Midas Touch Studios - Perth's Best Recording Studios

Midas Touch Studios is a recording studio in Perth located 15 minutes from the CBD. Despite its central location, Midas Touch Studios boasts a unique and comfortable atmosphere. Huge north facing windows let in plenty of light and views of Midas Touch Studio’s lush garden. Proving that great sound and great visuals aren’t mutually exclusive, Midas Touch Studios is also a fantastic sounding, acoustically treated room.

Midas Touch is easily accessible via bus, train, or car. Nearby are plenty of Deli’s, fast food, pubs, parks and a wicked gourmet pizza shop. Plus Concept Music is only 5 minutes drive away.

And most importantly - lots of amazing coffee shops around the corner in Subiaco!

But there is also a cunning twist to Midas Touch Studios! It isn't really just one studio, and it doesn't really operate
according to the old conventional idea of a studio being a single facility with a single fixed rate...

So how does it work? Well at the heart of the operation are the premises dubbed "Midas Touch". The lovely room in all
the photos, a great place to relax and record some overdubs or vocals. With beautiful acoustics and fantastic sounding
gear, the great bonus here is that as a small single room facility it's got a lower hourly rate. It also has benefits larger
studios generally can't accommodate like loads of natural light.

On the other hand, we can just as easily make use of a larger facility like Sumo, great for big drum sounds, tracking live, and absolutely loaded with great gear. Or if you really want a big authentic Yamaha grand piano and several tracking rooms then there's Crank - the only studio in Perth with an SSL desk.

By bringing your band to Midas Touch Studios you get to make use of the most appropriate facility for your needs and budget, get to mix and match studios in whatever way you need to for your project, and get a great producer who will oversee the entire process at each studio, making sure you walk out with the best manifestation of your art you could've possibly hoped for.

Call Anthony today and arrange a meeting - 0435 113 654. Or click here to hear what Midas Touch Studios can do!

The Basics!

Midas Touch Studios also offers tracking at external studios with Anthony Manning-Franklin and additional equipment.

	At Midas Touch	At Sumo	At Crank
Hourly	$40.00	$50.00	$150.00
Day Rate	$320 for 8 hours	$560 for 12 hours	$1,200 for 8 hours
Graveyard Shift	N/A	$410 for 12 hours	N/A

Minimum Booking:	2 hours at Midas Touch
	8 hours at Sumo
	8 hours at Crank

The Packages!

The Demo-lition Package

Live recording of 3 or 4 songs

Especially for old school/indie rock

$850

The Monster Single Package

Ideal for 2 songs

$1,200

The Breakthrough EP Package

Ideal for 3 - 5 songs

Especially for rock/heavier acts

$1,120 + $80 per song

The Monster EP Package

Ideal for 3 - 5 songs

$2,990

1 Day tracking at Sumo
1 Day mixing at Midas Touch

1 Day tracking drums at Sumo
1 Day tracking overdubs at Midas Touch
1 Day mixing at Midas Touch

1 day recording drums/guitar/bass/vox
1 day recording overdubs AND mixing at Midas Touch
1 day mixing at Midas Touch
Mastering at Forensic Audio included

2 days tracking drums at Sumo
3 days tracking overdubs at Midas Touch
3 days mixing
- Bonus 3 hours professional photography worth over $150 – High quality studio shots that are great for your social media!

Enquire today!

Studio Policies:

Multi tracks/mixes will only be handed over once full payment has been made.

D.A.Ws

Instruments/Synths

Plugins

Outboard

Microphones

Pro Tools 9

Cubase 4

Roland TD8 Electronic Drumkit

Access Virus A Synthesizer

Roland JV1010

Pearl Masters MRX 6Piece

Zildjian Z's, K's as well as Sabians, Paistes and Staggs

UAD2

Stillwell

PSP

Izotope

Waves

HHb Radius 30 Tube Compressor

Moseley TFL-280 (modded)

AKG BX5 Stereo Spring Reverb

Presonus Studio Channel (modded)

Creamware A16 Ultra

DBX 266XL

JLM Mono Mic Pre

Soundblox Multiwave Distortion

Carl Martin Red Repeat

1x AKG C414

1x Rode K2 Tube Microphone

1x Audix i5

2x Axis 70

1x Uher M534

1x AT2020

1x AT2021

1x Sm57

Additional Mobile Rig Mics:

