Studio Tour

Possum Hall Studios was designed to be a workspace for musicians, music, and the creative process. Located in the middle of an old apple orchard in southern New Hampshire, those who like nature and quiet nights away from the city should feel right at home.

The studio was built with the scenery in mind: the A room of the studio looks out onto a Japanese garden, the guest lounge on the second floor has a deck that looks out over the garden and orchard, and the control room has a view of the trees and river valley to the north of the building.

Control Room:
  • Mid-sized workspace with front workstation area and rear client desk
  • Lateral views into A/B room, outside over valley
  • Walk-through to iso booth
  • High sloped ceiling, rear wall RPG fractal diffusers, corner diffusers
  • Direct walk-through to recording spaces for ease of movement and working
  • Jerry Garcia doll watching over us as our spirit protectorate

    • Tracking Spaces

    There are several recording sound spaces at Possum Hall, each with its own acoustic characteristics. The A room is the primary tracking space, a live room with a 13' high peaked ceiling, birch walls, an oak floor and a 12' glass sliding door that looks out into the garden.

    Adjacent and open to the A room is the B room space- not a distinct walled-off room, but rather a tighter sounding space from the main room. It has a lower ceiling and fabric-covered sound board wall panels with architectural elements to help keep the sound tight and even within this area.

    On the other side of the control room from the A room is the iso booth, a small work space great for vocals, super-tight acoustic guitars, amps, and percussion. The guest lounge also can be used as a tracking space, with mic lines, speaker ties, and line outputs to the control room.


    Gear
  • Recording System: ProToolsHD hard disk recording system, running on a Dual 1 Gig G4.
  • 16 channels of 24-bit analog/digital I/O, DDS-3 tape back-up, DAT, DVD-R and professional CD burning capability
  • Pre's/Compressors: Avalon, Manley, Presonus, Daking, Audix
  • Mics: Rode, AKG, Shure, Earthworks, Audix, AudioTechnica
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  • DSP/EQ: Eventide, TC Electronics, Focusrite, Waves, Antares, McDSP, Sony Oxford, QSound, Line6, Alesis, Digitech, Korg
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  • Synth/Samplers: Novation Supernova II, Yamaha SY77, Emu E-64, Korg Wavestation SR, NI B4 (softsynth) & R3-137 Leslie Speaker, Roland R5 drum machine, Alesis d4 drum module, Roland HandSonic electronic hand percussion
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    Guest Lounge:

    The upstairs space of the studio has a futon, a sleeping loft with another mattress, a sink, microwave, small refrigerator, bathroom and shower, for your domestic conveniences.

     

    The studio also has a wide assortment of guitars, basses, and percussion instruments for use during sessions, including a Premier Genista drum kit (10", 12", 14", 16", 22") and a selection of snare drums and cymbals.


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