The Lodge Recording Studio

General information

WE LOVE THE CADAC AND YOU WILL TO!

A Vintage CADAC of this era is probably the best recording console ever made. In its day, it was also the most expensive to produce. Now, they rarely come onto the market and are much sought after.

The CADAC in The Lodge was originally commissioned in 1976 and installed at the legendary Battery Studios in North London where it was used to record some of the greatest recordings of the day (The Sex Pistols, The Police, Queen, The Who, Def Leppard and Duran Duran). It was acquired by Robert John Godfrey for The Lodge in 1986 and has remained our most valuable asset.

CLIENTS OVER THE YEARS

APES DID ENSEMBLE - ROY MAYORGA - AMEBIX - SHARKS - EMILIE CHYTRAEUS - EXOTERIK - ZODIAC MINDWARP - ARBITORS - CALORIES - BISON - THE BRINK - BRASSKATS - THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS - THE JACKS - 4 GET ME NOTS - SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND - LAND OF CAIN - THE JUVIES - COUSIN AVI - - VICE LIKE GRIP - DANNY CONNORS - ALAN MOORE - PEACH RHINO - JONATHAN ROSS - BBC - UNIVERSAL - PARLOPHONE - MAGIC SKOOL BUS - DEAF HAVANA - IRRITANT - BEE STUNG LIPS - THE MOONS - MIRROR MIRROR - HEARTS IN ATLANTIS - THE NINE BELOW - RATTLESNAKE REMEDY - SEVEN YEARS - ZOOT ALORS - VINDICTION - THE ARTIZANS - SEVENTY FIRST SIN - SHEEP THIEVES - GYPSY DOGS - THE ON OFFS - SEGA RALLY REVO (surround soundtrack)
OVER THE YEARS

PARADISE LOST - NAZARETH - BERNIE TORME - DO ME BAD THINGS - KATRINA AND THE WAVES - NEW MODEL ARMY - KIM WILDE - MARILLION - CONFLICT - SPIRITUALIZED - FUN BOY THREE - ASWARD - MARI WILSON - THE BELOVED - THE RUTS - THE WISHPLANTS - JAZZ BUTCHER - FIELDS OF THE NEPHILLIM

COOL ANALOGUE HISTORY
The studio was first established in 1979 by Robert John Godfrey and Stephen Stewart. Situated in a large farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside, it soon became a favourite with some producers and one of the best known mid priced residential recording studios in the business with such famous artists as Kim Wilde, The Ruts, Katrina and the Waves, New Model Army, Mari Wilson, Marillion and Paradise Lost using it on a regular basis until 1988 when the owners closed it in order to concentrate on separate musical careers.


WARM DIGITAL FUTURE
In 1992, Robert John Godfrey reopened The Lodge in Northampton where he, together with Max Read, have served the recording needs of the local community ever since offering support and advice for young artists taking their first steps. Whilst The Lodge has kept up to date with all the latest technology and digital recording techniques, the studio has retained the best of the vintage gear, a decision which has turned out to be a good one.
At The Lodge Recording Studio you will find gifted people with experience, skills, creative imagination and brains, plus all the gear you are likely to ever need to get the best possible results recording a demo or full album for release. The Studios give large discounts to unsigned bands, small independent labels and young bands still at school.
We have built our reputation recording bands. It is what we understand and do best. We are constantly improving our facilities.
All in all, The Lodge represents unbeatable value.
Over all the years we have been doing this, we long ago realised that the most important thing, above all else is to provide a completely stress free environment and positive surroundings.

TOTAL RECALL
The Lodge is the only comparable recording studio in the region with Total Recall, a fully automated mix facility.
Total Recall will save you time and money and bring your mixes that nearer to perfection than possible previously. Gone are the days of "Hit 'n Miss" mixes.

We believe this to be absolutely essential and no amount of classy equipment can make up for the lack of the right atmosphere operated by the right people with the right attitude.

When you decide to use The Lodge Recording Studio, it won’t end up costing you an arm and a leg. You will get our undivided attention from the moment you walk in the door until the moment you leave.

You will be working with talented engineers who will be able to understand exactly where you are coming from and will do their very best to give you exactly what you want.

INEXPENSIVE ACCOMMODATION
Whether you are an unsigned band from out of town with a recording project, a producer with a young band who needs a creative space to work in or a signed band needing a serious rehearsal and preproduction facilities, The Lodge can provide extremely cost effective student style accommodation and in house catering for up to ten people.

UNIQUE RECORDING ENVIRONMENT
The main Live Room is geared up for bands. With 20 feet of space above the drum area and a ceramic ceiling the naturally created ambience gives a superbly huge sound.

There are also two quadruple-glazed, nested dead rooms having visual contact with all areas enabling unparalleled separation when recording all-at-once performances.

