Abbey Lane Studios

Derby's Number 1 rehearsal and recording studio. Top gear for top bands and artists. Every recording project has to start somewhere. This is the time to set up the entire band, parts of the band, a huge MIDI rig, an orchestra, or just a single musician with a single instrument. Sometimes called basic tracks or rhythm tracks, it is this foundation on which the whole recording will be based. With a typical 4 or 5 piece rock band, we'll usually only keep the rythm section from stage 1 for the final mix. Often, we'll only keep the drums. So, it's important that the entire band give the drummer plenty of time to work out a comfortable tempo, and is relaxed enough to play his normal routine.