.

Comment now and tell us what you think!

Please let us know about your experience in studios, what really annoys you, or what do you really value when recording.

thanks,

the flipside team

New equipment, Shots of the studio

We've been doing a lot of work here at flipside to make sure we keep ourselves ahead of the game!

We've demoed and purchased our new Unity Audio Rock monitors (incredible Hi tech Ribbon tweeter designed monitors), Are currently demoing a new set of Audient preamps (Premium quality Solid State preamps) and have very nearly finished the refurb!

Here's some pics of the new setup in action as Breaks and myself work on a new song for an up and coming artist who has an incredible fresh sound. (I'm contractually obliged to not tell you who yet, but you'll hear it soon enough!)

We also had Andy Baines, the no.1 Photographer in the midlands to drop by and have a coffee, he was loving the track and couldn't help but whip out his camera... check him out at www.b72imaging.com

Just wanted to share our new ad design.

We're gonna be rolling these out as Car magnets and stickers, if you want one just get in touch through our website.

Oh.. and feel free to reproduce this anyway you see fit as long is it will bring us new clients ;)



www.flipsiderecordingstudios.co.uk

Reverbnation

Hey guys and gals, you can now check out some of our stuff on Reverbnation

at this link

Why not become a fan and we'll become yours and I'm pretty sure we'll all feel lovely.

The Flipside Team

Refurb nearly complete

We've been busy!

We're constantly reinventing new ways to get your music sounding freaking incredible!!!

Lately we've invested in a whole new Monitoring lineup in the shape of Unity Audio Rocks, and they do exactly that... Rock!

But we've also been building a whole new, cleaner, fresher Desk for all our high end gear. We thought we'd share the build with you all.. So here is a quick Photo diary of the build.. All the ups and downs.. Hope to see you soon to try out the new and improved setup!

Pre build plans yeah.. I really built from this!



Wood cut by B&Q and ready to slap together



First steps



Coming together



Putting the racks in.. and realising they're wonky..




The moment I realised that I'd not put the support struts in.. Whooooops! you can see it sagging!




Leather Vinyl on rest and back and L.E.D lights in...



The desk is nearing completion, Can't decide whether to leave the sides as plain wood, to varnish or to paint it all black!



www.flipsiderecordingstudios.co.uk

Busy Busy B flat

Well it's been hectic at the Flipside, Lots of new faces and some incredible old faces too.

Firstly, Rtkal a rapper from birmingham (I thought this guy had peaked with Wa gwan.. but I was soo wrong!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuD91-iO5og

Working with this guy reminds me why I love music so much. Not to mention @breakablebreaks, the resident flipside Hip Hop producer who can't help but squeeze out hits left right and centre. I'm sure he sometimes goes to the toilet and accidentally drops a banger.

Anyway.. Keep your ears out for RTkals new album coming.. when you least expect it.



Then theres Tammy a conscious emerging rapper from Coventry looking to stamp her authority on her own brand of intense and moving music.

then we've had Toke'n from Kombat breakers (BGT finalists), Harmony Hood (X factor boot campers) and now Nu Status (in X factor this year!!) popping in to stir up trouble and to flex his incredible hook writing talents in our general direction. He's preparing for a 6th August performance at the http://www.kasbahnightclub.com/ and the tunes we're working on are flat out bonkers...



Hell.. I'm sure there's more besides.. but that'll be for another update!

Johnty mongan recording acoustic beauty..

Johnty came in with a few of his own creations and we were only too pleased to help him get his ideas out of his mind and into his ears.

He (and we) were really please with the results!

Off Licence Producer in the studio

J. Ice the producer from Off Licence was in the studio on the weekend working on a new release. Check them out at http://www.offlicencemusic.com/

We did some simple vocal recording to follow up on the previous vocal production. I'm sure this is gonna be another hit for the guys, so get out and show your support.

Also consider buying their previous smash - Maar Glassi, it's a jam!

Blogging from my iPhone

This whole blogging thing would be a lot easier if there was a decent iPhone blogging app.. I've tried a few and they all seem a bit... Tosh (poorly designed, badly implemented and lacking decent media features)

So now I'm gonna try to upload a recent studio pic, just to see how it handles it



How about a video too. Hip hop artist Rtkal @Rtkal8 on twitter

Oh fail on the video... Boo..

The search goes on..

Cool images.

These are just some of the cool images from the new site. None of this library nonsense, actual pictures from the actual studio... Lovely..

I'll blog about some of the cool sessions we've been running soon. There's a heck of a lot going on here at the moment!

as always. Check out www.flipsiderecordingstudios.co.uk for more info

New Blog. Tweet me, Visit me, me.

So I figured it was time to do a blog.

I admit it's partly peer pressure, @b72imaging and @Breakablebreaks (the @ denotes that that's they're Twitter ID's) both have cool blogs and I was beginning to feel left out...

The second, and better reason, is that this might drive some more traffic to the studio site, highlight some of the cool work we're doing and allow me to vent some literary nonsense. (I apologize in advance, there seems to be rather alot!)

so in conclusion to the first ever post, let me shamelessly promote 2 businesses.

First, my own :

Flipside Recording Studios. : www.flipsiderecordingstudios.co.uk

The best Recording Studio in Coventry offering Mixing, Mastering, EP, Album and Single Track recordings at reasonable rates.

secondly :

B72imaging : www.b72imaging.com

An incredible photographer in Coventry. Check out the site and see what I mean!

Peace.