Abbey Road Studios reveal the new music tech startups joining incubator programme Abbey Road Red

28 September 2016 - Press release

Abbey Road Studios, the world famous recording studio at the forefront of music creativity and innovation for 85 years, is introducing the newest members of its music-tech incubator startup programme, Abbey Road Red. 

Scored, Qrates and The Audio Hunt will join Red and begin a six month mentoring programme where Abbey Road Studios will support these startups in every aspect of development, providing access to the studio’s staff, knowledge and facilities.

Developing the latest music technology startups, entrepreneurs and researchers, Abbey Road Red is the first incubator of its kind in Europe. After a successful six months mentoring the first wave of exciting music technology startups - OSSIC, CloudBounce and Uberchord - the new Abbey Road Red recruits will have access to the Abbey Road Red board. This mentoring team includes executives across Abbey Road Studios and Universal Music Group with a wide range of skills and knowledge base.  

Jon Eades, Project Manager for Abbey Road Red says “Since its inception in 1931, Abbey Road Studios has always been at the leading edge of music technology innovation whether driving the early experiments of stereo technology to now mentoring and supporting the brightest, most progressive music-tech startups and entrepreneurs around the world.  

“We are perfectly placed to help develop these companies, through our music technology expertise and networks. We also act as a test ground and provide real collaboration, offering the best platform to showcase each company to the right audience and drive them forward.” 

Meet the new Abbey Road Red members:

The Audio Hunt 

The Audio Hunt is an online marketplace and community that gives musicians, engineers, producers and everyone in between access to the greatest audio gear and services on the planet. Users can search the online database for rare equipment, effects or instruments and send their tracks to the owner for processing. They can also search the community and send their whole projects for mixing or mastering or start full musical collaborations. 

For more information, please visit: www.theaudiohunt.com 

Qrates

Qrates is a vinyl crowdfunding platform that allows artists and labels to collect pre-orders from fans and fund their cost before actually pressing the vinyl. The pressing starts once the desired amount of pre-orders is reached with Qrates offering integrated solutions for marketing, sales, distribution to stores, pressing, fulfilment and mastering.

For more information, please visit: www.qrates.com  

Scored

Scored is a next generation music library and film scoring application that allows users of all ability levels to dynamically change music in real-time to match their content. It allows filmmakers to customise, control and interact with music in a whole new way, creating high quality soundtracks in minutes, cost-effectively.

For more information, please visit: scored.film