Samples these days are superb, but there is nothing like having real drums on a track. Although so much recording and composing can be done at home, putting live drums on a track or TV theme usually involves going into a proper studio. Sometimes the budget doesn't allow for this, and sometimes deadlines can be so tight that there just isn't time.

To get round this Tim has got his own studio in South East London dedicated to recording drums.

If you're on a tight schedule or up against a deadline, he can even do the session without you there, whilst you carry on working on the rest of the track somewhere else.

You can be provided with upto 16 tracks of drums in virtually any format you like... SDii, Wav or AIFF. They'll be 24 bit and master quality, even if you're just doing a demo. Alternatively, if lots of separate tracks seems over-whelming, you can simply ask for stereo bounces.

The advantages are huge. Because everything is always set up, there is no time wasted getting a sound up, and because there is a lot of gear in the studio, there are loads of options for picking individual drums... snares, kicks and toms... cymbals... whatever... to get you the sound you want. You've got access to far more equipment than Tim could bring to any individual session. There is also a good selection of mics and outboard too. If you're not quite sure what you're looking for then Tim will be happy to talk things through and make suggestions and you can have as much input as you want... though of course he's equally at home following your lead.