Our Story
A studio built as a living instrument.
Verdant Sound is a private recording studio and creative residence on a lake in the Catskills. Recently, it was six acres of virgin land. We designed and built it from the ground up around a simple idea: give artists the time, space, sound, and setting to follow an idea wherever it wants to go.
The whole property is live, inside and out. The forty-foot live room, SSL control room, listening lounge, theater, rooms, grounds, and lake are wired as one continuous studio, stretching the idea of a recording space across a uniquely large footprint. A take can begin in one room, move upstairs, end up by the water, and still find its way back to the control room without losing its thread.
Verdant Sound is where vintage analog and modern digital run side by side; where architecture, landscape, performance, capture, and AI begin to operate as one creative system. A place to make things, and a living experiment in what happens when physical space meets intelligence and creativity.
Featured
Live Room
Control Room
Lounge
Residence
Exterior
The Space
01Live Room
25-foot square footprint, 40-foot cathedral ceiling, full glass wall facing the lake. Professionally treated.
02Control Room
SSL Origin 32-channel console, two Genelec 8351B mains. Green velvet. Built for long sessions.
03Lounge
A fully treated secondary live room above the control room. Its own stage and full DJ rig.
04Rooms
Five bedrooms and three and a half baths, set apart from the working rooms.
05Kitchen
Open-plan kitchen and living space with a wood-burning fireplace.
06Loft
A lofted stage, open to the room below - cozy and tucked in, a treehouse of sorts.
07Deck
The entire pool is a hot tub. Wet bar, BBQ, and open sky over the Catskills.
08Theater
A subterranean listening room. 4K laser projector, Marantz 5.1, Klipsch subwoofer, PS5.
09Clearing
Open lawn beyond the deck, fire pit, walking trails, and a clear view of the lake.
10Lake
Private lake with a dock, a canoe, and kayaks. Some of the best fishing around.
The Studio
01Console & Monitoring
- SSL Origin 32-ch
- Genelec 8351B x2
- Genelec 7380A Subwoofer x1
- Hear Back Pro x4
- Wolff Audio Collaborator Headphone Amplifier
- Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro MKII
- Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro x2
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50x x6
- Genelec 8020DWM x4 (2 pairs)
- Genelec GLM SAM Calibration Kit
- KEF LS50 pair
- RBH Visage Whole-House System x8 zones
- SpeakerCraft OE8 Outdoor System x2 zones
02Workstation
- Apple Mac Studio M4 Max
- Apple Studio Display 27"
- Ableton Live
- Apple Logic Pro
- Avid Pro Tools
03Converters
- Burl B16 Mothership
- Ferrofish A32 Pro Dante
- Ferrofish Pulse16DX Dante
- RME Digiface Dante
- Dante Network
04Preamps & Outboard
- Neve 1073OPX 8-ch
- SSL Fusion
- Empirical Labs Distressor
- Empirical Labs 500-Series Comp x2
- Heritage Audio Tubesessor
- Black Lion Audio Bluey
- DBX 160A
- Meris Mercury7 x2
- Radial JDI Jensen-equipped x2
- Radial JDI Stereo Jensen-equipped
- Heritage Audio OST-8 Chassis
05Microphones
- Neumann U 87 Ai
- AKG C414 XLII pair
- Telefunken ELA M 260 stereo
- Neumann KM 184 stereo
- Shure KSM137 pair
- Coles 4038 x2
- Royer R-121
- Electro-Voice RE20
- Shure SM7B
- Telefunken M82
- Sennheiser MD 421 Kompakt x3
- Shure SM57 x2
- Shure SM58 x2
- IsoVox IsoPop x2
06Keyboards
- Yamaha C3 Grand Piano 6′1″
- Nord Stage 3 Compact 73-key
- Korg Kronos 3 88-key
- Moog Muse 61-key
- Arturia KeyLab 61 mk3
07Drums
- Gretsch USA Custom 4-piece
- Gretsch Keith Carlock Snare 5.5x14
- Yamaha Recording Custom Snare 5.5x14
- Tama S.L.P. Studio Maple 6.5x14
- DW 5000 Hardware Pack + Pedal
- Zildjian K Dark Crash 16", 18"
- Zildjian K Custom Dark Hi-Hats 14"
- Zildjian K Custom Dark Ride 20"
08Guitars & Bass
- Fender American Pro II Stratocaster
- Gibson ES-335
- Martin D-18 Satin Standard
- Fender American Pro II Jazz Bass
- Andrew Kirk Violin 1992
09Amps
- Marshall Studio JTM ST20H
- Marshall Studio JTM 2x12 Cab
- Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb
- Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
- Ampeg PF-50T Portaflex
- Ampeg PF-210HE 2x10 Cab
10DJ & Electronic
- Pioneer DJM-A9 DJ Mixer
- Pioneer CDJ-3000 Media Player x2
- Akai MPC One+
- Yamaha DM3-D Digital Mixer x2
- Technics SL-1200mk7 Turntable x4
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