2x PG81

3x PG56

1x PG52

Client/Release	Credit
BulletChild – Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Screaming Life – Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Screaming Life - Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Screaming Life – Hope Something - EP	Recording Engineer (Drums)
Face Pollution – Citizen - Single	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Shag Nasties - Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Octopuss - Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Joy Ride - Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Co-Producer
Joy Ride - Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Co-Producer
The Red Paintings – Dr Suess Christmas Show – Live	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Heart's Moustache – Single +Bside	Recording Engineer, Mixer
The Green Grenades – Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer
James Teague - Turn Your Back - 2010 Single	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer
Thalia Skopellos – Hypanthem – EP	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer
Thalia Skopellos – Demos	Mixer
The Salt – Werewolves Might Exist – EP	Recording Engineer, Mixer
The Verge – Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Chaucer Shenton – Do or Die – Single	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Mike Swann – Colosseum – Album	Recording Engineer, Mixer
Mike Swann & The Fox Fantasy – Seriously – Single	Recording Engineer (Drums), Mixer
Mike Swann – Particle Exhilarator – Single	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer
Mike Swann – Bulletchild – Album	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer
Mike Swann – Untitled - Album	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer
Love Sponge – Demo	Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer
Desert Feet Tour – Live Recordings Mid 2011	Mixer

Get yourself on this list - Book a session today!

Testimonials:

Midas touch is the kind of environment that you naturally want to spend a long time working in. The great lighting and open space keeps things fresh, productive and stress free for longer than most other studios I have worked in. Being in the final stages of recording an album here, I’d recommend it to anyone! - Mike Swann

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The best thing about Anthony's production is it is so flexible; Anthony worked with us to get the sound we wanted. - Brady Clark of Love Sponge

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I've worked with Anthony countless times over the last 10 years and I've always had an amazing result. He gets the most out of a drum's sound because he understands how they work. Anthony goes beyond the call for his job in suggesting ideas for drum parts and sounds. - Leonard Barker, session drummer

What’s your availability?

At Midas Touch tracking is pretty much a 9 - 5 affair, although exceptions can sometimes be made. However, tracking with me at Sumo is available 24/7 depending on availability. If you’re a night owl and want a 9pm to 9am session, for example, that can be done.

What’s the difference between tracking at Midas Touch, Sumo, & Crank?

Midas Touch is a single room with engineer and artist working in the same space. This has it’s pro’s and cons, ie, there’s no need for a talk back system and sessions generally flow very easily. However it makes recording drums a little more difficult and generally doesn’t allow for tracking an entire band simultaneously.

Sumo has a separate control room and a very large, beautiful sounding tracking room. There’s a great number of sonic benefits from tracking here, but of course a difference in price to reflect it. It also has a different vibe from Midas Touch. For these reasons I’ve separated recording drums and recording overdubs in the Single and EP packages, so that they can be done at Sumo/Midas Touch respectively and save you money while giving a great working environment that will positively impact your performance.

Crank, on the other hand, is a large high end facility, with 2 separate tracking rooms and an Amp Iso booth, making it possible to record an entire band playing together at once without excessive bleed. It also has a 72 channel SSL 4000 E/G console and a Yamaha Concert Grand piano. As such it has a much higher price and isn’t included in any package deals by default as bands will want to have a pretty specific reason to want to book a session there.

I want to record an album but you don’t have an album package?

A whole album is a serious undertaking, and needs a lot of thought and planning. A lot depends on how the band prefers to work, what they’re wanting to achieve, and what budget they have to work with. As such, if you’re thinking about recording an album, give me a call, we'll organise a meeting and discuss how best to accomplish it.

Still have questions? Email me via Anthony@MidasTouchStudios.com.au

New EP package - Tailored for heavier/rock bands! $1,120 + $80 per song. 3 - 5 songs

Midas Touch Studios owner/operator Anthony Manning-Franklin and local producer Fabian Malabello have teamed up to provide a service highly sought after by the local music scene - professional recording in an acoustically treated, commercial recording studio at a fair and affordable price.

The main difference between this package and similar recordings at this price point is that our package is completely uncompromising in quality. We provide our services at such a rate by being ingenius - here's how it works:

First, bands come down and record with us in a professional studio. The control room features an assortment of high quality preamps, compressors and a Distressor, plus other nerdy goodies. The recording room is a very acoustically treated space delivering great drum sounds! All instruments are tracked simultaneously with guitar and bass going DI into amp sims to be re-amped or tweaked later. Meanwhile vocals are being recorded live in the control room, and any great takes can be kept, or mistakes re-recorded later.

Then bands get a day at Midas Touch to do any re-amping, overdubs, harmonies, etc they see fit and make a start on mixing. Mixes are then finished off on the 2nd day at Midas Touch and sent off to be mastered by Simon Struthers at Forensic Audio.

So not only do bands get an uncompromising professional recording, they get inspired and natural performances because the core of the song is recorded with everyone playing together. This doesn't just save money, it means musicians don't have to feel like they need to relearn how to perform their songs in an unnatural way just to accomodate an unusual recording environment.

Book ASAP to secure your session!

Contact Anthony: 0435 113 654 or Anthony@MidasTouchStudios.com.au
Or Fabian: 0468 363 380 or FabianMalabello@gmail.com

Contact for quotes, enquiries and bookings!

Email:
Anthony@MidasTouchStudios.com.au

Phone:
Local 0435 113 654
International +61435 113 654