HAHA SOUNDS STUDIO
Based in east London, Haha Sounds Studio is composed of two main spaces: Studio A for recording, and studio B for mixing, mastering and overdubbing.
Studio A
With it’s 36 meter square live room, and large control room, Studio A is perfect for recording big ensembles as well as laying down ideas quickly thanks to the instruments being always set up and ready to use.
With the possibility to record straight to tape machine, capture the natural reverb of the built in echo chamber (yes, there is an actual echo chamber!), and the ability to alter the acoustics of the room thanks to the drumbrella; Studio A is designed to be effortless, inspiring, welcoming, and organic.
Studio B
Designed to be a state of the art listening environment and equipped with carefully curated analog outboard, Studio B is used as the main mixing and mastering space of the studio, but not only!
Thanks to it’s 9 meter square booth and great selection of preamps, it is possible to overdub most instruments (such as a full drum kit) to an already advance project, or to work on a song from scratch.
STUDIO A
RECORDING
Trident Serie 65 24 inputs mixing desk
Antelope Orion 32+ audio interface
Otari MTR90mkII 24 inputs tape machine
Harbeth M32 speakers
Behringer personal monitoring system
Logic Pro, FabFilter, UAD, Arturia, etc software
OUTBOARD
Telefunken V672 preamp x4
Neve Portico 5012 dual preamp
Altec 1566A valve preamp
Neve EZ1073 preamp x4
Neve 2254/R comp
DBX 162 stereo comp
AKG BX20 spring reverb
Hawk Echo Unit HR40 spring echo
Pioneer SR101 valve spring reverb
Echo chamber
Maestro Echoplex EP3 tape delay
Evan Super Echo SE810 tape delay
A Designs REDDI valve DI
MICROPHONES
Condensers
Neumann U87 P48 (1971)
Stam Audio U47
Sony C38-B x2
Calrec CM652 x2
Sontronics DM1B
AKG C451E
AKG C214
Rode NT5 x2
Ribbons
Beyerdynamic M160 x2
Sontronics Sigma x2
Sontronics Delta
Extinct Audio BM9 x2
Reslo RB x2
Dynamics
Shure 545SD Unidyne III
Shure SM57 x3
Shure SM7B
Sennheiser MD421 x3
Sennheiser MD441
Beyerdynamic M88
Beyerdynamic M101
AKG D19
AKG D190
AKG D130
Audix D6
Mélodium 75A
Wasaphone MMXIV
Griffon Fuzzyphone
INSTRUMENTS
Drums
Premier 202 Transition drumkit 20/16/12 (1969)
Premier PD101 Resonator snare (1976)
Rogers Dynasonic snare (1971)
Ludwig Acrolite snare (1967)
John Grey & Sons Broadway snare (1963)
Selection of vintage cymbals and hihats (Paiste, Zildjian, Zyn, Ajax, Dream)
As a general rule, I always encourage drummers to bring their breakables and cymbals.
Selection of percussions (tambourines, shakers, claves, cowbell, etc…)
Guitars
Selection of nice electric guitars (Fender, Höfner, Gretsch, Gibson etc…) and acoustic guitars (Yamaha, Epiphone)
Selection of pedals (Catalinbread, MXR, Vox, Strymon, Fender, Electro Harmonix, etc…)
Feel free to ask in advance if you want to know about the specific models available.
Amplifiers
Hiwatt guitar/bass head (1960s)
Simms Watts 100W head
WEM Watkins PA40 guitar/bass head (1960s)
Selmer Treble’n’bass guitar/bass head (1960s)
Vox AC50 head & cabinet
WEM Dominator Mk III combo (1960s)
Vox AC4TV combo
Acoustic Control Corp 125 combo (1970s)
Ampeg B-100 combo (1970s)
Fender Hot Rod Deville 4×10″ combo
Fender Blues Deluxe 1×12″ combo
Dallas Rangemaster custom combo
Ampeg SB12 Portaflex bass amp combo (1960s)
Vampower 2×15″ cab
Zilla cab 2×12″ Celestion Creamback cab
Fender Bassman 2x15 JBL speakers cab
Pianos
August Förster grand piano
Danemann upright piano
The pianos are tuned regularly, but please do tell if your music heavily relies on piano, and they’ll be tuned just before your session.
Keys
Hammond L122 organ
Hammond X5 organ
716 Leslie
Hohner Pianet T electric keyboard
Wurlitzer 200A electric keyboard
Synths
Moog Grandmother
Behringer Model D
Suzuki Omnichord
Dubreq Stylophone
Alesis VI61 midi keyboard
Arturia V Collection 8
STUDIO B
RECORDING
Universal Audio x8p audio interface
Flock Audio Patch digital patchbay
Amphion One15 speakers
Adam Sub7 subwoofer
Heritage Audio Baby Ram stepped volume
Otari MX-55 stereo tape machine
Fostex Model 80 8 inputs tape machine
OUTBOARD
Universal Audio preamp x8
Phoenix Audio DSRQ4 MkII preamp and EQ x2
General Audio Neve preamp
UA LA610mkII valve preamp
Telefunken V372 preamp
SSL Fusion overdrive, Eq and comp
DBX 560a comp
DBX 118 comp
Orban 672a EQ
IGS Rubber Band EQ
DBX 263x de ess
INSTRUMENTS
Philips Philicorda organ
Behringer RD808 drum machine
Miditech midi keyboard
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