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Press Play Studio

Press Play Studio is a professional recording and mixing facility in Bermondsey, Southeast London.

 

The studio offers a spacious and friendly creative environment comprising live and control rooms, along with a comfortable relaxation area. The studio is superbly equipped with a combination of vintage and modern recording equipment and an impressive collection of vintage instruments.

The studio is owned and managed by Andy Ramsay, a producer/engineer and musician who has recorded and performed with Stereolab since 1991. Andy has experience of working in a range of musical genres.

The studio is available for hire with Andy as producer/engineer and is also available for freelancers.

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Services

We offer a variety of services at Press Play Studio.

Rates

Daily Rates

Studio with engineer: £350

Studio without engineer: £275

Prices are for a 10-hour day and include the use of all equipment.

​Hourly Rates

Shorter sessions are available on request and charged at £40 per hour.  

Minimum booking 4 hours.  

Equipment

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  • API 1608 Console

  • 2019 Mac Mini, 64Gb Ram, solid state drives

  • Antelope Audio Orion 32+ audio interface

  • Hearback personal monitoring system with 4 splits

  • PMC 2.2.6 Monitors + Neumann sub

  • Genelec 8030 Monitors

  • UAD Satelitte quad + TB quad 

  • Logic, Ableton & Pro Tools native

  • Plugins by Soundtoys, UAD, Valhalla, Waves, Celemony & many more

Console, Computer & Recorders

  • Takamine 12 String Guitar 74

  • Handmade Guitar 6 String Acoustic

  • Martin D18 79

  • Epiphone Texan 66

  • Fender Jaguar 68

  • Fender Jazzmaster 64

  • Fender Mustang 74

  • Fender Mustang Bass 76

  • Fender electric 12 string 68

  • Fender Telecaster 77

  • Fender Precision Bass 77

  • Fender Baas VI 74

  • Fender Jazz Bass 70

  • Danelectro Baritone Guitar

  • Gibson ES355 74

  • Gibson ES335 12 string 64

  • Gibson SG 72

  • Gibson Les Paul 80

  • Gibson J40 74

  • Handmade Bazouki

  • Rickenbacher 12 string electric 64

Guitars

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  • AEA R84

  • AKG C414 Buls X 2

  • AKG 451/CK1 X 2

  • AKG D112

  • AKG D12

  • AKG D12 VR

  • Audix I5

  • Audix D4 X3

  • Beyerdynamic M160 X 2

  • Beyerdynamic M88

  • Beyerdynamic M201TG

  • Coles 4038 X 2

  • Electro Voice RE20

  • Extinct Audio BM9 black ops x 2

  • Flea C12

  • Griffon Fuzzyphone

  • Microtech Gefell M300 X 2

  • Mictotech Gefell M71

  • Microtech Gefell UM92S

  • Neumann U87 AI  x 3

  • Neumann U89

  • Neumann Fet 47

  • Neuman KM84

  • Neuman KM184 X 2

  • Peluso stereo microphone

  • Realistic PZM

  • Royer R121

  • Shure SM58 X 2

  • Shure SM57 X 2

  • Sony C37P

  • Sony C48

  • Sennheiser 421 X 3

  • Sennheiser 441

  • Sennheiser 509 x 2

  • Siemens / Telefunken Ela  M201

  • Telefunken M260 Valve

  • Wunder Audio CM7 GTS

Microphones

  • Ludwig Drum Kit 20-12-14

  • WFL Drum kit 22-13-16

  • Slingerland Radioking Snare Drum 5.5”

  • Slingerland Radioking Snare Drum 7”

  • Slingerland Brass Snare 5”

  • Slingerland Brass Snare 6.5

  • Ludwig Snare Drum 4”

  • Ludwig Acrolite snare drum 4”

