Abbey Road Underground Station
I’m confused. Apparently EMI did not intend to sell Abbey Road. Hmmm….
BBC: Abbey Road studios ‘not for sale, says EMI
In any event, I’ve compiled here a number of photos fellow engineers have posted on the web from sessions at the famed studio over the years. Enjoy.
OK, sorry for the hyperbole. And, in truth, we don’t yet know if it’s the end of Abbey Road. But it doesn’t look good, no matter which news outlet you follow.
CNN: EMI to sell iconic Abbey Road studios
Guardian UK: EMI puts Abbey Road studios up for sale
MSNBC: Beatles’ Abbey Road studio on the block
NPR: EMI Seeks Buyer For Abbey Road Studios
Gearslutz debate incessantly whether Abbey Road will close
Calling all ProTools users, there’s a new (well, to me, at least) blog out there dedicated to Digidesign’s (err, Avid’s) “Advanced Instrument Research” group—the folks responsible for designing and updating the company’s latest virtual instruments and plug-ins.
Here’s their home-page greetings:
Welcome to the AIR Users Blog, a huge community for users of Pro Tools and AIR. Over the last months it has grown to bring an even greater remit and advice to the community, expanding into other areas of software and instruments used by the music community.
We get around 40,000 visitors a month checking out over 500 free patches for Structure, over 100 HD FREE videos and much more, so welcome.
Go check it out.
This is the inaugural post in a series highlighting great recording studio web sites. Future studios will be selected not merely for the quality of their facilities but for how appealing, innovative, and informational their web presence. I suppose this means I’m launching a category of posts that is, at the core, pornographic. At least for studio geeks. Our first selection is Chicago’s Electrical Audio, home of legendary engineer and audio iconoclast Steve Albini. (I’d have called him a “producer,” as well, but as you may well know, he doesn’t like to be called that.) Electrical is one of America’s most distinctive recording facilities, from it’s old-school, analog-centric production ethos to its peculiar (and uniquely-named) acoustic spaces, to the maverick reputation of its founder.