South Melbourne

The Base Recording Studios grew out of what was Life Saver Studios in 2004, changing its name to ‘The Base’ and renovating the kitchen, foyer and studios. They installed a ProTools HD system with Millennia, Universal Audio and Avalon preamps, added some great mics, and in 2007, a Yamaha C7 grand piano.

In July 2009 Phil Threlfall and the Base Studios joined forces, with Phil taking over as house engineer and installing his Amek G2520 (circa. 1987) analogue console, more outboard, as well as adding more toys to the mic cabinet and plug-in list.

The recording room is nicely balanced, with wooden floors and treated ceiling and walls – capturing a big drum sound is easy apparently and gives acoustic guitars, strings, horns and other un-amplified instruments a great sense of space.

The in-house Yamaha C7 grand piano is also a great asset to the studio, and sounds fantastic in the room. According to Mr Trelfall, when captured by a combination of tube mics up close and ribbons in the room, it always sounds great in the mix.

In the past few months, The Base has hosted sessions for K-Oscillate, Jerrico, Evermore, DoraMah, Bellusira, Nat Bartsch Trio, Anna Salen, Dennis Dowlut/Electric Empire, Pete Murray, Kingbayler, Compliments of Gus, My Cousin Jack, Ben Smith and many others. Phil’s no stranger to the recording industry, having worked with the likes of Jimmy Barnes, Marcia Hines, Human Nature, Guy Sebastian, Shannon Noll, as well as helping out local unsigned artists.

The Base Recording Studios: (03) 9690 3840 or phil@thebase.com.au