Ghost Hit Recording
Ghost Hit Recording
Ghost Hit Recording is a residential recording studio built into a historic New England church.
About
About
Ghost Hit Recording is a 3,000 sq ft residential recording studio built into a historic church in West Springfield, MA. In addition to the church’s former sanctuary, which is the studio’s main live room, the studio has an acoustically “dead” space and three spacious isolation booths.
GHR features a DDA AMR 24 analog console, a hand-picked selection of world-class microphones, an extensive collection of vibey analog tools and vintage instruments, and a range of industry standard software. GHR has a 40x32 Pro Tools HDX system and is wired with an Aviom cue system with ten 16-channel mixers for full artist control of playback while tracking.
GHR has a beautiful apartment in the building available to add to your booking. While working and staying at GHR, you can have a luxurious morning by the fireplace then head up to the studio with your coffee or tea. You can finish a session with a bottle of wine, then head down to the apartment for a restful night.
Engineers
Engineers
Andrew Oedel
Owner / Recording & Mix Engineer
Andrew has worked with clients from all over the world, including numerous Grammy award winners, The Voice winner Brynn Cartelli, and America’s Got Talent “Golden Buzzer” winner Mandy Harvey. In 2019 he recorded and mixed “Be a Pain: An Album for Young (And Old) Leaders” by Alastair Moock, which was nominated for a 2020 Grammy award.
Andrew has worked with artists and producers including Anderson .Paak, Rachael Price (Lake Street Dive), Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith (Dawes), Sophie B. Hawkins, The Front Bottoms, Born Without Bones, The Mammals, Heather Maloney, Seth Glier, Billy Keane, Tim Myers (OneRepublic), Mike Sapone (Brand New, Taking Back Sunday), Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Margaret Glaspy), Ryan Hommel (Amos Lee, Daisy Jones & The Six) and Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Dashboard Confessional). He has led audio workshops for colleges including NYU Steinhardt, CUNY Brooklyn College, UMass and University of New Haven.
Jake Subin
Recording & Mix Engineer
Jake began his career at The Cutting Room Studios in NY and went on to engineer and manage the recording studio at Telefunken Elektroakustik. As a freelancer, his studio work spans a wide variety of genres, including Rock, Pop, Traditional Celtic folk, Punk, Rap, Classical, Christian Worship and more. An open mind and a strong drive to create great sounding music has taken him all over the northeast, where he has been fortunate to work with a variety of musicians and producers.
Jake has had the pleasure of working with artists including Alt-J, Dirty Projectors, Chvrches, Kung Fu, Dry the River, Conor O'Brien (The Villagers), Turkuaz, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Jon Mclaughlin, Rubblebucket, Allen Stone, The Shelters, Jamie Kent, Tauk, Bronze Radio Return, MOE., Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Wood Brothers, Candlebox, and Umphrey's Mcgee.
Paulie Philippone
Recording & Mix Engineer
Paulie is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer who has toured nationally playing keyboards with acts including Big Mean Sound Machine, Cyro Baptista, Kat Wright, and The Chronicles. He is a founding member of the Hartford based Funk/Soul band West End Blend and is the band’s engineer/producer in the studio.
Paul has spent the majority of his time between tours in a recording studio. He has produced, engineered, mixed, composed and performed on music of all genres, as well as a number of advertisements for businesses. Projects include recordings with West End Blend, Big Mean Sound Machine, Javier Colon, Doobie Powell, Poster Child, Travers Brothership, Kung Fu, Wild Adriatic, Es K, Loupo, Wurliday, Telefunken Elektroakustik, Connecticut Public Access Television and more.
