Please contact us to discuss options and rates that suit your project

Our Studios 301 team can put together a tailor-made quote for all of your needs. Whether you require, studio time, mixing or a specific engineer or a producer. Please contact us for a customised quote HERE or email us at hello@studios301.com.

This can vary project to project and we can help advise you on the best course to take.

Yes we do. Contact us with the following information if you would like a quote:

• Number of songs/days
• Preferred engineer/producer
• Band setup/players
• The budget you would like to work to
• Project timeframe

When you hire one of our engineers, you can expect them to cover the technical aspects of the art of recording sound and to capture high quality recordings to your specification.

When you book a producer, they will also do that, but will contribute to the project on a musical level and guide it on a musically concise and final direction with you.

A great place to start is by checking out their work. Once you’ve had a look through the credits of our various engineers, pick the one whose style and discography you connect with the most and find to be most appropriate for your genre of music.

Absolutely. We help you choose producers very carefully and are happy to put you in touch after initial consultation. If you are booking an engineer, we will put you in touch once the session is confirmed.

Yes! Please contact us to discuss your songwriting project.

Single day sessions with us require upfront payment, and longer sessions require a 50% deposit to lock in, with the remaining balance due by the last day of your session.

We accept credit card, bank transfer, EFTPOS and cash.

With as much notice as possible. To guarantee your preferred days, please contact us as soon as you have decided on your schedule.

Your session time starts from when you, or your crew, arrive and ends once the all equipment is packed down and you leave the facility. A good setup is key to a smooth session and takes time to complete. Please ensure you account for the time it takes you to setup, backup session files and pack down your equipment when planning your day.

All your instruments … we have the rest!

Mixing is a lot like cooking. If we compare recording to purchasing and preparing the ingredients, then mixing is like the method.
Mixing is where we take every instrument, part or track that has been recorded and balance, space and ride them from a multi-track session into a final 2-track stereo file.

An unattended mix is done without you present. The engineer will get to a point that they are happy with and then send the mix through to you for feedback and changes. We allow for any number of revisions, so long as they are completed during the same day of your session. We are happy to keep working on the song at a later date, but it will incur extra charges as the session will require recall and rescheduling.

An attended mix allows you to join the engineer during mixing and provide immediate feedback. While this is often the preferred way, it is usually a longer process. Most engineers prefer to mix unattended for the first part of the day then ask you to come in towards the end of the session to review the mix and make revisions if required.

This is dependent on musical style and approach and as such, it tends to vary project to project.
We typically recommend a day per song to allow for a professional, release ready mix, however we can mix as many songs as 2 per day provided the music is well prepared.

Download our mixing preparation instructions here.

A booking is considered confirmed when the Studios 301 “Booking Confirmation” is sent by Studios 301.

Full payment or a 50% deposit is required to secure the booking, and you will be notified of the charges.

Single day sessions with us require upfront payment, and longer sessions require a 50% deposit to lock in, with the remaining balance due by the last day of your session. We will retain all files and content from the session until the balance has been settled.

We accept credit card, bank transfer, EFTPOS and cash.

Audio mixing is the process of combining multi-track recordings into a single track – “the mix”. The process can include balancing the levels of the multi-tracks that have been recorded, fine-tuning the sound of each instrument or voice using equalisation (EQ), stereo panning, and/or adding effects such as reverb.

During a mixdown, we take every instrument, part, or track that has been recorded to balance and space them from a multi-track session into a final 2-track stereo file.

Mixing is a lot like cooking. If we compare recording to purchasing and preparing the ingredients, then mixing would be the method.

Please download and carefully read our online mixing preparation instructions here.

Yes. For our online mixing service we have two options.

1. “Team engineer” For this option it is not possible to pre-book a particular engineer. Please be assured that your song will be mixed by one of our highly skilled and experienced Studios 301 engineers.
2. You can book any of our mix engineers directly via our online mixing service for an unattended mix at each engineer’s specific mix rate.

For attended mixing, EP or Album mixing we are more than happy to put together a customised quote. Enquire here.

