At Room With A View Studios, whether it be instruments, studio equipment, musicians or simply practical and technical experience, we have the resources to fully support any creative process.

Kawai

A relaxing place to record, with parking at the studio. Located on the edge of the New Forest, with accommodation options within walking distance and Bournemouth is just 15 minutes away.

Equipment List

Room with a view places at your disposal an array of top-quality recording equipment, which includes the use of the studio’s extremely rare, original vintage guitar amplifiers, keyboards, organs, and synthesizers. The latter is perfect for creating that authentic, warm, ‘vibey’ analogue sound that is so sought after in today’s digital world.

MIXING CONSOLE

  • 80 Channel Amek Galileo with Rupert Neve preamps and eq. Supertrue total recall and moving fader automation. DSP on every channel.

DIGITAL AND TAPE RECORDERS

  • iZ Technology Radar Studio- 24 track digital recorder (3)
  • Mac running Logic utilising Lavry AD11 and DA11 converters 
  • Sony MDS JE640 Minidisk
  • Revox B77 Mk II (2)
  • Panasonic and Sony DAT recorders (3)
  • 3-head cassette decks (Various)

PROCESSORS

  • Focusrite 430 mk2 (2)
  • SPL Vitalizer
  • TLA Valve EQ
  • MXR dual 15 band equaliser
  • Outboard pre-amplifiers 
  • Graphic equalisers
  • Lexicon PCM 91 digital reverb
  • Yamaha SPX-90 digital effects processors (2) 
  • TC Electronics M one digital effects processor 
  • Roland SBF-325 flanger
  • Roland Dimension-D
  • SDE-2000 digital delay
  • Roland SRV 2000 digital delay
  • Urei 1176 (2)
  • Focusrite 430 (2)
  • TLA Valve compressor Drawmer DL211 compressor 
  • BSS DRP402 compressor 
  • Drawmer DS-201 stereo gates

MICROPHONES

  • Neumann U87
  • Neumann M58’s – Vintage stereo Neuman M147
  • AEA ribbon
  • AKG 451 (2)
  • Audio Technica ATM-25
  • Audio Technica ATM-4033
  • AKG 414 B-ULS (4)
  • Neuman KM54 x2
  • AKG D190 (3)
  • AKG D12 – Original version
  • Sennheiser 421
  • Electro-Voice RE-20
  • Beyer M88 (2)
  • Shure SM-57 (2)
  • Shure SM-58 (6)
  • Beyer Soundstars – Vintage stereo pair

REVERBS

  • Numerous including Lexicon

MONITORS

  • JBL 43400 – Powered by a Crown amplifier 
  • Yamaha NS 10’s
  • Focal Twin 6 be’s’

KEYBOARDS

  • Korg Kronos 
  • Korg Trinity
  • Novation Nova II 
  • Kawai 6 ft Grand Piano
  • Nord Stage
  • Nord Electro 6
  • Yamaha Mox 61
  • Yamaha DX7 Mk1

VINTAGE KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESISERS AND DRUM MACHINES 

  • Hammond C3 – Organ with 147 Hammond X5 – Organ with 760 Mini-Moog
  • Korg Mini 700
  • Moog Taurus – Pedals
  • Wurlitzer electric piano x2
  • Fender Rhodes electric piano x2
  • Harmonium
  • Accordion Hohner
  • Oberheim Matrix
  • JL Cooper – Synchronizer
  • Yamaha P-50-M
  • Roland TR-808 – Rhythm composer

VINTAGE GUITAR AMPLIFIERS AND PEDALS

  • Vox Super twin – 1965
  • Fender Bassman – 1959
  • Dickenson – 1940
  • Fender Showman 1980, with 4×10 cab 
  • Fender Vibralux
  • Selmer AP30
  • Boss CE2 Chorus 
  • Boss OC-3 Octaver 
  • Original Storm 10 – Distortion
  • SM Fuzz
  • Ibanez phase tone 1
  • Ibanez – Phase Tone 2
  • Jim Dunlop – Original ‘Cry Baby’ Wah-wah

GUITARS

  • Gibson J45 Guild 12 string
  • Eastman accoustic
  • Gianini nylon string
  • Guild 12 string 
  • Peavey Precision Bass 
  • Hodson Jazz Bass
  • Freshman Accoustic Bass
  • Fender Stratocaster 
  • Hamer electric 

DRUMS 

  • 68 Rogers
  • 90’s Arbiter
  • Full set of Cymbals and hardware

EXTENSIVE PERCUSSION COLLECTION