Room At The Top Studio is an analogue recording and mixing studio based in south Manchester. Some of the legendary artists have recorded at Room At The Top Studio over the years including the late great Tenor Fly (RIP), Jah Screechy, Daddy Freddy, Sylvia Tella, Mr Williamz, Carolene Thompson, Vivian Jones (RIP), Troublesome, and Ali Roots amongst the many artists who have worked at the studio. The studio has been used to produce many albums including “Whatever It's Dubbed As,” 9 Lives, "Trouble Some," the debut album by Troublesome, “Starting At The Roots,” from Italian Reggae artist Ali Roots, as well as albums like “Cat A Log In, Outta The Catacombs, Cat Inna Jungle," which are albums from Top Cat . 

The studio is owned by the Reggae, Dancehall, Jungle, Drum n Bass, UK Garage legend Top Cat who first established the studio here in Manchester in 1998 before moving it to London in the year 2000 and then bringing it back to Manchester in 2011. 

The services provided by the studio are:

Cassette to Digital conversion: We convert your old cassettes to digital files to go on your usb drive.

Vinyl to Digital conversion: We convert your old records to digital files to go on your usb drive.

Recording sessions: We provide a recording service where you can record electronic music and audio to tape for real analogue warmth and character from half inch tape and analogue preamps, mixers, and compressors to achieve a vintage yet professional sound. 

Mixing sessions: We provide a mixing service where we record your stems to half inch tape and mix them to DAT or/and mix them to wav file to computer/usb/hard drive so they are ready for mastering at a top mastering studio. 

Dubplate sessions: We provide a service for sound systems and dj's who want dubplates from the artists who we are associated with. 

When using Room At The Top Studio you can expect a quality recording for all the services we provide. Below is a list of the studio equipment we have at hand:

Samplers:

Akai MPC60 mk2, 

Akai MPC2000XL, 

Akai MPC3000, 

Akai MPC4000

Boss SP303, Boss RC505

Roland SP555

E-Mu ESI 2000

Teenage Engineering E-40

Synthesisers and Keyboards:

Rhodes Stage 88 mark 1

Hammond B100

Logan String Melody 2

Moog Sub 37

Korg Prologue 16v

Korg Triton

Korg ARP Odyssey 

Yamaha CS10

Yamaha SK30

Roland SH201

Microphones:

Sontronics STC-2

Lewitt RAY

Warm Audio WA87

JZ 67

FX: 

Lexicon MPX100

Roland PA-60

Pre-Amps:

ART Tubefire8

Joe Meek VC3Q

Focusrite Platinum Octo Pre

ART Pro MPA II

Audio interface:

Focusrite Clarett 8Pre

Mixer:

Allen & Heath WZ3 12.2 Mix Wizard

Roland PA-60

Compressors:

Focusrite Platinum Compounder

Focusrite Platinum Mix Master

LA Audio TCX-2

Klark Teknik Square One

Joe Meek VC3Q

Recorders:

Tascam TSR-8

Tascam DA-20

Logic Pro X