Services

Sonic exploration is what we do all day every day at Kinema Audio, and after 17 years of capturing and producing sound of every kind we have honed our areas of expertise to 4 main services.

Recording

Kinemas creative space is set in the old cinema auditorium, and is the perfect environment to work alongside bands and artists to help them realise their sound.

Bands love Studio 1 for its expansive feel, which also means it’s large enough to record ensembles and choirs. Featuring drum kits, a grand piano and stringed instruments of all kinds, there are plenty things to hit, strum, bow and inspire.

Our combination of expertise, a carefully curated collection of analogue and digital gear and a spacious, and highly adaptable live room enables us to bring the most out of your music.

Audio Examples

Gallery 47

Luccumu choir

Gary Reader Quintet

No Cigar

Kit List

Recording

Ribbon microphones

2x Coles 4038
1x sontronics sigma
2x SE R1

Condenser microphones

1x Neumann TLM103
2x Neumann KM 184
2x AKG 414 buls
1x AKG c3000
3x Rode NT1
2x SE SE1
1x Audio Technica ATM33A
1x Shure SM87A 3x AKG C418 clip mic

Valve microphones

Flea 47 Vintage
1x Telefunken Copperhead cu29B
2x Sputnik

Dynamic microphones

1x ElectroVoice Re20
1x Senheiser MD421
1x AKG D112
1x Audix D6
1x Shure Sm7
3x Shure Sm57
2x Shure 58
3x Shure PG56
Shure D112 Egg mic Recording

Monitoring

PMC TwoTwo.6 monitors
PMC/Digidesign RM2 monitors
Avantone Mixcubes
Adam A7 Monitors
Shure SRH 1840
Allen and Heath GL2400
ART MX822
4x Beyerdynamic DT100
Beyerdynamic DT150
Behringer HA4700

Hardware

PrismSound Orpheus BAE 1073D
NEVE 1073DPA preamp
Heritage Audio OST4
Lindell 7x-500
UAD Apollo 16
2x UA LA610
API 3124MB
SSL VHDx4
Focusrite ISA428
Custom TL Audio 5001 Valve Pre

What they say

Outside of London, it’s rare that you find a room as musical as Studio 2 to record in. Having the space to let your music breathe can do wonders for the sound, and given the excellent choice of mics and preamps there are always a number of different ways you can approach a recording. All the best studios have great recording rooms, and Studio 2 is no exception!

Mark Cousins

Music Tech Magazine

Composition

Music composition has been at the heart of what we do from day one. Writing music informs the way we approach sound in every way – as musicians, recording engineers, music producers, gear lovers and audiophiles.

Over the years we’ve put out somewhere in the region of 500 published pieces of music, which have been used on TV programs, films, adverts, video games and radio. Those tracks have been published by, amongst others EMI Music, Universal Music, BMG, DeWolfe, Deep East Music, Zest Music and KPM.

At the core of the writing partnership of Sam Brown and Huw Jones is a constantly evolving creativity that is kept fresh by working with an array of other talented composers and session musicians.

Audio Examples

Shining in the East

Singularity in space

Free Form Fret Fury

I am a strange loop

Composition Syncs

BBC Extinction trailer

Reserved ad

ITV Innocent trailer

Kleenex

Nobile

Money Heist

BBC Weather watchers

Volkswagen

Lee Jeans

Ford

Film 4 trailer

POM

7 Up

Spanish christmas lottery

Heineken Ad

What they say

Sam and Huw are two of our most innovative composers who have honed their craft over the years working in various styles and genres. They create fresh, unique music that is super syncable and always on brief.

Ciaran McNeany

Director of Global Production at BMG

Voice over

We’ve amassed a great deal of experience in the world of voiceover with many varied and prestigious clients. Let us guide you through the steps to get the right voiceover for your project whether its E Learning, video, technical, advertising or or any other kind of voice recording.

Our voiceover service offers:

  • Varied roster of voiceover talent
  • Professional broadcast quality audio
  • Experienced voiceover engineers
  • Purpose built voiceover booth
  • Huge savings compared to London studios
  • Immediate delivery by Secure server, Dropbox or Wetransfer.

Drop us a line to get a quote for your project, or simply to ask for advice.

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Our Voice Artists

Male Artists

Alan

Glen

Steffan

Simon

Kieran

Rajiv

Richard

Female Artists

Cal

Wendy

Hayley

Beck

Julia

What they say

My company use Kinema Audio's services to record voiceover for high stakes, worldwide language assessments. I could not recommend them more highly, you will not only get top quality service - enthusiasm and passion comes as part of the package.

Kasia Pawlak

Pearson EDI

Mastering

Mastering is the final step of audio post production where stereo balancing, EQing and audio compression are applied to a mixed track, to give the right amount of volume and shine. The process optimises playback across all hifi sytems so it is ready for professional release.

Our own quest to maximise level whilst maintaining audio fidelity has been a 20 year process of discovery and refinement. During that time we have constantly built on the knowledge and accumulated the high end mastering equipment needed to authentically deliver one of the most important audio services.

Our 3 step treatment of mixes uses a hybrid of analogue and digital equipment and typically consists of 1. Surgical EQing – 2. Addition of Analogue sweetness through our high end hardware, and finally 3. Limiting and level matching.

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Audio Examples

Broadstrokes

Ryan Farmer

Pete Beardsworth

MonoSum

Kit List

Mastering

Prism Orpheus
D.A.V. No.3 EQ
Drawmer 1968 ME
Gyratec 14 Mastering eq
Elysia Xpressor
SSL X-eq
UAD Manley Vari-Mu
UAD Manley Massive Passive
PSP Xenon Limiter

What they say

Sam at Kinema's masters were HUGE yet kept punch and clarity.. he turned around the project super fast and is always a pleasure to work with.

Mark Glaister

Head of Production, Deep East Music