About The Recording Studio

The Studio
Located in a secluded spot in Northampton, MA, SpiritHouse offers a perfect mix of country and city.  We’re hidden away on 14 private acres, yet only 1 mile from downtown Northampton, home to over 95 restaurants and several great live venues including the Iron Horse Music Hall as well as The Pines and Calvin Theaters.

Northampton is perfectly situated only 1.5 hours from Boston and 3 hours from New York City.

SpiritHouse has a spacious, acoustically stunning control room and four isolation booths ranging in size with good site lines between.  We have an extensive collection of gear including high end microphones from Telefunken, Neumann, Royer and many others, vintage recording equipment from Neve, Telefunken, API, Avalon, Urie and more.

SpiritHouse has a long list of keyboards including a beautiful Hammond B3 and several funky older Hammond organs, a Yamaha C3 grand piano, a 1956 blond Wurlitzer, a Fender Rhodes as well as many digital keyboard options.

We are running a Pro-Tools HD system with Apogee converters and as of August, 2009 we’re running version 8.   We’re always adding new gear and updates to the room so this list isn’t always up to date.

When your not working in the studio, there’s a full modern kitchen and dining area, sleeping accommodations, an entertainment theater area, in-ground pool, hot tub, exercise room and many other amenities to help you relax. This studio is designed for comfort and creative flow.

5:1/ Mix to Pics
SpiritHouse is fully set up for Surround Sound Mixing to picture for 5:1 DVD projects, live concert mixing and film sound tracks.

Danny Bernini- Head Engineer/ Producer- SpiritHouse Studios
Danny Bernini started "Spirit House Productions" in 1995, after leaving The Hit Factory NYC, his diverse discography includes artists ranging from Acoustic Junction, NRBQ, and Spookie Daly Pride to James Blunt, The Fray, Blondie, and Notorious B.I.G. For most of the past 20 years, Danny's home base for producing and engineering records has been the famed Longview Farm Recording Studios in North Brookfield MA, where he started out as an engineering intern in 1987. He now works out of SpiritHouse Recording Studio in Northampton MA