At a glance:

• Pro Tools 9 | Logic 9 | Melodyne Editor | Waves
• Air conditioned control room with 56 channel Ghost mixing desk
• Dynaudio / Genelec monitoring
• Neve / Manley / API / Classic API / Universal Audio / Avalon / SSL / Oram / Slate Pro / Focusrite / TL Audio / Drawmer / DBX outboard
• Great sounding live room comfortably accommodates 6 piece bands
• Good sized overdub room to rear of control room
• 16 channel Furman headphone monitoring with 4 mixers
• Nice mic collection
• Boutique amps and guitars
• Easy access, only 1 hour from Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham

Analogue Hearts, Digital Minds! Alive HQ provides BIG studio sounds at small studio prices. READ OUR FEATURE ON ALIVE HQ HERE.

Presenting Alive HQ Recording Studios in Staffordshire, built to achieve the highest quality recordings possible, but at a price that makes sense for the independent musician or producer. No expense has been spared in the putting together an amazing studio which meets the specific needs of you the artist. From the luxury outboard pre-amps, EQs and compressors, the individually tailored headphone mixes, the boutique amps and guitars, through to the air conditioned control room and overdub booth, the entire studio has been built around you.

Gear list as of March 2013

Mic pre-amps
 2 x Heritage Audio 1073
 2 x AMS Neve 1073
 2 x API 512c
 2 x Classic API VP26
 2 x Classic API VP28
 2 x Drawmer 1960 tube pre-amps
 Universal Audio LA610 mkII
 Avalon VT-737sp
 TL Audio 5051 valve pre-amp
 16 x TL Audio 5001 valve pre-amps

Compression
 Manley Vari-Mu
 Universal Audio 1176
 Steven Slate Pro Dragon
 Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor
 Focusrite Red 3
 Universal Audio LA-610 mkII
 Avalon VT-737sp
 Drawmer 1960
 DBX 566 and 160A
 Ashley CLX-52

Equalisation
 2 x Heritage Audio 1073
 2 x API 550b
 8 x SSL ‘E’ series 502 EQs
 Neve 8803 dual EQ
 Avalon VT-737sp
 Oram HD35 Mastering EQ

Microphones
 Peluso P67
 AKG 414 B/TLII stereo pair
 Neumann TLM103
 Neumann KM184 stereo pair
 SE Rupert Neve 1 ribbon
 SE5600a MKII
 SE5600a
 SE R1 Ribbon
 Sennheiser MD 421 II x 2
 Sennhieser E606 II
 Sennheiser E614
 Shure SM57 x 3
 Shure Beta SM57 x 3
 Oktava MK-219 x 2

Over the past 5 years Alive HQ has developed into a fantastic place for you to make music. Redesigned in 2013, the control room sounds fantastic with Dynaudio and Genelec monitoring, a 56 channel Soundcraft Ghost mixing console, Pro Tools 9, and huge array of world-class boutique pre-amps and outboard from the likes of Neve / API / Avalon / Universal Audio / SSL and more. As a seasoned musician, you'll hear the difference in our recordings right away.

Our studio is located within the Alive Network Music Agency office complex. We've been working with a diverse range of artists recently from the UK's leading function bands, through to up and coming original artists. Our resident engineer/producer Tom 'Bash' Bishop is a seasoned musician himself and can take the role of producer as well as engineer if you feel you need the extra input. What ever style of music you play, we're here to ensure you'll get the very highest standard of recording possible.