Recording Studio in Athens

Recording, Mixing, Mastering

Bigfoot is an all-inclusive recording studio built to European standards, situated in Glyfada, Athens, Greece. The studio was designed and constructed from the ground up with the notion of offering high quality music production in a comfortable and ergonomic environment. The services offered cover pre-production, production, recording, mixing & mastering.

Facilities

Control room in Bigfoot Recording Studio

Control room

A control room needs to be ergonomic and must translate to the outside world. We recently did a complete overhaul of this room, with a lot of customizations and fine tuning the details. It's a lot to cover, could not possibly do it within a few lines, but if you're curious please do ask. We're really proud of this room.
Live room in Bigfoot Recording Studio

Live room

Our iconic live room! It sounds tight but not boring and flexible enough for most situations. Musicians love it, they like the energy of this room. They get inspired, which gets us inspired. Big enough to accomodate a small orchestra. It's built with a special reinforced concrete, and everything in here floats. If there's a nuclear explosion, this is the room to be in.
Hall space in Bigfoot Recording Studio

Hall

We didn't even plan for this to be a recording space. But we (nuturally) set up a drum set and did a recording test. Drums sounded so gigantic that we had to find a way to use it, so we applied the proper insulation and i/o boxes. There you go! You can't have a recording studio without an *explosive* drum room!
Recording booth in Bigfoot Recording Studio

Booth

A room big enough to accomodate a small drum set, for "that" sound, it's ideal for extremely dry recordings. Vocals, voice overs, guitar cabs. Singers enjoy it a lot. They must feel isolated enough so it's like signing in the shower, I suppose.

Services

Recording

Recording

Price: 25€/hour
The key to a good sounding record.

Our rooms can handle everything, from super-tight dry recordings to large rock drums. Backline is available, including several drum sets, cymbals, guitar amps & cabs etc. Personal mixers for monitoring are available for each performer.

Preparation is required depending on the instrument and the method of recording. We do overdubbing, live recording & re-amping.
Mixing

Mixing

Price: on request
Adding a frame to a picture can make it or brake it.

Mixing is technical but is also taste and creativity. A mixer's job is to align with the needs of the song and get the best out of it. As with everything in audio, acoustics play a key role for mixing. There's no way around it, and this is what compelled us to give as much weight to the monitoring of our control room.

We do not limit the number of revisions. A mix is done when it's done, and the devil is in the details.
Mastering

Mastering

Price: 40€/song
You shouldn't wait for the master for your songs to sound good. If that's the case, something went wrong in the previous steps.

That said, mastering can give an extra touch and also make it loud and competitive. Mastering could also save a bad mix when there's no other option. While comprises of both audio processing and procedural work, it is also very technical and can definitely include taste.

We master for streaming services, CD and vinyl.
Pricing packages are also offered in case of full production.
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Rehearsals

Price: 15€/hour
Yes, we do rehearsals!

We are not the typical rehearsal studio where everything just stays the same. Things tend to move around a lot in our Live Room; some time is needed to get things tailored to the needs of each session.

Personal headphone monitoring and a stereo recording is included.

Video & Live Sessions

Price: on request
Our rooms are available for video shooting.

From time to time we also do live sessions, so if you're a band and you're kicking it, drop us a line to discuss your session. Anything from jazz to depressive suicidal black metal is welcome.

We partner up with ΝΑΠΑΝ Visual Arts Studio for our video needs.

Equipment

Monitoring

  • Dutch & Dutch 8C
  • Amphion One15
  • Auratone 5C
  • Sennheiser HD 650
  • Sony MDR 7506 (x2)
  • Audio Technica ATH-M50x (x2)
  • Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO
  • Shure SE535