STUDIO ONE
RECORDING
Cadac Console

72 Channels At Mixdown, 32 Channels Of Automation, Full Parametric EQ, 10 Sends, 32 Track Routing.

Fast PC running
24 I/O of up to 192 kHz 24bit
Apogee Rosseta 800 x 3
Studer A800 2" - 24 Track Tape Recorder
Studer A80 1/4" - 2 Track Tape Recorder
Pioneer D-05 DAT Recorder
Sony MiniDisc Recorder
CDR Burners
DVD Data Archiving

DAW
Silent PC System with Cubase 5.5 or Pro Tools HD 3

Wavelab 6.1 (Red-Book CD Mastering)
Waves Platinum

MAIN MICROPHONES
Neumann U87 (2)
AKG 414 B ULS (2)
AKG 451(4 inc CK22)
AKG D112
AKG D12 Vintage
AKG SE300B (CK93 & CK91)
Audix D1 (3)
Shure SM58 (4), SM57 (6), Beta 57 (1)
Sure Beta 52
Electrovoice RE20 (2)
Sennheiser MD421 II

DYNAMICS & EQ
Aphex 109 - 2/4-Band Valve Parametric EQ
Aphex 661 Expressor (Valve Compressor) (2)
TLAudio Ivory Series C-5021 (Valve Compressor)
Focusrite Platinum Compounder (2)

Pearl Export Drum Kit
Emulator X2 Studio with large library

MONITORING
Vintage Tannoy Super Reds
Yamaha Near Field
Mackie PA (Studio Playback)
REVERB & DSP
Lexicon 480XL
Lexicon PCM60
Lexicon PCM70
Lexicon PCM91
Yamaha REV7
Yamaha SPX90 (2)
Roland SDE3000
TC Electronics 2290
Ursa Major Space Station
Ursa Major Stargate 626
Ursa Major MSP 126
ZOOM 9010
DeltaLab Acoustic Computer
EcoPlate Plate Reverb
Aphex Aural Exciter
MXR Delay Lines (2)

Drawmer Compressors (2)
Drawmer Gates (8)
DBX Dual Comp/Gate/Lim

VINTAGE

Valley People 440
Valley People Dynamite
Valley People Gatex
Cadac Compressors (4)

AMPLIFICATION

Line6 Pod Pro + FloorBoard
Slimline Marshall 4 x 12

Marshall JCM2000 Orange Crunch
30 Watt Marshall Valvestate
200 Watt Marshall Valvestate
300 Watt Peavey Bass Stack
Pearl Export Drum Kit
Fender Strat (Mexico custom)

VINTAGE KEYS

Korg Mono Poly (Vintage)
Yamaha DX7 (Vintage)
Roland V-Piano (New)
STUDIO TWO
Yamaha DM2000VCM 96 Channel digital desk - Fully automated with total recall and flying faders.

Tannoy Reveal Surround Sound Monitoring 5.1 - Yamaha NS100 Near Field - Tannoy Super Reds playback in Studio

Cubase 5.5: 48 I/O at 48KHz, 32 I/O at 96K

DAW: (Intel Quad Core, 3Gb RAM, 2Tb HD), RME Interfaces

Yamaha S90 ES with TX816 (Vintage FM)

Inputs from Tape, Vinyl, Betamax F1, Reel to Reel etc.

Mastering
Main Tools: Waves Diamond Bundle Digital Mastering Tools plus many other sophisticated digital tools for the unforseen.

Orchestral Library
Studio 2 features a magnificent symphonic sound library featuring Vienna Symponic Strings, Brass, Woodwind, EW Symphonic Choirs and more.

Yamaha G3 Grand Piano
The Lodge's Yamaha grand piano is located in Studio 2. It is played daily and tuned regularly. Balanced tie - lines enable recording of the piano from either studio.

A WORD FROM THE FOUNDER!!
When I moved The Lodge to Northampton in 1993, I decided that my new location would be largely for the benefit of the local music community. I have kept my word to myself and done just that for the last fifteen years

I am not really a businessman. I am not like Big Bill Davidson who runs the Soundhaus, et al, and I am not motivated by making money for its own sake. I wish I was - I'd be rich by now, but the truth is that I am just not made that way.

Instead, I am like many of you - a musician. And I have spent most of my life on stage or in the recording studio with my band, The Enid. This is how I really make my living.

When I was a young man, I was able to see all the great bands of the past, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Who and Hendrix to mention a few.

Before I formed my band, I worked for nearly three years with Pink Floyd producer Norman Smith, and I learned how to record and produce bands at Abbey Road in the late sixties and early seventies.

We are always happy to meet young musicians needing advice and encouragement - our door is always open at The Lodge - feel free to drop in on the off chance or ring to make a time.

All the best

Robert John Godfrey