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The Furnace Recording Studio

State of the art recording at affordable prices

Why Record at The Furnace:
-    Affordable rates: one of the lowest prices in Europe for a residential studio of its class
-    Great equipment: Neumann, Gretsch, Rode, Marshall, Allen & Heath, AKG to name a few
-    Relaxing atmosphere: Warm climate with plenty of private space away from distraction
-    Friendly staff: Who want to help you make a great record
-    Big rooms: You can’t beat the sound of a big live room and we have 3 of them!
-    Easy to reach: Cheap and frequent flights close by from all over Europe

The Furnace Residential Recording studio offers musicians the perfect environment to record at affordable prices. Unlike most residential recording studios we include everything but your food and drink in our prices and you are free to use any and all of the studio equipment. No hidden studio charges like drum kits or amps and no hidden accommodation charges. A Residential Recording Studio offering the freedom to be creative and focused 24 hrs a day without outside distraction View from the studio accomodation at 5am

Here at the Furnace Residential Recording Studio we have created a place where we can meet any artistic needs. If you want to record using high spec digital equipment and taking advantage of the latest in technology, we have the tools, or if you want to record using Reel to Reel tape recorders and old Neumann and Reslo mics, we can do that. Or a mix of both!

Our emphasis is on you and we will do what is best to record the sound YOU want. For us, the session isn’t over until you have a mix you are happy with so we will be happy to tweak things here and there when you have had a chance to listen back and spot anything you need changed. Service is our priority as we want to keep recording bands we like and we want you to keep coming back.

The recording studio is set in beautiful countryside so you have great weather not to mention the low cost of living prices because lets face it, food, beer and cigarettes can often add a fair amount to the price of any studio visit. A pint of beer here is about €0.75 although you’ll have to buy it in litres.

Back to the studio. The residential area has everything you need so that up to 6 people can cook, clean and sleep comfortably. We also offer a house maid service at a reasonable price to tidy up after you and make sure that you get back to a relaxing setting after a long day of recording. The residential area also has a TV, DVD player and Nintendo Wii but from our experience you’ll probably be out side enjoying the weather at the barbeque pit.

We also have a photographic studio that you can take advantage of whilst you’re here if you want promo shots/album artwork and we will document your time in the studio with a few high resolution pictures free of charge.

Explore The Furnace Residential Recording Studio facilities further and get in touch to talk about your next project.

Recording Studio Tips

Studio Tips

We have all sorts of artists come out to Bulgaria to record with us. Some are seasoned veterans and others may not have had much time in a recording studio before. Here are a few tips to make things go as smoothly as possible:

-    Are you coming to write or record or both? If you are coming here to write then you might not want an engineer sat watching you the whole time so you could book some rehearsal time at the start of your session to keep costs down. If you aren’t using the studio as a writing getaway and just want to record then the key is rehearsal before you get here. We hate seeing bands beat themselves up take after take because they haven’t practised enough. Plenty of rehearsal before you get here or book some rehearsal time at the start of your stay at The Furnace to iron out anything that needs ironing out
-    Bring spares! Guitar strings, sticks, plectrums (where do they always go?!?) batteries and anything else that can easily get lost, break or run out of juice. We’d recommend putting on fresh strings and heads (if you’re bringing the whole drum kit) before you get here so that you can get straight to business when you arrive
-    Set realistic targets for what you want to achieve. You know your songs better than us (at the moment) and you know how well rehearsed you are. Biffy Clyro did an album in 3 days, Jay Z did all the vocals for Blueprint in 9 days, and Chinese Democracy took 17 years…. We will keep the session moving at a reasonable rate because we want you to get the most out of your time here. Try not to get to focussed on minor details when the rest of the song will suffer (eg: do you really need a 5th harmony guitar when the vocals aren’t done yet?)
-    If you are in a band then you need to accept the fact that some members will need to do more takes/have more to do than you. If you’re the sort who is easily bored then bring some books and DVDs to keep yourself entertained whilst others are doing their thing.
-    Above all else, enjoy yourself. If you’re not enjoying making music something is going wrong!

We look forward to seeing you at The Furnace Recording Studio in Bulgaria

Do you do mastering?

We don’t but we have a relationship with a mastering studio who we use and work with regularly. There are a lot of people advertising that they are a mastering studio who have bought a bit of software that does most of it automatically… Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t. There really is no substitute for a proper mastering engineer with the right equipment.

New recording studio equipment

We love buying new stuff for the studio! If we weren't so busy playing with all of our toys we'd probably write about it here... Oh well

1st Feb 2010:

We’ve just had a few things arrive that we are very excited about (although we are always excited when new stuff turns up)

Our new Marshall 3310 head and cab are a great addition to the studio. Everyone knows that Marshall build amps that will really make your guitar wail! The 3310 was made in 1988 and had an ample 100w which is perfect in a studio situation. It is a transistored Master Volume Split Channel MOSFET head with reverb. We’re going to put it through its paces in the next few weeks ourselves and then we’ll unleash it on the world.

Today also saw the arrival in the studio of a 70’s classic! The Roland GE-820 is a classic analogue 11 band stereo Graphic Equalizer built in 1978. Yeah we know a lot of bad things musically happened in the 70’s but this ones a gem we promise!

I would love to tell you more but we need to try this new studio equipment out ASAP.