I'm Forbes, and I’ve got over 22 years of professional drumming experience as a touring, recording, session, and teaching drummer. I also have 17 years of professional studio recording, engineer, and production experience.

My studio, AudioBeach Studios, was built in 2010. It is a professional, working studio based in Brighton, UK, where I record bands, artists, voice work, and, of course,...
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I'm Forbes, and I’ve got over 22 years of professional drumming experience as a touring, recording, session, and teaching drummer. I also have 17 years of professional studio recording, engineer, and production experience.

My studio, AudioBeach Studios, was built in 2010. It is a professional, working studio based in Brighton, UK, where I record bands, artists, voice work, and, of course, remote drums (as well as remote bass, piano, and backing vocals!). As it is a professional recording studio, you know you will get a professional recording from me. No bedrooms and no random rooms!

My recording equipment consists of various analogue equipment and high-end microphones;
Unique, one-of-a-kind Allen & Heath GL4000 (40+4 channel) console; modded for recording with SSL E4000 capacitors, 4 band sweepable British EQ strips and pre-amps, 24 inputs, 20 outputs, capabilities for in-the-box or on-the-desk mixing options, DynAudio BM15 Passive Monitors, Absolute Spirit 2 Passive Monitors.
Motu 24io PCI Interface, Logic X (and 9), with thousands of VSTs, Synths, Plugins including; Addictive Keys, Absynth, Waves, Izotope, Slate and many more.
Alesis MIDIVerb 3, Digitech Studio Reverb & Delay, Klark Teknik 1176 FET-style Compressor, TLAudio Ivory Dual Channel Valve Compressor, 3x Behringer MDX2600 Dual Channel Comp/Gate/DeEsser.
LD CONDENSERS: 2x AT4033 (Matched Pair), 2x RV6 (Matched Pair), 1x sE 2200 II c, 1x Aston Spirit, 1x DM-1B
SD CONDENSERS: 4x C2, 2x C4
MULTI: ML-2 (U87, U67, SM7b, RE20, SM57m/v, D112, MD421, C414, D12, R121, 222, 451)
VALVE: 1x RV15
RIBBON: 2x R2 (Matched Pair)
DYNAMIC: 8x SM57, 2x SM58, 1x MTP 240, 1x PG48, 2x BD300, 1x RE-20, 1x HALO

I also have over 20 years-worth of various drums, cymbals and percussion I've hand selected; my main kit is a 2015 Gretsch Brooklyn (22x18 Kick, 10x7 & 12x8 Rack Toms, 14x14 & 16x14 Floor Toms). With that many toms, every tone you're after is covered! Second to this, I have a 1960 Premier Olympic (22x12 Kick, 13x8 Rack, 16x15 Floor). This kit is punch and great for a more vintage sound. Along side this, I have snare of various depths and materials (acrylic, steel, maple etc) as well as a whole rainbow of hand-made Turkish cymbals from Istanbul AGOP.

In all cases, I've got you covered. Any sound, feel, or help you need, get in touch!
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