Recording

Stage Studios is a recording studio in Halesowen, West Midlands, offering recording, mixing and mastering for solo artists, bands and other music projects.

Our recording studio is based around an Allen & Heath QU-32 digital console with AR2412 digital stagebox, with monitoring from Adam A8H and Yamaha HS8 studio monitors.

We have a selection of analogue outboard equipment from Warm Audio, Klark Teknik, dbx, ART and Lexicon, alongside a wide range of software, virtual instruments and effects. Recording and production is handled using Cubase Pro 15.

Our microphone collection includes Neumann, Shure, sE Electronics, Aston, Audix, AKG, Sennheiser and RØDE, giving us plenty of options for recording vocals, drums, guitars and other acoustic instruments.

Our main live room is approximately 31m² (333 sq ft) and is suitable for recording anything from individual musicians to full bands, drums, brass and larger vocal groups. We also have a separate isolated vocal booth for vocals and other sources where a controlled recording environment is required.

We prefer to get the sound right at the source, rather than relying on fixing problems later in the mix. Our engineers have many years of recording experience, including work for the BBC, commercially released recordings and music used in television and film.

Vehicle – Rebel Yell
Recorded live off the floor at Stage Studios, with the vocals tracked separately. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stage Studios.
Texas Fraud – Walking the Dog
Recorded live off the floor at Stage Studios, with the vocals tracked separately. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stage Studios.
Garry Lynall – Latina Mona Lisa
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Stage Studios. Garry has recorded several albums with us over the years, with Alan Bell also contributing bass guitar, percussion and incidental lead guitar to this recording.
Essential 80’s – Girls On Film
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Stage Studios as part of a five-track recording session completed in a single day.