Microphones

  • Brauner Phanthera V
  • Brauner VMX
  • Austrian Audio OC818 (x2)
  • Neumann U87 (x2)
  • Microtech Gefell MT71S
  • Shure SM81 (x2)
  • Line Audio CM3 (x2)
  • Oktava MK 012 MSP6 (x2)
  • Audio Technica AT3525 (x2)
  • AKG C451B (x2)
  • Earthworks DM20 (x4)
  • Earthworks SR25 (x2)
  • Earthworks SR20LS (x2)
  • Beyerdynamic TG D70
  • Beyerdynamic TG D71
  • Royer Labs R-121 (x2)
  • No-Hype Audio LRM-2b (x4)
  • Beyerdynamic M160 (x2)
  • Shure SM57 (x5)
  • Shure SM58 (x2)
  • Heil Sound PR22 (x3)
  • Heil Sound PR28 (x3)
  • Heil Sound PR30 (x2)
  • Heil Sound PR40
  • Heil Sound PR48
  • Shure SM7B
  • Shure Beta52A
  • Sennheiser MD 421-N (x3)
  • Sennheiser MD 421-U
  • Sennheiser MD 441
  • Sennheiser e906
  • Beyerdynamic M201 TG (x2)
  • TUL G12
  • AKG D12 VR
  • AKG D112 (x2)
  • AKG D7
  • Solomon SubKick LoFReQ
  • Custom made sub-kick mics

Outboard

  • Metric Halo ULN8 3D (x3)
  • Avalon V5 Pure Class A DI-RE
  • SSL Fusion
  • Heritage Audio OST-8
  • Golden Age Pre-73 DLX (x2)
  • Carborne Audio Camden
  • Chandler Limited TG Channel MKII
  • Lindel Audio 17xs MKII
  • AML ez1073-500
  • AML 54F50
  • AML ezMEQ5-500
  • AML ezPIA-500
  • MIAD Audio LCPQ 4040
  • A-Desigs Pacifica
  • 576 Blue Stripe
  • TK BC501
  • IGS One-LA 500

Workstation

  • Custom-made PC (5950x)
  • Metric Halo 80bit MIO Console
  • Softube Console 1 channel Mk3
  • Avid Artist Control
  • Avid Artist Mix (x2)
  • Presonus Studio One

Instruments

  • Various Drums (Tama, Ludwig, Yamaha)
  • Fryette Sig:X
  • Mesa Boogie Roadking II
  • Diezel Einstein
  • Fender Deluxe Reverb
  • Marshall JCM800
  • Marshall JVM 205H
  • Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 18
  • Engl Savage (Special Edition) 120w
  • Tech 21 Sansamp PSA
  • VHT 1x12 cab (x2)
  • Marshall MR1960AX
  • Engl V60 4x12
  • Diezel 2x12 cab
  • Marshall MB|B 450h
  • Roland FP-4 Piano
  • Nektar Panorama P6
  • Gallien-Krueger MB500
  • Markbass MB58R 102 Pure Box 8
  • Paiste Signature Cymbals
  • Meinl Dark Cymbals
  • Zildjian Custom K Cymbals

Team

Alex
Alex
Tech-obsessed, Alex could nerd out for hours. He did play the drums once, but that was a very long time ago. He spends the most of his time in the studio these days. Despite his discomfiture with the thought of revealing his face here, he went ahead and did it.

Will always make it to a Slayer show.
Mike
Mike
Mike is an architect & engineer, and he's responsible for the level of design & development that the studio has. There's no Bigfoot without Mike.

He's way too busy building houses...but If it happens to meet him, just pick his brain.

Still waiting for that Gojira concert.
Alex #2
Alex #2
Alex is definitely included into the nerd subrealm.

He frequently spends hours in front of a computer attempting to improve a song. Aesthetics and production is where it clicks the most for him.

He competes with the other two guys on who's cuter, but you'll be the judge.

Updates

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Contact

Use the form bellow or email us directly at [email protected]

Client List

Backbone, Mind Ripple, Noelly Rayn, The Speakeasies' Swing Band!, Till Silence Breaks, Tzamala, Vonavibe, Blueberry Jam, We.Own.The.Sky, William Antoniou, Katia Gonzales, Inferahl, Kamagu, Kulamacus, Mask Of Prospero, Valeria SIel, Bonsai Three, Sevensum, Atomic Soda, As It Is, Akis Gavalas, Constantine Cara, Anna Edelweiss, Rafael Sigalas, Mando, Harry Chalkitis, Gordon Ramsay, Los Hermanos Negros, She Tames Chaos, SL Theory, Vengeance, Lobna Monieb, Afaf Shawwa Bibi, MusicNow Greece
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Recording Studio, Glyfada, GR.
Leof. Eleftheriou Venizelou 31
16676, Glyfada
Attica, Greece
(Metro Station Ellinikon)
tel. +30 210 8980113