We offer the following services:

Rehearsals

Our professionally designed & built Live Room is acoustically treated & fully sound-isolated, so, unlike your run-of-the-mill rehearsal rooms you may be used to, you can play here as loud as you like, in a recording studio live room, with better kit - and for less money! It's equipped with the gear as listed above, which is provided for use at no extra cost, so there's no need to lug your own amps etc around. All you need to bring are your instrumnts & leads, and drum kit breakables such as Sticks, Snare & Crash Cymbals ( a choice of hi-hats & ride cymbals are provided & a snare is available for hire if required).

Recording

This can range from solo vocalists with backing tracks to large bands, either recorded live for demo purposes, or track-at-a-time, for highly polished studio productions. We have experience with recording all manner of instruments & sound sources, such as drums, vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, pianos, stringed instruments, brass instruments, choirs and even Cars! We have a Vocal Booth, plus the ability to patch guitars through to the LIve Room, so you can record from the comfort of the Control Room.

Mixing

We provide fully automated mixing for all of your recorded tracks, plus we can process & mix material that was recorded elsewhere.All digital formats & resolutions up to 96kHz / 32bit

Mastering

We offer a complete mastering service, form new / original material, to restorative / corrective editing & mastering to old recordings, all to Red Book standard with PQ encoding.

Music To Video

We can add music to video to suit your requirements, from amateur home movies needing subtle background music, to professional / semi-pro animations & music videos. We can take signal feeds from a range of digital & analogue sources.

Format Changing

We can take audio & video from a number of sources and convert them to whatever format you require. For instance, Tape Cassette & vinyl to CD / Wav / MP3 / AIFF, 8mm / Hi8 Camcorder to DVD / VCD, CD / Vinyl to DVD-A. This includes up & downscaling, and cleaning up / restoration of deteriorated audio

Music Production Workshops / Tutoring

We run workshops for people who would like to broaden their music production skills, on a one-to-one basis or in small groups, where they can learn valuable knowledge & experience in a real recording studio environment, from real professionals. We can teach any area of the industry, including every aspect of:

• Digital & Analogue Effects & Processors - Both plugin & outboard
• Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) / Computer Systems
• Studio Electrical Systems & Subsystems
• Digital & Analogue Mixing Desks & Consoles
• Digital & Analogue Recording Systems
• Soundwave Theory
• Microphone Selection & Placement
• Technical aspects / Terminology explained
• The structure of the music industry
• Plus much, much more!!

These workshops can be a way of introducing yourself to the music industry, or can be used as extra help for college students on courses such as National Deploma Music Technology / Production. Workshops & tutoring are provided by our experienced head Engineer & Producer, who holds qualifications such as City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical Installation / Electrotechnical Technology & PAT testing, plus HND Music Production / Technology, and has extensive experience in all aspects of recording, post production & studio design & building projects.

Home Studio Design & Installation

If you're thinking of building your own project studio in your home, we can help! No matter where you want it (bedroom / garage / spare room) or what your budget is - we can give sound advice as to how to go about it, what equipment to buy, what areas to spend in, how to install / oparate & maintain it, and just as important - we can steer you away from common pit-falls & mistakes, possibly saving you £1000's. 

We can either give advice or we can take your budget and do it all for you, with fully qualified tradesmen and studio designers. 

Photography

We work in conjunction with local photographers who can take pictures of either your studio session, or any live gigs / performances. They're independant and so charge seperately from us. Email for further details.

       

  
Directions:
By Car

• From the A47 / Leicester Road, turn into St.Nicholas Road, and drive up to the T-junction at the end, where you will see the Cemetery in front of you.
• Turn LEFT onto OASTON ROAD, and drive to the junction at the end were it meets WHITTACRE ROAD.
• Do NOT bare right into Whittacre Road as the road suggests, but go STRAIGHT ON into the access road for Heart of England / CO-OP delivery warehouse.
• As you enter the access road you will notice a private road to your left called THE MALTINGS. We are to the right of the maltings in the white building with large red gates. Pull into the courtyard through the red gates.

By Rail

• Exit NUNEATON Train Station by the main entrance and turn LEFT, following the one way system. You will notice BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO store on your left. Walk up to the traffic lights and turn LEFT, walking up the LEICESTER ROAD BRIDGE. 
• At the top of the bridge you will need to turn RIGHT into TRENT ROAD, which will involve crossing the road. This may be easier at the foot of the bridge where there is a crossing
• Walk down hill along Trent Road, and bare LEFT at the bottom of the hill. You are now on OASTON ROAD.
• Walk along Oaston Road on the LEFT HAND SIDE of the street, noting the Cemetery on your right as you cross the top of St.Nicholas Road. Carry on walking straight up the Left path.
• Follow the house numbers up to 100, and past 100 there is a private road called THE MALTINGS, with a fence running along the length of the road. That is the side fence of our building - walk around to the right of the fence and through the large red gates into our courtyard.

By Bus

• From NUNEATON BUS STATION, follow street signs to the Railway Station, which is around 150 yards away, then follow the above instructions.
  

Contact Details:

Email:               Info@crossinggatesstudios.co.uk
Telephone:       (024) 76 372 976
Mobile:            07530 490 754
Myspace:        www.myspace.com/crossinggatesstudios

Please note that due to the nature of the business we may not always be able to answer your call. If this is the case, please leave your name, number & short message on the answer phone & we'll call you back as soon as possible, usually within the hour.

Address:
Crossing Gates Studios
Crossing Gates
102 Oaston Road
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV11 6LA