The Sound Issue 2016 Studio Focus: Trackdown

Answered by: Evan McHugh - lead engineer

Studio address: Building 125 The Entertainment Quarter Lang Road Moore Park NSW 2021

How long has the studio been running? Trackdown has been running since 1984 and has been at its current location for 13 years.

What makes your studio different? We have the largest acoustic recording space in Australia as well as five other unique acoustic spaces and three mix rooms.

What's your favourite piece of equipment you have in the studio? It's always changing depending on what style of project I'm working on however, I just got two Coles 4038 ribbon mics, which I am using all the time.

Do you find you specialise in specific genres? The beauty of working at Trackdown is you get to do a bit of everything, from orchestral film scores to indie-rock artists to pop and everything in between.

Who have been your favourite artist(s) to come in? Working with composer Marco Beltrami on a huge feature film score was quite exciting, but, equally, working with The Ruminaters (a Sydney indie band) was awesome as well!

What do believe has been the most well produced album of 2016 so far? The Last Shadow Puppets album that came out sounds great!

What services does your studio offer? We do everything from rehearsals, writing with artists, recording (all scale of projects - even 100-piece orchestras), mixing and even music supervision, editing and production for film and television.

Do you prefer analogue or digital? Here at Trackdown we use a blend of both. We take the best of analogue on the way in and the best of digital on the way out.

Who would be your dream artist to have record/rehearse in the studio? No particular artist comes to mind but I would love to work with Jon Brion.