York Street Recording Studio was a Recording Studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded and built by producer and engineer Martin Williams, producer Malcolm Welsford and Jaz Coleman it quickly became New Zealand's leading music recording, mixing and mastering facility. In 2000 the studio was purchased by software developer Adrien de Croy and was then managed by Jeremy McPike.[citation needed] In April, 2014, though at that time still very busy, the Studios closed due to its 21-year lease, and was sold.[1] Manager Jeremy McPike then went to work at Roundhead Studios.[2]
The Studio
The studio had a vintage 1974 EMINeve, one of only seven made.[3] The recording area was a 1,000 sq ft (93 m2) main room and mezzanine, with two adjoining isolation rooms and a third separate isolation booth. The main room was 20 ft (6.1 m) high and was New Zealand's only high-stud professional studio live room.[citation needed] It had virtually no permanent acoustic absorption, relying on room shape and deflective elements to achieve control of reverberation.[citation needed]