Welcome to our September news bulletin. This month we are officially launching our Last Minute Bookings system. 'Last Minute Bookings' is a new idea which allows our clients to get into a selection of studios at heavily discounted rates (usually 50%).

So, if you need a studio for the following day, come and check out the Last Minute Bookings page. Here's how it works... at midday each day we advertise the rooms that are available for the following day. If there is a studio available, it will appear on the page with a 'buy it now' price. All you have to do is click a button, fill in a simple form and wait for our team to get back to you to organise the session and take payment. It's as simple as that!

There is also a handy widget on the Miloco homepage which will take you directly to the page and also tells you at a glance which rooms are available. For now the offer is open to everyone but in the future this will only be available to 'Friends of Miloco', our forthcoming 'members only' club.

You can find out more on this fantastic new rates opportunity by clicking the following link: www.miloco.co.uk/rates/lastminuterates.php

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Having reported it in last month's newsletter, many of you will now know that we have transformed The Engine Room into a world class SSL mix room with the Ex-Olympic Studios SSL G Series. With the first few sessions in the new Engine Room now under our belts we're proud to report we have created one of the best mix environments in London.

However there was one thing missing, a great A/D convertor. So after a few days of blind listening tests and putting the best convertors on trial head to head, we unanimously decided that the Lavry Gold, courtesy of the fantastic KMR Audio, was the one to go for.

The Engine Room now has the very best convertor to mix your tracks through. The Lavry Gold is only found in the best rooms around the world and used by the best mix engineers and therefore it was a must for us. For further details on this incredible sounding piece of kit read here.

"Great accurate sound. It was amazing to hear it stand head and shoulders over what we previously thought were high end convertors." - producer Richard X after the Engine Room listening tests.

"Sonic Majesty has arrived." - producer Steve 'Dub' Jones after The Engine Room listening tests.

For all booking enquiries for The Engine Room contact the office on 020-7232-0008 or email info@miloco.co.uk.

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The Yard has also received some new equipment with the addition of a brand new GML 8200 Stereo EQ. Not a bad little purchase for a Protools room. The Yard, based in Highbury London, is run in partnership with producer / engineer James Lewis. In his words...

"The new GML 8200 E.Q. complements the thickness of the Chandler Mixer beautifully enabling you to really open up the top end of the mix and if needed add some deep lows or extra punch."

The Yard is an amazingly versatile studio - centered around a powerful Protools HD3 rig and a Chandler line mixer this is our leading 'Mixing In The Box Room'. However, we don't just rely on the large plug-in library we also have a great selection of outboard to help enhance your mix - from manufacturers such as Chandler, SSL, AMS, Urei and Thermionic Culture.

On top of this we have also made some additions to our plugins. Recently we have updated the Waves package from Platinum to Mercury and bought the Waves SSL bundle. Sound Toys has also been updated to version 4 adding two new plugins - Decapitator and Pan Man. Finally we have also added the Culture Phoenix plugin. For a full list of the latest specification click here.

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This August Iron Maiden's Steve Harris stopped by at Black Rock in Santorini with producer Kevin Shirley to do some mixing and admire the beautiful island of Santorini. During their free time they checked out the Island and loved the place so much, they promised to be back soon.

Earlier in the summer Joe Bonamassa spent five weeks recording his new CD at Black Rock. Last year Joe recorded his most recent release entitled 'Black Rock' in Santorini, and it is still at the top of the Billboard charts.

Black Rock Studio is one of our 5 star residential hideaways based on the stunning Island of Santorini. To see more details on this fabulous studio click here.

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Over at Lightship95, our studio on a boat run with producer engineer Ben Phillips, we have been upgrading the spec across the board. First up the Protools Rig has had a litte update with the addition of a Digidesign 96 I/O adding another 8 inputs and outputs.

On the outboard front Ben has purchased 4 new mic pre's to complement those already built into the Calrec console. The new mic pre's are low noise D.A.V. Electronics Broadhurst Garden 501's which fit snuggly into the API series racks and come with built in DI's. More information on these mic pre's can be found at the D.A.V. Electronics website.

Finally Ben has been busy updating the already impressive backline selection with the purchase of Orange 2 x 12 and 4 x 10 guitar cabs and a 1 x 15 bass cab. to check out the latest equipment specification click here.

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