Wee Studio

Wee Studio is an award-winning recording studio nestled in the north of the Isle of Lewis with breathtaking views over the wild Atlantic. Our newly designed space is designed to be a creative haven, with a unique layout that lets ideas flow. The desk is situated right in the centre of a spacious yet controlled live room with direct line of sight to two acoustically treated iso booths to the left and right. Here, the producer isn’t just some distant voice over the headphones - they’re together with the band in the space. In this unified space you can write, arrange, and compose like you would in a living-room rehearsal, but at Wee Studio you can hit record as soon as the magic starts happening.

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The Live Room

Our name might be Wee, but this live room is anything but that. Our live room has been carefully treated for a natural, works-every-time room sound. Drums and vocals come to life without being boomy or cavernous; if this room were a plugin we'd have it on every track! The sheer size of the room allows for recording of large ensembles or choirs, with boundless options for microphone placements. And how about that view...

Iso-Booths

Our two acoustically treated iso-booths are nestled in the corners of the live room, with windows that look down to the Atlantic ocean and glass doors allowing for line of sight to the control area and the opposite booth. Put the fiddle player in one booth, guitarist in the other, and the drummer in the live room, and you've got a live tracking setup that feels like a rehearsal, but sounds like a studio recording. As well as being an essential tool for music production, these treated rooms are perfect for voice-over and audiobook recordings, producing dry, clean and even audio that creates a distraction-free listening experience.

Control Area

Another unique aspect of Wee Studio is the integrated control area, situated in the live room for seamless workflow between the producer and musicians. Recording through our Midas Heritage analogue console adds that elusive sonic character that separates the best from the rest. Our computer system is equipped with Pro Tools Studio, complete with all the plugins you'll ever need, from the likes of Waves, Slate Digital, Soundtoys, FabFilter, and loads more. We have three sets of monitors to switch between: PMC IB2s, PMC TB2s, and Yamaha NS10s.

Accommodation

The studio sleeps 6 in a bright and airy bunk room situated in a private corner of the building. It's also separated from the live room by a corridor and two walls, meaning you can get a quiet and early night even if your guitarist is going full spinal-tap next door.

There are two bathrooms: one with three cubicles and sinks, and one disabled toilet with a shower.

Just along the hallway is the kitchen / lounge area, complete with the following appliances:

-Electric oven & hob
-Fridge-freezer
-Kettle
-Toaster
-Coffee maker
-Air fryer
-Microwave
-50'' smart TV

Equipment list

  • Microphones

    Neumann U87ai x 2
    Neumann U67
    Neumann KM84i x 2
    Sontronics Apollo Stereo Ribbon
    Electrovoice RE20
    Electrovoice 635a
    Shure SM7B
    John Bonnell Mic Mod LDC
    Soundelux U195
    Aston Starlight SDC x 2
    Slate ML1 LDC Modeling Mic
    Slate ML2 x 2
    Aston Spirit
    Aston Stealth
    Audio Technica ATM33a x 2
    Audio Technica AT4040
    Audio Technica AT3035
    Studio Projects C1
    A weird pair of wooden bullet mics
    Beyer Dynamic M88
    Shure Beta 52a
    AKG D112
    Sennheiser MD421 II x 3
    Shure SM57 x 4
    Shure SM58 x 8
    Shure Beta 58 x 2
    Audix OM5
    AKG D130
    A weird wooden 4-capsule mic
    Soup can mic
    Rode NTG2
    T-Bone RB500 ribbon mic x 4
    Bock 151
    Lewitt LCT540
    AKG C451B x 2
    Red 5 RV6
    Red 5 RV15
    Rode NT1-A x 2
    Rode Classic II
    Samson CM10B x 6
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    Headphones
    Beyerdynamic DT770 x 6
    Sennheiser HD 600 Open Back
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    Couches
    Chesterfield 2-seater (v comfy) x 4
    Chesterfield 3-seater (vv comfy)

  • Drums / percussion
    Mapex Horizon 5-piece drum kit
    Tama Superstar 6-piece drum kit
    Zildjian New Beat hi hats
    Zildjian Fast Crashes 16" and 18"
    Zildjian Sweet Ride 21"
    More splashes, crashes, and hats
    Alesis electric drumkit
    Bodhran
    Tambourines
    Shakers
    Hang drum
    Djembe
    Cowbell
    Glockenspiel

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    Guitars / basses

    Gibson SG
    Gibson "The Paul" Les Paul
    Fender Traditional Stratocaster
    Fender Telecaster (70s, MIJ)
    Danelectro 12-string
    Fender Coronado
    Lowden O-25 acoustic
    Seagull S6 Nashville acoustic
    Double bass
    Bouzouki
    Eastman Mandolin
    5-string banjo
    4-string banjo
    Uke Dream Ukulele bass
    Ukulele
    Martin LXK2 acoustic
    Dell Arte DG-H1 acoustic
    Freshman acoustic bass
    Casio MG-510 Midi Guitar
    Ibanez K5 bass
    OLP Ernie Ball bass
    Harley Benton 8-string guitar
    Harley Benton 6-string bass

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    Amps / pedals

    Fender Blues Junior IV
    Marshall DSL5
    Marshall Mode Four head
    Marshall vintage 4x10 cab
    Harley Benton 2x12 cab
    Vox AC30VR
    Peavey Bandit 112
    Blackstar 60TVP Head
    Trace Elliott 4x10 bass combo
    Rockman headphone amp
    Dawner Prince RedRox drive pedal
    Ibanez TS-9 drive pedal
    Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal
    Roland RE20 Space Echo pedal
    Boss Metal Core pedal
    Boss Metal Zone pedal
    Vox wah
    Dunlop wah
    Boss OD-20 Drive pedal
    Boss RC-30 Looper

  • Outboard / misc
    Midas Heritage 48 channel console
    Behringer Wing controller
    Behringer P16 personal monitoring system x 9
    dbx 160a compressor x 2
    Warm Audio WA273-EQ 2-ch preamp
    Warm Audio WA76 compressor
    Klark Teknik 3rd Dimension chorus
    WEM Copycat
    Rhythm Master 70s drum machine
    Teenage Engineering EP-133 KO II
    Roland TR-616 Drum Machine
    Roland TR-707 Drum Machine

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    Keys

    Yamaha C7 grand piano
    Cramer upright piano
    Nord Stage 3
    Harmonium
    Hammond J-series organ
    Bontempi chord organ
    Crumar Mojo organ
    Korg M50 electric piano
    Moog Grandmother
    Roland Juno-6
    Roland JP-8000
    Access Virus KC
    Korg Z1 synth
    Korg N1 synth
    Casio CZ-1000
    Korg DW-8000
    Yamaha CS1X
    Korg Poly-800
    Kawai K1 II
    Behringer Deepmind 12
    Behringer Poly D
    Behringer Model D
    Behringer MS-101
    Behringer Wasp
    Behringer Pro-800
    Roland D-50
    Roland JP-3X
    Yamaha Reface DX
    Yamaha Reface CS
    Yamaha Reface CP
    Roli Seaboard Rise 25
    Arturia Keystep
    Oberheim OB-6 Module

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