Yes, if you would like to book a specific studio and engineer for attended mixing please contact bookings@studios301.com, or make an enquiry here, for a customised quote.

Through option 1 Yes. There is a 45 multi-track limit. If you have more than 45 tracks please contact us for a customised quote here.

This may be due to the size of your files, the files being in the wrong format, or using special characters in the file name. Please ensure you only use letters and numbers. Your track should be no longer than 10 minutes and be in the format specified here. Please contact us for any additional help at bookings@studios301.com

If you wish to post your tracks please send a Hard Drive, Memory Stick, DVD-R or CD-R to: Studios 301, 3B Ellis Avenue, Alexandria NSW 2015. Please make sure you clearly label the artist and song.

Our Studios 301 online mixing service (including team engineer and specific engineer options) is a unique opportunity to have your song mixed by one of our highly skilled and experienced engineers. We have launched the online service to be accessible to artists all over the world, especially for those who are unable to visit the studios in person.

For ‘Team Engineer” online mixing:

• All sessions are unattended.
• A specialist Studios 301 engineer will be allocated to your project. You will be unable to pre-book a specific engineer.
• There is a 45 multi-track limit. If you have more than 45 tracks please contact us for a custom quote.
• This is a fixed price service
• You will need to provide multi-tracks that are consolidated or bounced from the start point of the song (bar 1 beat 1 or start time code). Please make sure these are in a high resolution format (wav or aiff).
• The engineer will bring the mix to a point they are happy with, then send it through for your feedback and revisions if required.
• The fixed price includes one round of revisions. Any additional revisions will be charged at $75ph + GST

For our engineer specific online mixing option:

• You can select the specialist mixing engineer of your choice.
• All sessions are still unattended.
• Please try and limit your multi-tracks to 65
• You will need to provide multi-tracks that are consolidated or bounced from the start point of the song (bar 1 beat 1 or start time code). Please make sure these are in a high resolution format (wav or aiff).
• The option includes 3 sets of revisions. Any additional revisions will be charged at $75ph + GST

For our custom mixing, album/ Ep or attended mixing service:

• You can choose an attended or unattended session for your project.
• You can select the specialist mixing engineer of your choice.
• There is no limit to the number of multi tracks.
• We allow for any number of revisions, so long as they are completed during the same day of your session. We are happy to keep working on the song at a later date, but it will incur extra fees as the session will require recall and rescheduling.

Digitisation is the process of playing back an analogue source material, such as a tape or cassette, whilst capturing it as a .wav (or similar) digital file. The methods for digitising each of the analogue formats we work with are finely tuned, involving meticulous alignment of our playback machines, high quality analogue to digital convertors, and the highly refined skills of our digitisation engineers and technicians (as per the IASA TC 04 guidelines). As a result, this process is reliable and efficient in providing the highest quality digitisation possible.

A Digital Transfer refers to the process of moving digitally recorded material from one format to another, usually without undergoing a digitisation process (because the material is already in a digital form). Now that digital recording methods have been in place for over 20 years, there are many older formats that are no longer practical to run, or on tape mediums that are deteriorating, so we undertake a Digital Transfer for both safekeeping and possible future use of the material.

In order to achieve the most successful results, we tailor our digitisation or transfer process to each project that we undertake. Considerations that are factored into the process planning include the age of the original material, file requirements, turnaround time, confidentiality and any special client requests. The process usually includes:

• Materials logging and secure, climate controlled storage
• Assessment of material. Due to age or damage, the materials may require extra treatment or unusual transfer methods to ensure a safe and high quality capture.
• Precision playback of the material and capture to our DAW’s
• Editing
• File export
• Daily backup of all captured material

Many tapes suffer from “Sticky Shed Syndrome”, where a tape attracts moisture from the air and as a result starts to become sticky and fall apart – rendering the tape destroyed when played back on a tape machine. Tape baking draws out the moisture in the tape, allowing it to be safely played back. We have this process applied to most of the analogue audio tapes we digitise.

For all enquiries, please contact: Lynley White-Smith on ron@studios301.com or 02 9698 5888