5-502: Toe Rag Studios is an analogue recording studio located in Hackney , London , England. The studio was founded in 1991 by Liam Watson and Josh Collins in the Shoreditch area of London. In 1997, the business relocated to Hackney due to rising overheads . Although the studio didn't open exclusively in the analogue market, it was formed to eventually only use analogue equipment (despite
10-422: A physical texture on a phonograph record , or a fluctuation in the field strength of a magnetic recording . Analog transmission methods use analog signals to distribute audio content. These are in contrast to digital audio where an analog signal is sampled and quantized to produce a digital signal which is represented, stored and transmitted as discrete numbers . This sound technology article
15-421: Is a category of techniques used for the recording of analog signals . This enables later playback of the recorded analog audio . Analog audio recording began with mechanical systems such as the phonautograph and phonograph . Later, electronic techniques such as wire and tape recording were developed. Analog recording methods store analog signals directly in or on the media. The signal may be stored as
20-528: Is performed through Lockwood Major loudspeakers. Vintage backline includes Vox and Fender amplifiers, and instruments include Farfisa and Hammond organs , as well as a 1965 Ludwig drum kit . As well as hardware, the studio's live room was specially built to maximise the acoustic properties . In addition to this, the studio makes use of echo chambers . 51°33′10″N 0°02′28″W / 51.5529°N 0.0410°W / 51.5529; -0.0410 Analog recording Analog recording
25-506: The cost), as "there were loads of [cheap digital studios] opening up all the time and then closing down every week because they didn't really offer anything unique". Toe Rag offers clients music production using eight-track multitrack recording technology, and all recording media is magnetic tape . Recording is centred on an EMI REDD.17 mixing console (originally from Abbey Road Studios ) and Studer A80 tape machine, as well as microphones by Neumann , Reslo and STC . Monitoring
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