Abbey Road Studios reveal the new music tech startups joining incubator programme Abbey Road Red
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.”
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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
Meet the first graduates of Abbey Road Red
CloudBounce
CloudBounce uses algorithm-based mastering technology to deliver high-quality cloud-based audio mastering for amateur musicians, bands and sound designers. Its mastering engine analyses an audio file and applies just the right amount of audio processing ingredients to make it sound powerful and crystal clear, providing a mastered song in minutes.
For more information, please visit: www.cloudbounce.com
What CloudBounce says about Abbey Road Red:
“The incubator experience has been great for us, with many platform partners interested and help with the product positioning from Abbey Road Studios. Furthermore, the mastering engineers have been super helpful in making the audio processing more robust.”
OSSIC
OSSIC X is the world’s first 3D audio headphone that instantly calibrates to the listener. By pairing advanced 3D audio algorithms with head-tracking and individual anatomy calibration it delivers incredibly accurate 3D sound to user’s ears. This immersive 3D audio can take virtual reality, gaming and music to the next level.
For more information, please visit: www.ossic.com
What OSSIC says about Abbey Road Red:
“We couldn’t have asked for a better experience with the Abbey Road Red programme. Not only did the team share our mission to push the boundaries of sound, they helped us get there every step of the way. Since day one of the programme they were right there with us during key product milestones, offering insights that helped us test and develop the OSSIC X to ensure the best possible music listening experience, while also providing key connections with the music industry as a whole.”
Uberchord
Uberchord is a mobile app for learning guitar. It combines chordal recognition and an adaptive teaching method to create a unique way to learn: The app not only tells users how to play a chord, but also corrects them when they make a mistake, learns their skill level and slowly increases the difficulty of the lessons as they improve.
For more information, please visit: www.uberchord.com
What Uberchord says about Abbey Road Red:
“The Abbey Road Red program was extremely helpful for Uberchord's business development. The team helped us with our license negotiations, public relations, marketing and branding development, and the planning of our further go-to market strategy. Being right at the core of the music industry they have all the right contacts and ideas to take us forward.”
For more information on Abbey Road Red please visit www.abbeyroad.com/abbeyroadred
About Abbey Road Red
Launched in October 2015, Abbey Road Red is our open innovation department designed to support the endeavours of the brightest music tech entrepreneurs, researchers and developers. We run a unique music tech start-up incubation programme – the first of its kind in Europe – to support the most promising music tech start-ups, as well as collaborating with the brightest minds in academic research. The white lab coats are long gone at Abbey Road, but the spirit of adventure is still as present as ever.
Visit www.abbeyroad.com/abbeyroadred
