RECORDING
SERVICES
Clockwise from top:
Studio 1 Live Room, 2021,
Live room set up for Nubya Garcia’s Tiny Desk Concert, 2020,
Live room set up for Tara Minton, 2021
Live room set up for Nerija, 2018
Live room set up for Matt Holborn & Kourosh Kanani, 2021
STUDIO 1
Our live room is a versatile and multi-faceted space, with numerous dividers, panels and baffles to tailor the room to any ensemble or setup. The space is particularly popular for live band recording, yet initimate enough to feel cosy for vocal recording sessions. The studio is particularly popular for jazz recording, rock bands and string ensembles: our video page shows the broad range of genres that artists bring here. The photos on this page illustrate a few of the setup possibilities. We offer recording services by the day or by the hour, so get in touch to discuss your next project.
Why do you need a recording studio in the 2020s?
The dizzying pace of technology begs this question, and it’s true that more records than ever are being made from bedrooms and sheds around the world. The quality of any recording is limited by a number of factors, often acting in the following order of importance
Musical idea
Musician
Instrument
Room
Microphone
Pre-amplifier
Recording Medium
Home recording technology has dramatically improved the latter factors in recent years, particularly 6 & 7, but for many types of recording the sound of the room that the musicians are in remains crucial. At Lightship 95 we are fortunate to work in one of the best-sounding rooms of it’s size anywhere in the world. Naturally, the environment you work in influences a recording project in many ways outside of it’s purely acoustic properties, and the Lightship has been redesigned from the hull up to create a space to relax and focus on your creative project.