Equipment
Equipment
MICROPHONES
AEA R88
AKG D12
AKG D112
AKG 451 (2)
Audix D6
Beyerdynamic M160 (2)
Beyerdynamic M201
Beyerdynamic M88
Cascade Fat Head (2)
Coles 4038 (2)
EV 623 (2)
EV 626 (2)
EV 635a
EV 664 (2)
Josephson e22s (2)
Mojave 301 FET (2)
Neumann U87
Oktava MK-012-01 (2)
Peluso 414 (2)
RCA 77 DX
Royer 121 (2)
sE Electronics RNT Tube
sE Electronics RN17 (2)
Sennheiser 421 (4)
Sennheiser 441
Sennheiser MKH 416
Shure Beta 52
Shure Beta 57A (2)
Shure Beta 91A
Shure Beta 98AMP (3)
Shure SM57 (4)
Shure SM58
Shure SM7 (2)
Sontronics Aria Tube
Sony F-32 (2)
Sony F-99S
Soyuz 013 FET (2)
Soyuz 017 Tube (2)
Subkick (2)
Telefunken M82
Unidyne 545
United UT FET47
PREAMPS
AEA TRP (2)
API 3124 (12)
API 512c (2)
Burl B1D (2)
DAV Electronics Preamp (8)
DDA AMR 24 Preamp/EQ (32)
Neve 1073 DPX (2)
Purple Audio Biz (2)
Rupert Neve Designs 511 (2)
Universal Audio LA 610 Mk II
OUTBOARD
API 560 (2)
AudioScape 260VU Stereo Compressor
BBE Sonic Maximizer
CAPI 550 (2)
Echo Fix EF-X3 Tape Echo
Empirical Labs Fatso EL7X
Empirical Labs Distressor EL8X (2)
Manley ELOP+ Stereo Compressor/Limiter
Orban 418A Stereo Limiter
Purple Audio MC77 Limiting Amplifier (2)
UA Teletronix LA-2A
DIGITAL
Pro Tools Ultimate with HDX
Apogee Symphony I/O (8 I/O)
Avid HD I/O (24 I/O)
UAD Octo
Soundtoys 5
Plugin Alliance Full Library
Plugins by Waves, Fab Filter, etc.
MONITORING
Dangerous Monitor ST
Aviom Cue System with 16-ch Mixers (10)
ATC SCM50A with Bag End subwoofers
KEYBOARDS
Yamaha S6 Grand Piano
Note: If our grand piano is a big part of your project, please contact us in advance of your session to schedule a tuning! (Please note that tuning fee is not included in studio rate.)
Hammond B3 Organ & Leslie Speaker
Hammond L133 Organ
Fender Rhodes 73
Wurlitzer 200A
Roland JU-06 Synthesizer
Korg DW-8000 Synthesizer
Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard
GUITARS
Aria Pro II Bass
Eastman E1OM (Nashville Tuning)
Fender Jazzmaster (CIJ)
Fender Jazz Bass
Fender P Bass
Fender Musicmaster (Healy Custom)
Fender Coronado I
Friedman BE-50
Gibson Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Gold Top (2010)
Gibson Midtown
Gretsch Hollow Body Bass
Harmony Rocket
Martin HD28
Martin OM-1
Pitcher Electric
Yamaha Classical
AMPS / CABS
Ampeg PF-50T Portaflex Bass Head
Ampeg 1x15 Bass Cabinet
Custom 4x10 Guitar Cabinet
Fender Blues Jr.
Fender Princeton
Fender Super Reverb (Black Panel)
Hovercraft Dwarvenaut 20
Music Man 100RD & 4x10 Cabinet
Orange OR50
Orange 1x12 Cabinet
Pignose
Roland Jazz Chorus 120
Swart STR Tweed
Two-Rock Studio Pro 22
Two-Rock 1x12 Guitar Cabinet
Vox AC-15
PEDALS
Adventure Audio Glacial Zenith, Whateverb
Dunlop Crybaby Fuzz Wah
EarthQuaker Disaster Transport, Eruptor, Hizumitas
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, POG2
Fulltone Deja Vibe, OCD
80's Memory Man Deluxe
Rotosound Fuzz
Strymon Deco, El Capistan, Riverside
Walrus Audio Descent, Julia, Luminary
Wren and Cuff Box of War, Blue-Violet Caprid
DRUMS
Gretsch maple square badge 22” Kick
Gretsch square badge Kit (22/13/16)
Pearl Session Kit (22/10/12/16)
Q Drum Co. Aluminum Kit (24/13/16)
Ludwig Black Beauty Snare
Ludwig Acrolite, Supraphonic Snares
Dialtune Snare
Pearl Maple Snare
Assorted cymbals
Full hardware selection from Tama & DW
Assorted percussion
ABOUT OUR CONSOLE
The control room at GHR is centered on our modded, recently recapped DDA AMR 24 analog console. DDA is the company formed in 1985 by David Dearden and Gareth Davies, two ex-MCI and Soundcraft designers who subsequently went on to form the company Audient. The preamp/EQ's get used every session and have tons of vibe— we use the console as an analog front end, monitoring Pro Tools off the Dangerous Monitor ST.
Accommodations
Accommodations
GHR has a luxury apartment in the building solely for the use of our visiting clients. For a small fee, you can add the apartment to your project budget. Contact us for rates and availability.
