Retro Recordings XR inspired by legendary studios
Learn, Create and Collaborate in VR
Step into a legendary studio environment and unleash your creativity
Retro Recordings XR is a passion project dedicated to capturing the iconic look, feel, and creative workflow of the golden age of music production.
By blending classic studio charm with cutting-edge technology, we aim to inspire musicians and producers to mix by ear and feel, rather than being led by numbers and curves.
With our state-of-the-art VR setup, you can fully immerse yourself in a digital world and bring your musical visions to life. Our studio allows for real-time collaboration with other musicians, no matter where you are located, and gives you the freedom to experiment and push the boundaries of what’s possible.
What makes Retro Recordings XR different?
Console first workflow
No menus, no timelines, no endless plugin lists. No shortcuts.The mixing console is once again the centre of the creative process — visible, tactile and shared.
Tape-Based Thinking
Working with virtual tape slows the process down just enough to encourage listening, reflection and commitment — just like in classic recording studios.
Learning & Creativity
Signal flow, gain staging and mixing decisions become intuitive through experience instead of manuals or tutorials. Learn by doing.
Accessible Studio Culture
Experience high-end studio workflows without risk, physical, financial or geographical barriers.
Anyone can jump in.
Immersive Recording Experience, with 70s / 80s control room feel
Step into legendary studios and unleash your creativity with our retro-inspired virtual environment.
Mix and record multitrack songs using iconic vintage consoles for an authentic sound experience.
Collaborate, learn, and explore with real-time effects and instruments in a nostalgic setting.
Latest Devlog video
The control room of the recording studio
Experience immersive VR recording with iconic vintage consoles designed to inspire and provide professional music production
Inside the virtual daw-less studio
Ever dreamed of walking into a studio packed
with a classic vintage console and awesome outboard gear??
Now, you can!
This isn’t a plugin, it’s not on your laptop, desktop or hardware.
It’s a fully immersive XR studio,
built for artists, producers and gearheads like myself.
Virtually touch the faders, twist the knobs, push the buttons, patch in an effect, walk around, feel the room and bob your head while doing it.
Try that in your current DAW.
It’s like loading a mix of Capital Records, Abbey Road, Electric Lady
on your private virtual music holodeck.
And (as) soon (as possible),
it’s dropping on SteamVR, Metastore or anything else I can get it on really.
So yeah—get ready to produce music like they did 40 yrs ago
Possibilities are endless
- Mix & record multitrack sessions using the iconic analogue consoles visually inspired by the great (SSL, Neve, Focusrite, API, Trident and Helios).
- Route audio any way you like, just like in real-life studios. But different.
- You can use effects like a mad scientist. Slap on EQ, compression, delay, reverb and more and control them using the familiar old-school controls.
- Load your stems or multitracks and remix songs of the past (there’s an optional 24/48 track limit to keep you sane)
- Play virtual instruments like piano, drums and guitar which are already there, now I just need to finish them…
- Explore the control room and find tape machines, outboard gear and some hidden stuff, jokes, magazines and state secrets
- There is another door? YES! Across the hall, we are building a cinema room for mixing audio with video. Music video, anyone?
- Learn audio engineering interactively—ideal for schools and training programs. Get some “me time” with your favourite console. I try to make a digital twin of the famous consoles, but never touched one myself… so go figure
- Customise avatars and record in-game XR content for YouTube or host immersive sessions at some point.
- Purchase add-ons (whoop whoop) like licensed music stems & multitracks, subscribe for educational modules, increase party stuff, get your music heard
Follow along with the development in the devlog
Heads up! This site and project are still a work in progress, so you might spot the occasional bug, broken link, or typo. I’m just a solo dev for now, so thanks for your patience—stick around, and I’ll keep making things better (eventually)! 😉