LSO St Luke's Audio Control Room
A new space for creators, from the world’s most recorded orchestra.
Precision Mixing and Immersive Sound
The Audio Control Room (ACR) at LSO St Luke’s is a bespoke studio designed to meet the highest standards of audio content creation, including critical listening, mixing and immersive post-production. Built as a home for artists, producers and composers working across any style or genre, the ACR also supports the LSO’s renowned recording work.
Featuring a Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 reference monitoring system with ATC speakers and an Avid S4 console, the room delivers accuracy and flexibility for mixing, recording and spatial audio work.
For filmed projects, the neighbouring Master Control Room (MCR) provides a dedicated camera gallery for high-definition capture in this stunning Grade 1 listed building.
Designed in consultation with Munro Acoustics, the ACR is acoustically transparent, allowing for critical listening of your recording and offering a high‑quality, modern studio environment in the heart of London.
What you can do here
The ACR can service multiple streams of work, including:
- Music Post-Production:
Precise mixing for projects of any scale. - Playback & Review:
An intimate and prestigious setting for client playback sessions and approvals - Immersive Audio:
A bespoke environment for spatial audio, mastering, and critical listening in Dolby Atmos 7.1.4. - Mixing Stage:
Professional capability for broadcast audio, live streaming projects, and scoring-to-picture for Film, TV and video game. - Scalable Recording:
Direct connectivity with our Jerwood Hall or Clore Rooms for tracking sessions, ranging from podcast, audiobook or voice recordings, to full chamber or orchestral recordings.
Technical Specification
- AVID S4 24-channel console with Surround Joystick Module
- ATC SCM100s (LCR) with ATC SCM12i surrounds and overheads
- Dynaudio Acoustics 18” subwoofer & Yamaha HS7 Nearfields
- Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra with Pro Tools Ultimate & Logic Pro X
- AVID MTRX II with Analogue, Dante, and MADI cards
- Bricasti M7 Reverb Unit
- Plugin Suite
- Microphone list available on request
- Venue-wide Patching: SM/MM Fibre, CAT6a, 12G SDI, and Analog
- Video distribution: Blackmagic Videohub 40×40 Matrix
- Comms: Dante-integrated intercom (Studio Technologies), plus Glensound Beatrice P1 / Clearcom system on request
- OB support: on-site parking with production
power and connectivity
How to Book
To enquire about hiring the Audio Control Room at LSO St Luke’s please use the contact form below or call the team on +44 20 7490 3939.
Please provide as much detail about your proposed booking as possible, e.g. dates, times, type of activity etc. We recommend getting in touch at least six weeks in advance where possible. Every booking comes with a technician who is available to help you set up and introduce the facilities. Please include your telephone number so we can call you back with any queries.
Tell us about your project and we’ll come back to you within three working days.
Hire the ACR
Frequently Asked Questions
The recording studio is available for mixing and mastering sessions, film and TV score recording, orchestral and ensemble recording, audio-visual production, and voice and podcast recording. It can be hired on its own or alongside another space at LSO St Luke’s.
Yes – the room is equipped with a Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 speaker configuration, making it suitable for immersive audio delivery for film, TV, streaming, and spatial audio projects.
Every booking comes with a technician to help you get set up. If you know you will need any further assistance in the room let us know your requirements when you get in touch.
As part of an active venue, the studio is scheduled around LSO St Luke’s wider programme. We recommend getting in touch as early as possible, six weeks or more in advance is typical for full-day sessions. If you have a specific date in mind, get in touch to check availability.
Yes – the studio and Jerwood Hall can be booked alongside the LSO for recording sessions, subject to orchestral availability and project suitability. Get in touch with an outline of your project and we’ll advise on what’s possible.
For more information on hiring the London Symphony Orchestra head to this page.
We don’t publish a standard rate card – all sessions are tailored to the project. Get in touch with an outline of your requirements: dates, session format, length, and whether you need technical support. We’ll come back to you within three working days.
Testimonials
‘Acoustic enhancements in the hall, along with the creation of a new Atmos-enabled state-of-the-art mixing studio, have firmly positioned LSO St. Luke’s as an audio facility of excellence.’
Philip Siney, Recording Engineer
‘The refurbishment that has been undertaken at LSO St Lukes is quite an achievement. Having been there at sessions recently it seems to me that everything you could wish for in a studio has been thought of and included. LSO St Lukes is clearly destined to be desirable location for orchestral recording sessions and post production.’
Steve Long, Floating Earth
‘I recently recorded at LSO St Luke’s and was blown away by both the acoustic of the hall and the new control room facilities. It’s fantastic that London has another world class recording space.’
Chris Benstead, Film Composer
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LSO St Luke’s is a unique music venue on London’s Old Street, the home of the London Symphony Orchestra’s learning and community programme, and a striking space available for hire.
