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No-one even got a slight idea?

This is quite vague. I know studios around here that charge $25/hour all the way to $80/hour and the $25/hour studio has an HD3 getup with a spectacular mic closet. It's really not something your could nail a price to. Say, 8 hours to record, you could get a block discount or pay by the hour, all dependant on the studio.

I found these rates for Mill Hill Music in north London. I think they're fairly typical for UK studios.

Mill Hill Recording Company offers the following for these rates including an engineer:
Less than 8 Hours: £25 Per Hour
1 - 3 Days: £20 Per Hour
3 - 7 Days: £19 Per Hour
7 - 12 Days: £18 Per Hour
12 Days + :£17 Per Hour

E-mail us at recording@millhillmusic.co.uk with your exact requirements and we will make every effort to meet them.

The email link is there or you can visit their website.

Cheers bro!

I got an email back from a place in Glasgow (we're scottish), and his rates were the same!

He said he'd set us a 9hour session and burn each mic's track to DVDR for us with included cubase file for £150.

Sounds ideal!

Whaddya's think?

Go for it, but do check what studio help you get for that sort of money. Some studios of this type have a miked-up drum kit already in place, so you don't have to spend your first hour doing that.

I'd be interested to hear about your experiences.

Boswell wrote: Go for it, but do check what studio help you get for that sort of money. Some studios of this type have a miked-up drum kit already in place, so you don't have to spend your first hour doing that.

I'd be interested to hear about your experiences.

Aye man! Should be fine, our drummer rekons, as long as he can use his own snare, any other kit will be fine.

And yeah, itäll be a learning experience anyway. Never gone into/paid for a studio before cause i usually do everyhthing myself!

Gav, that's a good rate, which studio in Glasgow is that if you don't mind me asking? Make sure it's a decent place before you book it obviously.

Actually I know a place that might be able do do that sort of thing very slightly cheaper lol...

alimoniack wrote: Gav, that's a good rate, which studio in Glasgow is that if you don't mind me asking? Make sure it's a decent place before you book it obviously.

Actually I know a place that might be able do do that sort of thing very slightly cheaper lol...

Stealth studios.

Found them via google, the guy seems great and is a dead on person!

alimoniack wrote: Gav, that's a good rate, which studio in Glasgow is that if you don't mind me asking? Make sure it's a decent place before you book it obviously.

Actually I know a place that might be able do do that sort of thing very slightly cheaper lol...

and..

SCOTLAND!

Where abouts are you from, bro?

Hey Gav, yeah I'm a fellow Scot, I run a wee studio near Edinburgh Airport. PM me if you wanna look us up.

Here, bro, i can't send PM's here.

Drop me an email, Gavin@battleheart.co.uk, let me know!

It'd be great to see if we can work something out. I'd love to see if i can support folks from here! (you's teach me much)!

Drop me an email cause you don't have one in your profile, we'll see!

Curious

How long does it take most engineers/studios to record 3 drum tracks?

Whoops

I meant not dependent on the artist, but how long it takes to place mics, set levels, and hit record?

It depends on how fancy you want to get.

It usually takes me or my assistant an hour to go into an empty studio, set up mics, cables, cue box, etc., and then patch in my rack of gear and speakers, and also test everything out for recording drums. Then, you can spend any amount of time getting sounds with the drummer playing. This can be very quick and straightforward or it can be time consuming depending on how you want the kit to sound, if you try different snares, how well the drums are tuned/prepped for recording, and the consistency/skill of the player.

At rimes, I've spent 20 mintues with a professional drummer getting great sounds and then rolling, and then another time I spent half a day with a band drummer really discovering exactly what the band wanted the drums to sound like. So, I guess its a bit hard for me to separate how long it takes from the artist, since so much of it depends on them and their instrument.

As far as recording time once we're set up, again , it depends on the player. I try to make it where the player NEVER has to wait around on me to be ready for him/her to play the song. I have to be prepared enough that they can move as fast as they feel comfortable doing in the studio. That being said, there is usually a lot of listening back and checking to make sure the performance/editing is right before moving on to the next song.

If the artist has a drummer who's an experienced prfessional who knows the songs, I could easily get three drum tracks in about 4 hours, including set up and tear down. This is only possible if the artist is used to working this fast. If you're having to ask how long it takes, then I surmise you haven't had that much experience doing this, and I would say it will take longer because of that.

I would also advise sitting in on a session with the engineer (and/or hired Drummer if you hire one) before your session to see how smoothly the session runs. This may or may not be possible, depending on your situation.