Booking
Availability
Most daytime and evening 10am to 11pm, 7 Days a Week. Call for availability
Most daytime and evening 10am to 11pm, 7 Days a Week. Call for availability
Rates
We offer very competitive rates with no minimum time restriction.
Rates include an engineer and a CD of the session.
* - see note below regarding mixing.
We offer very competitive rates with no minimum time restriction.
Rates include an engineer and a CD of the session.
* - see note below regarding mixing.
Hourly rates
Hourly rate for recording and *mixing is :-
£20/hr - Weekdays
£25/hr - Weekends
Daily rates
Recording and *mixing 8 hr hire is :-
£140 - Weekdays
£175 - Weekends
Payment / Terms
- Cash or cheque is accepted. Please make cheques payable to MiaCon Ltd.
- Payment is required at the end of each session.
- Payment on completion can be negotiated. Please call to discuss. A non refundable 50% deposit will be required at the time of booking based on an initial quote.
- Daily bookings will require a 50% non refundable deposit at the time of booking.
- I can accept payment via Debit or Credit card via PayPal below. This is a simple transaction fully secure and does NOT require you to create a PayPal account.
- All recordings will remain the property of MiaCon until the final payment is made.
On-line Payment
MiaCon Weekly Hourly Rate - £20/hr
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MiaCon Weekly Day Rate 8Hrs - £140
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MiaCon Weekend Hourly Rate - £25/hr
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MiaCon Weekend Day Rate 8Hrs - £175
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Please note:-
Recording
To minimise the time spent recording it is best to come fully rehearsed, with everyone aware of their parts and the arrangement. This greatly speeds up the recording process and obviously will save you money.
Mixing
We can provide a mix for you but you need to budget for this also. Therefore if you want to leave with a fully mixed CD please allow sufficient time in your booking to accommodate this. Please call me to discuss your requirements and I can advise on how long this will take. The obvious thing to consider is if you are a band then editing and mixing multi tracks takes considerably more time than a vocalist singing to a backing track.
The process includes:-
Editing - Trimming audio takes. Tightening timing and or tuning if necessary.
Mixing - Balancing the track with EQ, Compression, Reverb, Delays etc.
The quality of mix will greatly depend on the time allocated for this. A basic mix may only include the selection of the best take EQ'd and mixed together as the song. There may not be time to trim, repair timing etc. You must consider this when budgeting but we can fully discuss this at the time of booking.
Mastering
We provide a mix optimised for CD playback utilising mastering plug-ins, with excellent results which in 99% of the time has been suitable for most artists and bands using the studio.
However we are not set up as a true mastering house. There are specialist studio's set up purely to master mixed tracks. They have specialist acoustic set up and mastering equipment and they add the "shine" to a mixed track. We can recommend local mastering studios who provide this service if you wish to take your mix further.
Recording
To minimise the time spent recording it is best to come fully rehearsed, with everyone aware of their parts and the arrangement. This greatly speeds up the recording process and obviously will save you money.
Mixing
We can provide a mix for you but you need to budget for this also. Therefore if you want to leave with a fully mixed CD please allow sufficient time in your booking to accommodate this. Please call me to discuss your requirements and I can advise on how long this will take. The obvious thing to consider is if you are a band then editing and mixing multi tracks takes considerably more time than a vocalist singing to a backing track.
The process includes:-
Editing - Trimming audio takes. Tightening timing and or tuning if necessary.
Mixing - Balancing the track with EQ, Compression, Reverb, Delays etc.
The quality of mix will greatly depend on the time allocated for this. A basic mix may only include the selection of the best take EQ'd and mixed together as the song. There may not be time to trim, repair timing etc. You must consider this when budgeting but we can fully discuss this at the time of booking.
Mastering
We provide a mix optimised for CD playback utilising mastering plug-ins, with excellent results which in 99% of the time has been suitable for most artists and bands using the studio.
However we are not set up as a true mastering house. There are specialist studio's set up purely to master mixed tracks. They have specialist acoustic set up and mastering equipment and they add the "shine" to a mixed track. We can recommend local mastering studios who provide this service if you wish to take your mix further.
