Brisbane Recording Studio: Our Services

Recording Studio

Our flexible, connected spaces allow for a range of different recording activities, such as:

Recording an entire band playing together, with complete separation of recorded tracks
Overdubbing guitars or other instruments from the control room or the live room
Mic up a rehearsal for a killer pre-production demo

We use a hybrid set-up combining a state-of-the-art computer-based recording system with select vintage and vintage-inspired outboard hardware. Check out the gear list for details.

If you have some favourite preamps, outboard gear or microphones you’d like to bring in for your session, please feel free – we’ve designed our system to easily integrate visiting gear.

Sessions are available with a house engineer, or dry hire is available if you want to BYO engineer or have the chops to twiddle the knobs yourself.

Every project is different, so please get in touch via the contact form with some details to get a customized quote – our mission is to provide quality facilities at affordable rates.

Sound Samples

These tracks were all recorded and mixed at Buffalo Speedway.

Buffalo Speedway Recording Studio, Brisbane

Mixing

Our control room was meticulously designed and constructed to provide a highly accurate listening and mixing environment.

Whether it’s putting the finishing touches on tracks recorded at Buffalo Speedway or mixing tracks recorded elsewhere, your mixes will translate to all the various ways music is consumed.

The control room is also available for dry hire – whether you’re a seasoned pro mixer looking for a great space to mix, or you’re a home recordist bringing in your tracks to put the finishing touches in a great space with access to a wide range of plugins and hardware processing options.

Bring in your home recorded tracks to hear them in a pristine audio environment – no charge, and I promise you we won’t give you the hard sell for our services (well, maybe a little bit …)

We can also re-amp your direct-recorded guitar tracks through one (or more) of our extensive guitar amp collection, featuring flavours such as Matchless, Vox, Fender and Marshall.

Recording Equipment

We use a hybrid set-up combining a state-of-the-art computer-based recording system with select vintage and vintage-inspired outboard hardware.

We’re still building up our gear list, so if there’s something you need for your session or favourite software/plug-ins you want to work with, let us know and we’ll look at getting it in.

If you have some favourite preamps, outboard gear or microphones you’d like to bring in for your session, please feel free – we’ve designed our system to easily integrate visiting gear.

Computer / Software

Apple Studio M2 Max
Pro Tools
Logic
Plug-ins by Soundtoys, Waves, UAD, Plugin Alliance and others
Interface: Antelope Audio Orion 32+ Gen 4

Monitoring

Focal Trio6 Be 3-way Studio Monitor Speakers
Vintage Klipsch Hi-Fi Speakers
Drawmer MC2.1 Monitor Controller
Behringer Powerplay Headphone Distribution System
Headphones by Audio-Technica, AKG and Beyerdynamic

Microphone Preamps

8 channels of hand-built Neve 1073 style preamps
Sebatron vmp-4000e – Quad Valve Pre
Sytek MPX-4Aii (favourites of Steve Albini RIP)
Focusrite ISA Two
Focusrite ISA One
ART Pro MPA-II tube preamp
DBX 286A Mic Preamp/Processor

Dynamics / Effects

2 x Hairball 1176 Rev D compressors
Teletronix LA-2A compressor
AWA BIG-1 limiter
Urei 1178 Dual Peak Limiter
2 x Warm Audio EQP-WA
Alesis 3630 compressor

Microphones

Condensers:

2 x AKG C414 XLS
Hand-built U47 Fet clone
Warm Audio WA-47jr
Rode NT2A
Rode NT1
Rode M3
Shure SM94
MXL 4000
2 x MXL V67G
MXL 603S

Dynamic:

Shure SM7B
2 x Shure SM57
Shure 51S (1960s vintage)
2 x Shure Beta 57a
Shure 520DX (“Green Bullet” harmonica mic)
Shure Beta 91a
2 x Sennheiser MD421
Beyerdynamic M201
Beyerdynamic M88
Peavey PVM
A few oddball garage sale finds

Ribbon:

2 x OPR The Grill U Mod (Royer 121 style)
OPR Rocket U Mod (Coles style)
MXL R40

Instruments

This will be an ever-changing list as we find more cool stuff and complete various restoration projects

Electric Guitars:

1997 Gibson SG All American I
1988 Rickenbacker 330
Late 90s G&L ASAT Special Semi-hollow (Leo Fender’s ultimate Tele)
Fender Jag-Stang (get your Kurt Cobain on)
Berly Jazzmaster
Hagstrom Super Swede (Les Paul style)
Danelectro Danoblaster (with built-in effects, including a crazy distortion setting)
Epiphone Explorer GT
Squier Telecaster
Aria Strat copy set up in Nashville tuning
Various Strat-style guitars with interesting mods
Fender “Cowpoke” Precision Bass
Vantage VA-900B Devil Bass

Amplifiers and Cabinets:

2010 Matchless Clubman Reverb head
Matchless ESD 2 x 12 cabinet
1990s Vox AC30/6 TB 2 x 12 combo with Alnico Blues
Vox AC15C1X 1 x 12 combo
Marshall JCM800 1 x 15 combo
Orange PPC212 (2 x 12 Vintage 30s closed back cabinet)
Fender Quad Reverb
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III
TC Electronic BQ250 bass head
Laney RB410 4 x 10 cabinet
+ a plethora of effects pedals

Acoustic Instruments:

1973 Guild F40
1992 Takamine EF340 (strung in Nashville Tuning)
Takamine G90 New Yorker Parlor Guitar
Yamaha G50 Classical Guitar
Easton Acoustic/Electric Bass
Ibanez Mandolin
Lanikai Ukelele
Seagull M4 (dulcimer)
Guitalele

Other:

Yamaha Stage Custom Drum Kit
Paiste PST7 Cymbals
Yamaha P-120 Digital Piano (88 weighted keys)
Moog Etherwave Theremin
M-Audio Oxygen Pro 25 MIDI Controller
Assorted percussion and toy noisemakers

Rehearsal Studio Brisbane

Our Geebung facility includes a single rehearsal room (no loud neighbours!), acoustically engineered and treated and fully equipped with the easiest possible load-in.

Sessions are scheduled for 10-2pm, 2-6pm and 6-10pm daily.

check availability and book

The room comes with a full PA and backline, at no additional charge.

Rehearsal Studio Brisbane