Sennheiser E901

Today we have added another microphone to our inventory. The E901 is a half Cardioid Condenser boundary mic. It is ideally suited to kick drums working in conjunction with the Sennheiser E902

Spotify Playlist

Below is a link to a Spotify playlist containing a lot of the projects I have recorded over my 31 year career to date. Some were recorded at Solitaire in Dublin between 1999 and 2004, others were recorded at the current facility in Cavan from 2004 onwards. Anything pre 1999 was recorded in various studios … Read more

Solitaire Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7gBv9yCG1nKgbBenzx0_uQ/featured Above you will find a link to our new youtube channel. Here, we will upload any videos that we do. Below is a link to the playlists page on the Solitaire Recording Studio youtube channel. This contains lots of the music and projects that Alan Whelan has worked on over his 31 year career. … Read more

Gavin James Mix

Today I got an early call from Nine Yards productions who needed a very fast turnaround on a mix of the legendary Gavin James, who performed 3 acoustic songs (vocal and guitar) for a streaming video which was broadcast this evening. I downloaded the stems and had it mixed and uploaded back to them within … Read more

Welcome to our new look website

You are very welcome to the new look Solitaire Studio website. I hope you can find the answers here to every question that you might have about the studio, but please feel free to contact us direct by mobile phone or contact form if you have any further queries. The studio is open for business … Read more

Annual Maintenance

Over the last few months all equipment at the studio has been sent in batches to our maintenance engineer for servicing, updating and recalibrating. During this time any dirty pots, old valves or electrical issues which creep in over time, were expertly dealt with and we are glad to say everything in the studio is … Read more