Eight questions, in three groups

Read the two descriptions on the Services page and choose by what is already recorded. A tracking session is a full day in the main room for recording parts from the beginning, with the house microphones and the console; a vocal overdub is a four-hour block in the booth over an instrumental that is already finished. Both are run by an engineer and both hand over the files on the day. Anyone unsure should describe the song in a message rather than guess, and the studio replies with the one that fits.

Three of the six prices are final for the scope described beside them. The attended mix and the live-room day carry a “from” figure because the track count and the number of players change the work, and analogue transfer is quoted in writing for the format and the reels. In each of those three the exact amount is confirmed in writing before anything is agreed. Nothing is added on the day that was not in that written figure.

Ridgeline Sound Rooms has one control room, a live room and a vocal booth, and runs one booking in them at a time. Bring the instruments, strings and sticks that are played every day, a drive for the files and a written list of the songs in the order they should be recorded. The house microphones, preamps, headphones, stands and cables are all provided. The rooms are on one floor, level from the pavement on Foundry Walk.

Yes, and it is the only thing the studio holds in advance. One date is held for seven days through the contact form: a message names the date, the service, the number of players and anything the engineer should know, and a written reply confirms the date and the amount before it is held. Nothing is charged for the hold, and a date nobody confirms goes back into the calendar at the end of the seven days.

No. Every Book action on this website opens the contact page, and sending that form starts a conversation rather than confirming a date. The form is read during opening hours and answered in writing, and no message is treated as a booking until that written reply is sent. A day is not free until the studio has said so in writing.

Send the change to the address the written confirmation came from, or telephone during opening hours. A change of date, a change in the number of players and a cancellation are all handled the same way, and the studio confirms the new arrangement in writing before it stands. A message arriving outside opening hours is read on the next day the studio is open, so a change for the following morning is best telephoned.

Session files are delivered as 24-bit WAV stems at the sample rate they were recorded at, with a text file listing every track, and they open in any recording program. Mixes and masters are delivered as WAV with an MP3 for listening beside them. Nothing is held back pending an extra fee, and the studio keeps a copy for thirty days in case a drive fails on the way home.

The contact form passes the message and the reply address to the studio, and the subscribe form stores an email address only. Neither is used for anything else, and neither is sold or passed to a third party. The Privacy page sets out what each form collects, why it is collected, how long it is kept and how to ask for it to be removed. Every subscribe message carries an unsubscribe link.