Recording Studio Surrey & Guildford | Masterlinkproductions.co.uk

We’re an independent recording studio just outside Guildford that provides the facility to record bands & artists from composition and preproduction to tracking, mixing and post-production.

We are very proud to mix some of the latest digital audio equipment with some of the finest vintage analogue gear available. If you have any questions, or would like to get in touch please do contact us.

We work very closely with artists and bands to try and capture a sound that is honest and represents them as truthfully as possible.

We have managed to source some of the best instruments and amplifiers available and they are always available to use for your session.

Services

Studio and engineer

Day Session	10am – 6pm	£350
Evening Session	7pm – Midnight	£220
Per Hour		£50

Studio Dry Hire (Equipment Included)

Day Session	10am – 6pm	£150
Evening Session	7pm – Midnight	£90
Night Session	1am – 9am	£130
Per Hour		£20

Engineer Hire

Per Hour	£40
Fuel	£0.45 per mile

Services Breakdown

At MasterLink we offer a range of services from basic recording (tracking), mixing & production and composition & arrangement sessions. In the past couple of years, as well as recording bands, we have done a lot of work one on one with writers and artists helping them bring their songs to a commercial standard. All of these services are covered in our pricing.

With all studio bookings a 50% deposit must be paid before the beginning of the first session. Final payment must be made by the end of the final session and no audio material will be released until full payment has been received.

Discounts are available for bookings of three days or more although we may ask for a staggered payment for longer sessions.

At the end of the final session the recorded material may be transferred onto audio CD (if applicable) at no extra cost, it is advisable for the client to bring an external hard drive or USB stick to store their material.

All bookings and sessions are subject to our Terms & Conditions, please read them carefully.

Studio

Analogue & Digital

At MasterLink we have invested the time to source the right gear for the studio, from the outboard compressors and EQ’s to the headphone monitoring and instruments. You’ll find a great blend of equipment from our control surface which brings back ‘hands-on’ mixing, the intuitive Pro Tools software which makes editing a breeze to our analogue gear such as the Focusrite channel strip, the Drawmer valve compressor and connecting everything together, the patchbay. It’s also a great place to be with custom studio furniture & the excellent APS Aeon’s providing monitoring.

Getting it right at the source

We believe it’s about getting a performance from who ever is in the studio be it a solo artist, voiceover or band so we have individual headphone mixers, great headphones by Beyerdynamic and studio monitors in the live room so the artist can listen to takes more easily. We have spent years getting our heads around mic technique and we’re very proud of what we do so we take the time to make sure everything is miked up properly so, for example, if a band is taking a project away to mix the session files will sound great right out of the box.

Location is everything

We’re located only 30 miles south west of central London and only 5 mins from the M25 but we’re still in the heart of the Surrey countryside and we attract many clients looking for a studio outside of London. See our contact section for details.

Gear

Microphones

AKG C414 EB (w/CK12)
AKG C414 EB
AKG C451
AKG D190C
AKG D190E
Audio Technica AT4050 x2
Audio Technica ATM25 x2
Beyerdynamic M201 x2
Beyerdynamic M88 x2
Neumann KM84 x2
Neumann U87
Oktava Mk-012 x2
Sennheiser E609
Sennheiser MD421 x4
Sennheiser MD409
Shure Beta 52a

Instruments & Amps

Kawai BL-71 Upright Piano (1973)
Hammond Organ XK-3c & Leslie 145
Suitcase Rhodes Mark 1 (1976)
Roland Fantom X8
Nord Stage EX
Tama Star Classic Drum Kit
Custom Gibson Firebird
Fender Telecaster
Yamaha CPX-5 Acoustic
Admira Nylon Acoustic
Fender Blues DeVille 4×10
Marshall JCM800 12″ Combo (1985)
Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp

Recording, Preamps & Monitoring

Pro Tools 10 HDX (24 channels I/O)
Avid C|24 Control Surface
Audient ASP008
Focusrite ISA 828
Focusrite ISA 220
Drawmer 1960 Valve Compressor
APS Aeon Nearfields
Furman HDS-16 Headphone System (three remote mixers)
Beyerdynamic Headphones

Studio

Control room
Spacious live room (400sq/ft)
Isolated drum room
Amplifier cupboard
Kitchen facilities

Work

Tiny Leaves

Tiny Leaves aka Joel Nathaniel Pike is an ambient, neo-classical musician and creator of beautiful noise currently signed to the Future Sequence label. Tiny Leaves has been working with MasterLink Productions since the release of his EP ‘In These Narrow Spaces’ which was recorded in November 2011 and subsequently released in April 2012.

SBTV

SBTV are an online TV channel who promote young urban music artists and champion new urban music. but more than that they are an "innovative and exciting ‘Music and Lifestyle’ media platform with a global reach". We were very excited to get the call from SBTV to assist them on a new series that aired at the beginning of April 2013 called 'The String Sessions'.

Jasmine Little

In 2013 at only 17 years old, Jasmine Little has recorded an incredible EP with us at MasterLink Productions. Jasmine has been working closely with MasterLink for a while now, recording a couple of singles in the summer and winter of 2012. Jasmine booked four days with user over the Easter break of 2013 and we managed to track four songs from her EP "Home Again" due to be released later this year.

Go Go Berlin

Go Go Berlin are a young, energetic rock band from Denmark and they came to MasterLink Productions in the summer of 2012 to record their first full length album. They wanted to record in England to follow their heroes Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and other notable 70's rock bands to get the "British" sound.

Cregan & Co

The man behind many of Rod's famous hits came into the studio to record a "Live In The Studio" album. It was a privilege to work with such talented musicians. Included in the band is drummer Harry James who is more known for playing with the blues rock band Thunder.

Shout Timber!

Shout Timber! are a self-confessed indie pop band hailing from the south-east and London. Their songs were immediately striking as different, exciting and fun to record. With the help of Will Barry on drums who normally calls Ronnie Scotts home Shout Timber! are an excellent four piece.

Contact

Telephone:
07917 226087

Email:
james@masterlinkproductions.co.uk

Address:
MasterLink Productions
Send Hill
Send,
Woking,
Surrey GU23