Quad Studios Ltd

Phone:	0116 251 2516
Fax:	0116 251 3888
Email:
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Address:	78 Friday Street Leicester
Postcode:	LE1 3BW

About the company Quality equipment including a wide range of amps, drums, PA, mixers, microphones, foldback monitors and in-ear monitoring to suit your specific requirements. Bespoke setting up service prior to arrival. Quad is... 1. A musical and theatrical rehearsal facility. We offer excellent equipment in large soundproofed rooms that are air-conditioned with skylights. In addition the whole facility is on the ground floor with its own large secure car park. For National and International projects featuring tour busses or trailers there are loading bays to help crews move stage sets and artists’ equipment. 2. Concerned with rehearsals sounding good. Quad Studios has invested in quality throughout. Having great soundproofed acoustically designed spaces is a waste of time if the PA, monitors and equipment are second rate. At Quad you will find 500wt Mackie powered 3 way speakers alongside Axon powered floor monitors that run to 130 db. We also stock a range of proper analogue and digital mixers from Allen & Heath, Mackie and Yamaha. Vocal microphones are the industry standard SM58 and for musicians requiring amps we stock a wide range of Fenders, Marshalls, Mesa Boogies and Class A boutique amps from Gibson and Dr Z. We also supply drum kits from Tamburo (Italian Pro manufacturer), Yamaha and Premier, a world renowned manufacturer, who like Quad Studios, are based in Leicester. Heads, which are change regularly, are from Remo and Aquarian. Quad Studios believes however that the best equipment for your unique sound is yours ! Our onsite parking and ground floor access or storage facilities make it as easy as possible for you to use your own equipment. 3. Computer and DJ friendly. Quad Studios firmly believes that Groove boxes, turntables, synths and computers are musical tools just like a mandolin or rain stick. The use of these tools within a band setting can be very creative and rewarding. Items like computers can be fragile but our ground floor location and secure parking make it as easy as it will ever be to transport both fragile and heavy items. We also have weekly “Open Mic” nights for both DJ’s and laptop artists. The DJ play-off night and ambient/soundscape night are very popular. Please phone if you wish to participate as time slots are limited. 4. Open when you want. The customer comes first. We understand that organising several people to be in one place at a specific time can be nigh on impossible. Therefore we try and be as flexible as possible with regards to opening hours. Quad Studios endeavours to be open to suit you. Please remember that staff here also have lives so it is not always possible to accommodate that midweek all-nighter. For out of the ordinary times please phone to discuss your requirements. 5. A fully equipped recording studio. We offer a wide variety of recording facilities from a stereo recording of your rehearsal through to a heavily overdubbed 24 bit 96 kHz mastered soundtrack. Our multi-room setup with video links means perfect isolation for all parts in a live “one take” scenario. We record using several mediums analogue, digital, tape, minidisk etc depending on budget and desired results. Both control rooms and three live areas are available for hire to producers, engineers and artists either fully equipped or empty should you wish to install your own set-up. Please call to discuss your particular requirements. 6. In love with In-ear monitoring. For the ultimate in clarity you can’t beat it. Quad Studios uses the Aviom system which runs over our CAT5 network to provide each participant their own controllable 16 channel mix. This individual mix can be really beneficial in recordings and rehearsals helping players focus on their part. 7. A place to relax. Our FOH (front of house) is spacious with a reception, Pro shop and café offering an environment and services that will add to your rehearsal. The café offers hot & cold food and drinks but is not licensed so please BYOB (bring your own beer). We will happily chill wines & beers. The Pro shop offers a wide range of essential supplies such as guitar strings, drum heads, batteries through to full guitar rigs and drum Kits. We are main dealers for Mays internal drum mics which are on demo and installed in several of our kits. Last but no least... Ultimately flexible.

Floor Plan Studio 1 - Control Room - click here Studio 2 - Blue Room - click here Studio 3 - Great Curve - click here Studio 4 - Green Room - click here Studio 5 - Theatre Room  - click here Studio 6 - White Room- click here Studio 7 - The Midas Room - click here Studio 8 - Drum Room - click here

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