Western North Carolina Recording Studio

Purple Ridge Recording Studio is a large one-room recording studio, nestled in Western North Carolina, designed by Thomas Jouanjean of Northward Acoustics, which houses both the live room and the control room. Thomas’ Front-To-Back (FTB) design is one of the most advanced available today, and his impeccable track record and work standards allow him to guarantee results on his builds.

The room is available for recording, mixing, and rehearsing.
Hours by appointment only.

Our Recording Studio Story

Purple Ridge is a Northward Acoustics designed recording studio tucked away in the beautiful mountains
of western North Carolina. It is located west of Asheville’s Biltmore House and east of Harrah’s Cherokee
Casino.

Our Recording Studio Team

Mark Pinkston

Owner

Joe Pinkston

Studio Manager & Producer

Recording Studio Equipment List

Monitoring

Preamps

Avedis Ma5 (8 channels)
Avedis MD7 (4 channels)
A Designs Pacifica (2 channel)
Chandler Limited TG2 (2 channel)
NPNG (4 channel)

DAW

Microphones

Flea Vintage 49 (2)
Royer R121 (2)
Nuemann KM84 (2)
Sennheiser MD421 (4)
Telefunken M80 (1)
Shure SM57 (4+)
Shure SM81 (4+)
Shure Beta 57 (2)
Shure VP88 (1)
Shure Beta 52 (1)
Shure 91a (2)
Shure SM7B (1)
Electro Voice RA20 (1)

Testimonials

…the acoustics are absolutely superb. This is by far my favorite drum tracking room in the region now.

Michael HynesMusician & Mastering Engineer

Musicians We Have Recorded

Artists

Some of the artist we have helped include: Band Winkle, The Agony Scene, John Boecklin, Bryce Denton, Emily Nagle, Exciter Box, As Sick As Us, Amnesis, Mark-Dad and Banjer Boy, Marc Pruett, Anita Pruett, Mark Lewis, Chris Pruett, Billy Seals.