Valley Wood Studio

Valley Wood Studio [email protected] Specialise in performance based music both acoustic and electric with three performance areas and control room.

Studio facilities include a fully analogue setup into Protools and major microphone brands and types, including Neumann, Sennheiser, AKG and EV. Monitoring by Genelec and Acoustic Research

Instruments include 6 foot grand piano, early 60's Hammond and Leslie 145, Rhodes Mk11 88, high quality guitars by Fender, Tokai, Martin and Guild. Part residential on request.

The stupendous Dr Tavener fettling one of my ribbon mics. Always a pleasure to drop in to the Xaudia/Extinct HQ and catc...
13/10/2025

The stupendous Dr Tavener fettling one of my ribbon mics. Always a pleasure to drop in to the Xaudia/Extinct HQ and catch up with all the latest.

Two albums (total of 23 tracks) mixed over the last couple weeks and already more projects coming in. Phew. One sent off...
11/09/2025

Two albums (total of 23 tracks) mixed over the last couple weeks and already more projects coming in.
Phew.
One sent off to Andy Wright for mastering and this little beauty to Mottosound.
Enjoying combination of ITB and through the desk for the valve eqs and outboard compression. TC electronic reverb - haven’t found a plugin yet I like that just “sits”.
RME DigiCheck a very useful little app.
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Weekend project getting this Strathearn STM 4- the DeLorean of turntables - back up and running. A lot of clients are o...
27/07/2025

Weekend project getting this Strathearn STM 4- the DeLorean of turntables - back up and running.

A lot of clients are opting to have vinyl releases, as have quite a few of the sessions projects I’ve performed on. So makes sense to have something working to a decent fashion to play my work back on?

Well - I thought it would be easy but ended up stripping this down completely to sort some rather odd tonearm behaviour and wonkiness. Found one of the pivot bearings was completely gone and the main lower spindle bearing was off centre. No wonder I couldn’t initially calibrate it. Fashioned one with superglue that settled in a natural concave shape and set hard, that allowed the pin to settle in nicely with the help of a little grease. The originals are the smallest bearing races I’ve ever seen! See pics.

Works great now. Rocking to REM’s Green.
Pickering X-15 cartridge in there but I’ll get the original Shure M75 E back on when I source the correct elliptical stylus.

Today’s overdubs.
23/07/2025

Today’s overdubs.

Oh lord - now this 1974 Teac. like a tank and needed new belts and tracing a weird issue on one channel. Think the idl...
15/06/2025

Oh lord - now this 1974 Teac. like a tank and needed new belts and tracing a weird issue on one channel. Think the idler wheels are beyond… but hey it’s really cool!

What a legacy.My ♡ has just sunk.Possibly the most important figure in popular music.
11/06/2025

What a legacy.
My ♡ has just sunk.
Possibly the most important figure in popular music.

Obvs some form of mid-life crisis going on, harking back to 80s and 90s tech but I’m having by so much fun fixing up old...
06/06/2025

Obvs some form of mid-life crisis going on, harking back to 80s and 90s tech but I’m having by so much fun fixing up old 4tracks - and even a lovely little 1980 Sanyo personal stereo. None of these worked when I picked them up cheap (except the light grey Fostex 250 I’ve had since 1988) - and it’s been a blast bringing them back to life and calibrating etc. Sourcing a replacement head for the badly scratched one shown was initially a worry but a scrap machine turned up!
Want to use the three dbx Tascams for student 4 Track Challenge from September.
See what they can do with a machine, tape, couple dynamics and a pair of headphones…

Vocal takes and comping on a remote session…helps to keep a tab!
22/11/2024

Vocal takes and comping on a remote session…helps to keep a tab!

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