Studio Spaces
Ayriel Studios is a state-of-the-art recording facility located within a beautifully converted barn.
It is extremely quiet and acoustically versatile; a space in which you can fully commit to your project without distraction. We take care of everything else.
The Live Room and Control Room are fully soundproofed and available 24/7, so when you work is your decision - your time is your own.
The Live Room
A large L- shaped room with plenty of natural light and fresh air, where you can create your own bespoke space and acoustics.
Our two grand pianos, a Steinway model D (2000) and a Blüthner model 1 (1925), are both available.
Fully soundproofed
Extremely quiet air change
Temperature controlled
10 triple glazed windows
Underfloor heating
Oak floor
Removable acoustic panelling (11)
10Gb fibre tie lines
MADI co-axial tie lines
Low latency video links
Large display screens
Headphone distribution system
Gobo screens to create bespoke spaces
CHECK OUT THE FLOOR PLAN FOR DIMENSIONS.
Acoustically Versatile
From early days, it was clear the barn had potential for great acoustic versatility. With expert guidance from Chris Walls at Level Acoustic Design, the Live Room offers an unusually broad reverberation range (0.8 - 2.6 seconds) flexible enough to accommodate all musical genres.
“The acoustics are great – a unique sound, rich and natural, controlled yet flexible – mostly down to the size and shape of the room.”
— Chris Walls
Control Room
Directly overlooking the Live Room through a large viewing window and flooded with natural light.
The well-equipped Control Room houses an SSL ORIGIN 32 channel analogue mixing desk.
Fully soundproofed
Isolated from the Live Room (70dB)
Air-conditioning
Mac Pro & Windows running Pro Tools Ultimate, Ableton Lite, Ardour, Mixbus 10, Merging, PreSonus Studio One, Reaper, Logic Pro, Luna, Cakewalk, Mixcraft 10
ATC SCM110ASL PRO Monitors
B&W DM23 HiFi Speakers
SSL UF8 control surface
Avid I/O (48 analogue channels)
Hundred of plugins
Large display screen
10Gb Fibre
1Gb Internet
DANTE audio, audio tie-lines, CCTV and Behringer personal mixer headphone system connecting to the Green- & Live- Rooms and Cottages.
Studio Equipment
As well as having a selection of the latest microphones and headphones, we can draw upon a vast amount of speciality microphones from our associated engineers and producers. If you need something special or unusual, please ask, we can probably help.
If you are bringing your own equipment, we offer secure storage with a fully monitored alarm system and 24hr CCTV.
“Perfect technical facilities, lovely clear sound …incredible views, heavenly fresh air …where nothing distracted us from the total immersion required to record.”
— Viktoria Mullova & Matthew Barley
Green Room
Catch the recording via the wall mounted TV screens, plug in your laptop and make use of the workspace, or just relax and watch a movie with some studio snacks!
Steinway upright piano (1878)
2 wall-mounted monitors / TVs
L-shaped sofa
Highspeed internet connection
Or, help yourself in the well-equipped kitchen next door.
Future Plans
Vocal Booth
Producer and Mixing Room
Meeting and Eating Room
