Welcome to Musical Cocktails' Archive Recording Services

Our archive recording services have been used for three principle functions.

1. to provide a broadcast quality recording of a live concert
   Ideal for soloists, groups, orchestras, choral societies, composers, education authorities and agents
   
2. to provide an historical document and broadcast quality recording for a special occasion
   ie. memorial services, anniversary concerts, charity events.
   
3. to provide an archive recording of speeches
   used for conferences, trust meetings, private members clubs and churches.
   
   (Where there is a rehearsal on the same day we would usually use this for setting up and balance testing)

Recording Facilities:

Our method for location recording guarantees the highest achievable standard for your recordings, with the cleanest signal path to tape or disc. Our aim is to give you a completely natural recording of the music / speech through the fusion of our highly skilled engineers and the use of the most advanced technology available.

We use the latest analogue and digital systems as appropriate to produce high resolution digital recordings. Our equipment has been chosen to get the best from the microphones we use and we record direct to digital stereo or multi-track tape (16bit 44.1kHz CD standard up to 24bit 48kHz) and direct to harddisc (with resolution all the way up to 24bit 192kHz) with any required format or industry standards as requested.

We can cater for technical set-ups ranging from a 2 microhpne direct to stereo recording all the way through to 48 track multi-track. Our services of course encompass full digital editing, mixing and CD mastering to give you the complete production service.

Pricing policy:

Our pricing policy is to charge you only for the number of staff and technical facilities required (As for all of our production work).
Prices typically range from about £350* for a completed recording to digital master CD or DAT with basic editing.
(Typical basic editing would include fading applause, editing any long gaps and inserting CD track start information)

Medium Recording Prices can range up to about £950* for a completed recording to digital master CD or DAT with a medium amount of editing.
(Medium level editing would include balancing microphone levels from a multi-microphone recording, overall EQ and inserting CD track start information to the recording)

Advanced Recording Prices can range up to about £1250* for a completed recording to digital master CD or DAT with an advanced amount of editing.
(Advanced level editing would include balancing microphone levels from a multi-microphone recording, EQ to each track, acoustic treatment, de-noising of traffic noise etc. and CD mastering)

*depending on staff and technical facilities required

Please note more copies can be produced (subject to relevant consents), please see our duplication pages for full details.

You can get in touch by clicking here to discuss the requirements for your recording.

Some recent clients have included:

• Location Archive Recording / Editing / Production for the memorial service of the late George Carman QC (St. Clement Danes, Strand, London)
• Location Archive Recording / Editing / Production for the service of thanksgiving for the lives of The Rt Hon Lord Shawcross, GBE, QC and Lady Shawcross (St. Clement Danes, Strand, London)
• Location CD Archive Recording for composer Anita Gooda featuring London Metropolitan Orchestra with Bernard Cribbins (Chertsey)
• Location Recording / Post Production for Flautist Odinn Baldvinsson (St. James' Piccadilly, London)
• Archive Recording for Ferandina (St. Mary's, Luton)

Essential Notes:

(Please note it is imperative that agreement be permissable to the recording by all partaking parties. We can provide a contract for participants / relevant authorities to sign as an agreed declaration prior to recording for this purpose should you require this. We are happy to consult, distribute and provide this service to participants as needed)

(We can also provide you with a recording declaration to sign that the recording will not be used for any other purpose other than archiving. This document could then be distributed to all participants prior to your event.)

(Should copyright, royalty, licences or other fees be applicable for the recording to take place, the sole responsibility for any such fees are the sole responsibility of the client)