studio

Small studios vs bigger studios

Does size matter…? Sometimes…If you need the space.

Choosing a right producer & mixer nowadays is made hard by the considerable choice of recording facilities & personalities. In the end only a few producers remain that are ’suitable’ and able to reach the highest professional  level. We regularly work in bigger studio’s when we need space, but we think it’s a waste of budget to work in huge rooms when the space is not needed.  So what makes BackBeat Productions so different from the rest, and what makes it so attractive for your musical needs and wishes? It’s first and foremost a personal thing, we have years and years of experience, but most important we are 1000 % dedicated AND persistent on making every record-single-ep-demo a fantastic piece of history.

The Personal Touch

We believe it is in our advantage that we speak the same language as the musicians/ artists recording in our studio (so we can get to the desired result quick and easy) whilst having the ability to relate to the A&R/manager/record company.

Our Facility

Both the live and control room is acoustically fine tuned by experts. The sound of the live room is a ‘straight in your face’ sound with a touch of ‘air’ in it . What you can hear coming out of the control room monitors is an one hundred percent liable signal. What you hear is what you get, which means no surprises when you play your fresh mixed cd in your own living room on your home stereo! The mixes of Backbeat relate a full hundred percent of the ‘world outside’. And we assure you our mix’s sounds great on the radio.

Network
Our network is very strong and sometimes we are able to help out the artist(s) to achieve further targets in a near future such as closing deals with record companies, managements, publishers and booking agencies.

Gear

We use the best gear money can buy:

  • AVALON DESIGN 737sp & 747sp & U5
  • API 3124+
  • API 2500 STEREO COMPRESSOR
  • A-DESIGNS HM2EQ HAMMER  DUAL TUBE EQUALIZER
  • CRANESONG HEDD 192 AD/DA CONVERTER
  • BENCHMARK MEDIA DAC-1  D/A CONVERTER
  • MILLENIA MEDIA NSEQ-2  DUAL TUBE & FET MASTERING EQUALIZER
  • UNIVERSAL AUDIO 1176 ANNIVERSARY ADDITION ( only 500 worldwide )
  • VINTECH AUDIO 473 ( 1073 neve preamps with ‘essential’ eq on every channel )
  • EMPIRIAL LABS DISTRESSOR X 2
  • SSL 4000G BUSSCOMPRESSOR CUSTOM MADE & MODDIFIED BY www.machinator.nl
  • FOCUSRITE ISA 428 INC. 8 x AD CONVERTER
  • JOEMEEK VC1QCS
  • NEUMANN-PELUSO MICROPHONE LAB-LANGEVIN-AKG-SHURE-SENNHEISER-AUDIX-GROOVE TUBES-AVANTONE-RODE-STUDIO PROJECTS
  • DYNAUDIO BM6A
  • YAMAHA NS-10
  • WESTLAKE BBSM10
  • AVANTONE MIXCUBES
  • B&W DM 601
  • LOGIC AUDIO
  • PRO TOOLS
  • WAVEBURNER mastering software
  • APPLE
  • URS/TRITONE DIGITAL/AUTO-TUNE/WAVES/ALTIVERB/IK MULTIMEDIA/NATIVE INSTRUMENTS etc.
  • A HUGE COLLECTION OF VARIOUS DRUM EQUIPMENT SUCH AS UNIQUE LUDWIG SNAREDRUMS FROM THE 60’s & 70’s, PILES OF DIVERSE CYMBALS, AND SO MANY TOM’S AND OTHER SNARE’S THAT YOU COULD LAY DOWN THE TOTAL COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AT LEAST 5 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
  • GREAT COFFEE !!!   …and cuban cigars when the record is finished