usicarta Media is a project studio in South East London, specialising in the recording of acoustic grand piano, acoustic guitar, vocals and voice-overs. Featuring a medium-sized live room and separate control room, the facilities are optimised for solo musicians and small ensembles. With a 24-channel digital mixing console, high-end preamps and an extensive microphone collection, it’s a great place to produce audio of uncompromising quality. We also offer competitive photo and video packages which are invaluable additions for marketing your music.
We are conveniently located just off the South Circular in South East London, with strong transport links to both Central London and the southern counties. Bringing equipment to the studio is easy, with free street parking right outside our doors. For more information on how to reach us, visit our contact page.
A Sony DMX-R100 24-channel digital mixing console is the centrepiece of the control room, which communicates seamlessly with Pro Tools HD 12. The console itself includes 12 pristine phantom-powered preamps, but when you’re after more colour, we also have other popular preamps such as the Neve 1073DPA and the Focusrite ISA Two. The 15m² control room is equipped with a pair of Yamaha HS80M Studio Monitors and we have countless plugins available for use, including the full Waves Mercury Bundle, Seventh Heaven Professional Reverb and ValhallaDSP.
A Bentley baby grand piano is at the heart of the studio floor, alongside a Nord Electro 4 HP digital keyboard and a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Our extensive microphone collection includes both vintage specialities and modern industry favourites, including the Neumann U87, Neumann KM84, AKG C414, Electro-Voice RE20, Schoeps CMIT 5U and many others. With custom-designed acoustic treatment, a high ceiling and 12m2 of floor space, it has a tight and controlled sound which facilitates the recording of up to three musicians live in the studio.
Browse a selection of audio and video projects produced at Musicarta Media. We make sure that our studio not only sounds great, but looks great too. Our media team are on hand to take photos and produce video for your session at a competitive price, but you are also very welcome to bring your own photographer or videographer.
*Custom quotes may be provided for shorter sessions and discounts are offered on multiple bookings.
**Up to a maximum length of 5 minutes. We are happy to produce a video of greater length (and indeed more than one video) at additional cost.
***All prices are inclusive of VAT at 20%