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Manchester studio to move to state of the art facility

By | Published on Wednesday 20 October 2010

George Atkins’ 80 Hertz Studios in Manchester is set to move to a new state-of-the-art home at the end of the year within a new creative industries complex in the city called the Sharp Project. Designed by producer Atkins and esteemed dubbing mixer John ‘Fingers’ Wood, the new ambitious two storey facility will include a six meter high live room which will be used for recording, mixing, mastering, music composition and post-production work.

Commenting on the new facility, Atkins told CMU: “Our unique selling point is the huge live room, allowing for beautiful natural acoustics in combination with ability to use the live room for many other ancillary uses, such as an events venue and photo studio. The design is forward thinking and has taken into full consideration the way media is now being created, distributed and consumed. It enables us to produce music to a world class standard 24/7. We also have scope to provide other forms of high quality content for the digital age i.e. streaming live video footage of events and gigs via Sharp’s gigabit fibre internet connection”.

Sue Woodward, who is overseeing the wider Sharp Project, added: “It’s tremendously exciting to have someone of this calibre in our building. 80 Hertz Studios is another jewel in the Sharp Project’s crown. It allows us to offer our other tenants another brand new facility right on site which is fantastic. George approached us at just the right time. We were able to weave the recording studio into our plans so they had the freedom to create a space that suited their big ideas”.



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