The live room at Tape Room, with wood panelling, a grand piano and ribbon microphones

GLASGOW. TWO ROOMS. ANALOGUE AND OTHERWISE.

Tape still hears it differently.

A two room studio in the east end of Glasgow, built around a 1974 desk and a live room with a proper ceiling.

001/ The room

The live room was a bottling hall before it was anything else, which is why the ceiling is nine metres and why a snare sounds the way it does in here. We kept the brick, added a floated floor and left the rest alone. Most of what arrives gets tracked live, four or five of you in the same space, looking at each other. It is a slower way to make a record and it tends to sound like people rather than files.

002/ Rooms

The Hall

The Hall.

Nine metre ceiling, floated oak floor, seats a nine piece. Best for drums, strings and anything that needs air.

450 GBP a day

The Booth

The Booth.

Small, dead and comfortable. Vocals, overdubs, voice work and podcasts.

180 GBP a day

Studer A80, half inch, thirty inches per second. Still running.

A vintage analogue mixing console with faders and VU meters

The 1974 desk, recapped twice, never replaced.

003/ Gear

Microphones

  • Neumann U87 (2)
  • Coles 4038 (2)
  • AKG C414 (4)
  • Shure SM7B
  • Beyerdynamic M160

Outboard

  • Urei 1176 (2)
  • Teletronix LA-2A
  • EMT 140 plate
  • Roland RE-201
  • Pultec EQP-1A

Instruments

  • 1963 Steinway B
  • Ludwig Classic Maple
  • Hammond A100 with Leslie 122
  • Fender Deluxe Reverb
  • Wurlitzer 200A

004/ Made here

Sleeve artwork for Long Water by Aoife Shand

Aoife Shand, Long Water.

2026. Vinyl and digital.

New
Sleeve artwork for Second House by The Quiet Orders

The Quiet Orders, Second House.

2025. Vinyl.

Sleeve artwork for Evensong by Baltic Street Choir

Baltic Street Choir, Evensong.

2025. Digital.

Sleeve artwork for Notes on a Flood by Rab Ferrier

Rab Ferrier, Notes on a Flood.

2024. Cassette and digital.

We came for two days and stayed for five. Nobody once looked at a screen while we played.

Aoife Shand, Long Water

005/ Rates

The Hall, ten hours with engineer

450 GBP

The Booth, ten hours with engineer

180 GBP

Mixing, per song

320 GBP

Attended mastering, per song

140 GBP

Rates include the engineer, the tape machine and the tea. Tape stock is charged at cost.

Bring four people and a Tuesday.

Next free week: 12 October.