Gear

Creating high-quality audio content doesn’t have to break the bank. Knowing what to spend your money on when you’re on a budget can be daunting. Let’s take a look at the best use of resources for creating great mixes. It’s easy to get lost looking at expensive monitors and vintage outboard gear. At its core […]

As an artist, you should never be limited by your environment. Even if you’re out and about and don’t have your studio with you, that doesn’t mean you can’t create music. Apps like Ableton Note make producing music on your phone easier than you think, regardless of whether you’re an experienced producer or just starting […]

We’ve got an amazing plugin collection on our Campus and in the Studios at 301. As such, we’ve got more than enough to choose from. Yet time and time again, we find ourselves returning to some of our fond favourites. We thought we’d take some time to explain what we love, and what our students […]

Welcome to part II of our favourites from the team at Universal Audio.   We will follow the same process as the previous post. As we discussed, UA has a huge range of plugins, this though will be the last post, for now, regarding UA. I highly recommend taking your time and looking through Universal […]

Welcome to part I of our favourites from the team at Universal Audio.   As you may be aware, at Abbey Road Institute we have access to a huge list of plugins. This can be quite intimidating at first, so we thought putting together a list of plugins every couple of weeks for you to […]

Our microphone locker houses some of the finest microphones ever to grace the inside of a recording studio. From large diaphragm and tube condensers, ribbons and dynamic microphones. Abbey Road Institute students have access to legendary microphones usually reserved for the upper echelons of the recording industry.   From mics such as the Neumann U87ai, […]