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A place to make music in the Adelaide CBD.

Artist-focused hybrid analogue/digital recording studio with a large live room, iso booths, mixing console, microphones, outboard, guitars, drums, and synths.

All are welcome. We love supporting the creation of locally made original music by artists of all backgrounds and at every stage of their artistic careers.

Please get in touch to discuss how we can support your project.

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INTERIM STUDIOS IS ON UNCEDED INDIGENOUS LANDALWAYS WAS ALWAYS WILL BE

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The largest purpose-builtrecording facility in the Adelaide CBD

People gathered at the patterned laneway entrance to the studio
The wood-panelled live room with amps, drums and a piano

Featuring a large wooden live room, several isolation booths, a large 24-channel Neotek console and a plethora of toys and instruments scattered around the two-storey complex.

The Gear

Interim studios is part of Adelaide's broad music community, so gear is always coming in and out. If you want us to borrow or hire something for your session, let us know and we'll see what we can do.

The analogue mixing console and monitors in the control room
  • OUTBOARD PREAMPS

    • rAPI 512C x2,
    • API 3214 x4,
    • Thermionic Culture “Rooster” Tube Pre/EQ x2,
    • Sebatron vmp-2000eVU x4
  • DESK

    • Neotek 24-channel analogue console w/ 24 input-channel preamps, EQ, inserts, aux sends, VCA faders, monitor switchers, HPF/LPF
  • OUTBOARD EFFECTS

    • Bluestripe 1176
    • SPL Transient Designer (x4)
    • BSS Compressor/Limiter x2
    • ADL1000 Tube Compressor/Limiter
    • dbx160A compressor
    • Space Echo RE-201
  • MICS

    • Neumann TLM103 w/ custom U87 capsule
    • Royer 121 ribbon
    • 2x AKG 414
    • 2x Beyerdynamic M201
    • 2x Beyerdynamic M380
    • Beyerdynamic M88
    • + many more
  • AMPS

    • Fender Twin Reverb
    • Fender Hot Rod III (Red October)
    • Sound City 120
    • vintage Ampeg
    • Bassman 300T
    • various weird + wonderful tone amps
    • + many more
  • INSTRUMENTS

    • Fender Twin Reverb
    • Fender Hot Rod III (Red October)
    • Sound City 120
    • vintage Ampeg
    • Bassman 300T
    • various weird + wonderful tone amps
    • + many more

What can we do for you?

A drummer recording in the live room surrounded by microphones

all things music

  • Recording bands - live, multi-tracked or both
  • Additional tracking / smaller sessions
  • Mixing, post-production / additional production
  • Solo artist / singer-songwriter production
A guitar, amplifiers and microphones set up for recording

all things audio

  • Voice-over recording, editing, post-production
  • Session management/file management
  • Podcast production, recording, post-production
  • Mixing & mastering
  • Content assembly & editing

We offer dry-hire and house-engineered sessions.

Please note our minimum hire fee for all music projects (with some youth project exceptions) is $350 (the equivalent fee for a half-day studio hire). We will create a custom quote for you based on your project’s requirements and scope. Please fill out the contact form here to begin that process!

In-house Engineers

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Tom Matheson

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Jack Hartley

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Interim also provides a home base for

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  • SR scorpion logo

Events

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We love to host bespoke events that are community-focused and for-purpose,
support the circular economy,
and centre local and travelling artists.

If you have an event you’d like to host in our space please fill out this form and we’ll be in touch to see if it is something we can facilitate. We have a sliding scale venue hire fee policy for events.

Events we have hosted in the past include:

  • Duck radio
  • Artist markets
  • In the round gigs
  • Behind the glass gigs
  • Music festival pre- and after-parties
  • Street parties

Contact Us

In order to provide a quote for the recording studio, please let us know in as much detail as possible the nature of your project and we’ll get back to you within 3–5 business days.

Please note our minimum hire fee for all projects (with some youth project exceptions) is $350 (the equivalent fee for a half-day studio hire). We will create a custom quote for you based on your project’s requirements and scope. Please fill out the contact form to begin that process!

Useful details to include in the form below are the number of songs you want to record, whether you want to record live or multi-tracked (or a combination), and what stage of production your project is at.

Don’t know? No worries! Just get in touch with as many details as you have and we’ll have a chat!