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Inside Sunshine Recorder

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4 July 2014

Ghost Town of the Midwest's EP recording session, November, 2013
Ghost Town of the Midwest’s EP recording session, November, 2013

In the heart of Port Melbourne lays Sunshine Recorder, one of Melbourne’s newest recording studios. The building once housed the legendary Atlantis studios, where artists like Nick Cave and The Cruel Sea laid their tracks.

The studio has been revitalised, with owner Lee Cardan’s focus on creating a warm and comfortable space for musicians. There are two recording rooms in the complex, the larger Production Suite (pictured) as well as a Creative Suite, which is designed for smaller recording projects and has a selection of midi controllers and a high-end studio outboard for tracking & mixing.

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Centrepiece to the Production Suite has to be the magnificent vintage Calrec UA8000 console, which studio manager Rachel Shaw describes as a “64 channels of analogue warmth, spaceship.” The Calrec is considered to be one of the finest consoles ever built, Shaw says it took her a few days to learn how it functioned and that “one of the beautiful things about this console is the in-built compression’s pretty nice and there’s a lot of good quality to the EQs.”

Sunshine Recorder's main console a vintage Calrec UA8000
Sunshine Recorder’s main console the vintage Calrec UA8000

The studio also hosts an eclectic collection of vintage and modern microphones, studio outboard, classic guitars, amplifiers and a 9-foot Bluthner grand piano.

Main Room - Wide copy
Studio Floor

Sunshine Recorder is not only a studio but also a recording label, artist management and educational resource. Short courses held at the studio include an Introduction to Audio Post Production and Audio Production in Practice (click course names for more information).

Mixing How; & Crow's recording session on the a vintage Calrec UA8000, January 2014
Mixing Howl & Crow’s recording session on the a vintage Calrec UA8000, January 2014

The studio floor makes use of natural light, with earthy colours creating a comfortable space for musicians and high ceilings give natural reverb to performances.

Studio Floor
Studio Floor

For more info check Sunshine Recorder’s website: www.sunshine-recorder.com.

 

 

All images courtesy of Sunshine Recorder

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