creativity and professionalism

HQ Studio represents exactly what you would want from a production. A recording facility; a relaxed, creative, inspiring environment that provides the perfect vibe for clients to create.

A bit of history…
Lease taken in 1991, HQ opened its doors for the first time in 1992 in the cellar of a warehouse near Strangeways, Manchester. The aim was to provide a purpose built recording environment where music could be made 24 hours a day by anyone, for any reason. We definitely achieved this... for all those years….

NOW

We now operate in a different way - we use different studios across the region to best suit your project.

It gives us many benefits which we pass on to you including

Flexibility to work at different budget levels

Ability accommodate both huge and tiny session sizes

Editing and mixing, the laborious bits, for the majority of songs in edit suites without the usual big studio overheads

We use recording areas acoustically treated and housing a large array of instruments, vintage and modern, all ready to be used for that 'killer part'. We use control rooms that have been designed to provide an accurate listening environment for those long tracking/mix sessions while minimising listening fatigue with no interruption from the outside world.

At HQ we strive to provide a creative environment that will put you in the right frame of mind to produce your best work while pushing your creative force to its limits.

Recent mention from a review given by a happy client!

What’s your favourite memory of recording it?

“That’s actually quite a hard question to be honest because we had a great time at HQ Studios recording it, but It would probably be when I first heard the drums and bass because before we went in the studio it sounded good live but our producer Mike Vindice – shoutout to him by the way – really helped Ted and Brandon find their own way of playing it and it’s honestly given us a massive step up since.”

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