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A recording studio with guitars on the wall

Studio · Refshaleøen

Where itwas tuned.

An old shipyard workshop on Refshaleøen, two control rooms, a rehearsal room and fourteen people who listen for a living.

(01) — Fourteen months

From the firstsketch to Q1.

Month 0
Listen

Two hundred records, chosen by the team, played on every headphone we could buy. Notes on all of them.

A white record
Month 3
Driver

Thirty-one driver samples from four factories. The beryllium dome won on the third day.

A studio microphone
Month 7
Quiet

Eight microphones, tested on the S-train, the airport metro and the Copenhagen fish market.

A metro platform
Month 11
Tune

Six engineers, four genres, one curve. The 2 kHz shelf moved 0.5 dB nine times.

A mixing console
Month 14
Wear

Two hundred listeners wore prototypes for a month. We changed the cushions twice.

A woman smiling with headphones
A mixing desk in blue light

(02) — Control room A

Tuned atthree a.m.

Listeners →
Piano keys

(03) — Visit

Open onFridays.

The listening room opens to everyone on Fridays from twelve to six. Bring a record, try every colour, sit in Control Room A.

Book a slot by email — eight people an hour.

Book a listen →