A question many burgeoning sound engineers often wonder is “how do you become an Abbey Road engineer?” Abbey Road’s engineers are one of their most valuable assets, carrying with them a wealth of experience, passion and expertise. It takes many years of hard work and dedication to reach the standards of the legendary Abbey Road engineer, and is often claimed that it takes less time to become a brain surgeon. 

We are thrilled to announce that we are sponsoring Season Three of The Record Process. 

In 1947, artificial reverb as we know it today was born in a bathroom — Bill Putnam’s bathroom, to be exact. It provided an echo chamber effect for the Harmonicats’ recording of ‘Peg O’ My Heart’.

Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer and mix engineer Nico Stadi shares the story of Kylie Minogue’s escapade into the world of remote recording for her 15th studio album ‘Disco’. 

Singer-songwriter and actor Josh Groban shares how he was able to bring his dream album 'Harmony' to life through remote collaboration.

In 1968, the introduction of eight-track recording and increasing sonic experimentation by The Beatles and other groundbreaking artists meant that the capabilities of Abbey Road Studios’ REDD.37 and REDD.51 consoles were being stretched. This called for a new desk. The name of the console was TG12345, with the TG being an acronym for The Gramophone Company.

LISTENTO has been nominated for the prestigious Excellence in Sound award at CEDEC 2022 (Computer Entertainment Developer Conference). It means so much to not only us at the Audiomovers team, but to the entire Abbey Road family. The whole team loves gaming and we’re delighted to see our sound production tools being used in this […]

We caught up with songwriter and producer Jack Leonard (UNKLE, Baby Queen, Foxes) and Matthew Genovese to uncover their process for tracking guitars remotely using a combination of Zoom and Audiomovers’ LISTENTO.

We continue our new series with a look into one of EMI's greatest designs: the REDD.17. The first in a powerful series of valve mixing desks, EMI engineers Peter Burkowitz and Lenn Page revealed the REDD.17 in 1958. It was EMI’s first console to appear in desk form. Renowned for their smooth EQ curves, extraordinary warmth and lush stereo imagery, there’s something magical about the REDD desks that sound like no other consoles. 

Abbey Road Studios has always been at the forefront of innovation. We’re thrilled to now be part of this incredible story and together help continue pioneering the way for the future of music technology. As part of our new series, we are delving into some of the ground-breaking innovations created at Abbey Road - and give you an insight into the stories behind them. This week, it’s the mighty RS56 Universal Tone Control Unit, affectionately known as the Curve Bender.