  • Assorted Cymbals Paiste, Zildjian, Sabian, Istanbul, Bosphorus

  • Assorted Percussion

  • Musser M55 vibraphone

Drums & Percussions

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  • API 5500 Dual Equalizer

  • API 512C microphone amplifier X 4

  • API 525 compressor

  • API 527 compressor

  • AnaMod 660 compressor

  • Neve 1081 x 2

  • Neve 1272 microphone amplifier X 8

  • Neve 2264ALB compressor

  • Telefunken V72 microphone amplifiers X 2

  • Chandler microphone cassette channel strip

  • Purple MC 77 limiting amplfier

  • DBX 165A compressor

  • DBX 162 stereo compressor

  • DBX 161 compressor

  • Empirical Labs EL8 Destressor X 2

  • SSL 500 series equaliser

  • SSL 500 series  dynamics

  • Siemens 295 equaliser x 2

  • Universal Audio LA-3A

  • Skibbe Electronics Red Stripe compressor X

  • Shadow Hills Dual Vandergraph compressor

  • MXR Flanger Doubler

  • YAMAHA E1010 Delay

  • Roland 201 Space Echo

  • Roger Mayer 456 x 2

  • Evans Super Echo

  • AKG BX20 Spring Reverb

  • Lexicon PCM80

  • Lovetone Meatball Envelope Filter

  • Roland Chorus Ensemble CE1

  • Dynacord Tape delay

  • EMT 240 Goldfoil Reverb

  • Eventide H3000 Harmoniser

Outboard & Effects

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  • Elysian Upright Piano

  • Fender Rhodes Stage 73

  • Korg Vocoder

  • Korg MS20 Synthesiser

  • Roland System 100 Model 101/102/104/104

  • Roland Jupiter 4 Synthesiser

  • EMS Synthi A

  • EMS Vocoder 2000

  • Wurlitzer Electric Piano EP200

  • RMI Electra Piano 368X

  • Hohner Clavinet D6

  • Vox Jaguar Organ

  • Leslie Speaker

  • Hammond SK1 Organ

  • Wasp Synth

  • Yamaha CS01

  • Modular Synthesiser Mutable instruments / Harvestman etc

  • Moog Matriarch

Keyboards

  • Roland CR68

  • BOSS DR55

  • Acetone Rhythm Ace

  • Soundmaster Rhythm 1

  • Electro harmonix beatbox

  • Electro harmonix sequencer

  • Soundmaster Latin Percussion

  • Electro Harmonix Drm15

  • Selelctabeat

  • Time Tuner drum machine

  • Watford electronics drum machine

  • Powerhouse 8 track drum machine

Drum Machines

  • Ampeg V4 Bsss Amp

  • Ampeg 2 X 12 Speaker

  • Fender Bassman 100

  • Fender 4 x 12 Speaker

  • Fender Showman

  • Fender Blues Junior

  • Fender Twin Reverb

  • WEM Westminster Combo

  • WEM Dominator MKII

  • Marshall JMP50 + 1 X 12 Speaker cab

  • Orange 2 X 12 Speaker cab

  • Gem Mars 5

  • VOX AC30

Amplifiers

Clients

Artists

​Atlas Sound

Blue Rose Code

David Thomas Broughton

Deep Throat Choir

Carl Barat

The Charlatans

Childcare

Fran Lobo

Ghostpoet

Heritage Orchestra

Jamie Issac

Jamie T

Josefin Öhrn

Kero Kero Bonito

King Krule

The High Llamas

Ghost Poet

Groves

Malahini

Max Cooper

Mount Kimbie

Nilufer Yanya

Nova Twins

Puma Blue

Stereolab

Tim Burgess

Talvin Singh

Teleman

To Kill a King

Trailer Trash Tracys

Yorkston, Thorne & Kahn

Wire

Wulu

404 Guild

Producers and Engineers

Tom Carmichael

Guy Fixsen

James Ford

Richard Formby

James Greenwood

Adrian Hall

Dilip Harris

Ben Jackson

Clive Langer

Duncan Mills

Tarek Musa

James Robertson

Ken Stringfellow

James Unwin

Oli Barton Wood

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Contact Us

The best way to get in touch with Press Play Studio is to drop us an email: andy.pressplay@gmx.com

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