StudioMöllan has three separate dedicated recording rooms. They all have a different tone to them giving a wide range of sounds. They also serve as isolation between instruments when recording live. The studio is built after the ”room within a room” principle. the floors of the two smaller rooms are built on a floating foundation using rubber sleeves for the beams then weighted down with heavy concrete slabs. The floor has a resonance frequency of 10Hz which leaves outside resonances not affecting the room.This structure supports the inner shell of the rooms made up from steel beams and multiple layers of dry wall, gypsum boards. The outer shell, which is built in the same fashion, has no contact with the inner shell minimizing structure borne sound leakage between the rooms. There’s no problem recording a hard hitting drummer in one room and a piano in the other, even if they are less than 3m apart. The studio is packed with lots of gear and everything is included in the day rate. If you should run out of inspiration it wont be far away.

Dry Room

A larger vocal booth with a completely dry sound. Treated with thick absorbant panels it has a minimal amount of reflections. It's usually used for all sources that ned to be up front in a mix. Vocals, acoustic guitars etc. It has a huge window that gives all musicians clear sight into all the rooms. This room is isolated enough to keep outside sounds from bleeding into microphones. When recording a live band this room usually keeps the bass amp.

Tiled Room:

Actually a failed attempt of building an echo chamber… It hasn’t started to echo yet but it does have a pretty cool sound nevertheless. Two huge windows keeps makes whatevers happening here clear to the other rooms, and vice versa. It is isolated enough to keep drums from not bleeding into the piano/guitar microphones. This is usually where the guitar amp, acoustic guitar or the acoustic piano is placed when recording a live band. The short and hard reflections generated here gives a cool ambience. Can easily be treated with absorbing panels if you need a dryer sound. The room is large enough to record a smaller drum kit.

Live Room

The largest of the three recording rooms. It has the largest and most natural sounding acoustics. This is generally where the drums are recorded when recording a full band. The drums actually have their dedicated place in the live room keeping them out of the way during sessions. The drum stage has been acoustically treated for a full and balanced drum sound with controlled ambience. For a "wilder" sound the kit can easily be moved out in a more reverberant spot in the room. The natural ambience gives a real sensation of room to the recordings, this can’t be compared to reverb processors. It’s large enough to hold a large group of people. Larger ensambles, choirs, audience etc.

Control Room

The central hub of the studio. Sporting a beautiful vintage API 2488 recording console plus a large collection of vintage and new recording gear. Carefully acoustically treated for balanced and natural sound this room is also great for more intimate overdub sessions where the producer and artist doesn't have to rely on the talkback system for communication. All gear is kept in good working order and is connected in the most convenient way to the protools rig and tape recorders. We've tried to keep it as logical as possible, making it easy for new engineers to step in and start recording with minimal learning time.

Kitchen/Lounge

Next door to the control room. Serves as a general social area for the musicians that are not recording. The main piece of gear here is our trusted Braun Coffee machine. Custom made by mister Braun himself and built to exact specifications delivered by the StudioMöllan crew. On the second floor there's an attic that sports a SEGA Mega Drive and some "kick back" furniture. Soon enough this room will be transformed into a recording room, serving as a main overdub room for Studio A.

Tape room

This is where the tape machines are kept. Next door to the control room it keeps the machines noise and heat out of the way but still close enough for easy maintenance and service. This room also serves as general storage for tape, unused gear etc. Theres also an AC unit that keeps fresh air flowing to the control room. Not the most exciting room but crucial to the studio.

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You rent the studio on a per day basis. Its also available for shorter periods but the minimum pay for one job is for a half day.

It’s also possible to rent the studio without engineer. The engineer/producer managing the session must be known to us working here, or must be able to show that he/she can operate the studio. An engineer from the studio can be around for the first days to make sure everything flows smoothly.

Contact us and we will make a deal with you!

This is StudioMöllan – a recording studio in Malmö – Sweden.

The studio was originaly built and run by Emil Isaksson, Björn Wiking and Tom Malmros. The later
being 2/4:th of the band This is Head left the studio in 2009 to focus on the bands successful debut record.

The winter of 2009/2010 saw a major renovation of the rooms into the state they are today. Larger recording space and and an additional two isolated rooms gives a huge advantage in isolation when recording bands live. This has since become a trademark for StudioMöllan; live recordings with no drawbacks in leakage between instruments. It actually also saves you money as it generally takes way less time to record in this fashion.

The renovation actually never stopped. Every year there’s something happening here. The latest news is an overhaul of the acoustics in the entire studio. Also an additional space next door to the studio has been ear marked for an later expansion. Over the years the gear collection has steadily grown. There’s now a huge collection of microphones, compressors, tape recorders, equalizers, reverbs, delays to choose from.

Analog and digital recording are both available. Both being state of the art; 2″ 24track + 1/2″ stereo for tape recording. 32in 40out Pro Tools HD Accel digital system. The DIY trend of pro audio gear has not gone unnoticed. There’s a lot of gear thats actually have been manufactured in house. A fun recreation for us working here and a unique touch sound wise. Check out the Gear List to see the gear in full.

A creative home away from home in the center of Möllan the culture center of malmö. Off street parking is available and housing can be arranged for longer sessions. There’s also plenty talented musicians tied to the studio. A full band can be arranged at very reasonable fees. Check out taperun.se online audio services. A service provided by StudioMöllan for far away clients. Mix master, premix, reamp etc.

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Emil Isaksson
Studio Manager – Owner