Wellspring Sound

Welcome to Wellspring Sound's Web Page!

We're a 24-track 2" analog, 72 track RADAR digital multitrack, ProTools HD3 Accel, 48 track ADAT facility located in Acton, MA. We offer Sonic Solutions mastering, Dolby 5.1 Surround mixing, and Digital Performer multitrack formats. We specialize in high-quality recording, mixing, and mastering of all types of music; especially rock, folk, blues, jazz, and alternative. We started as a four-track cassette project studio in 1984, and have always been known as a place where working musicians on tight budgets could get great value for their money. Over the past decade, we've expanded the studio to where our equipment, engineering skills, and quality of product are second to none in New England.

We've done this through hard work, dedicated service, constant upgrading, and our relentless pursuit of finding the best gear for playing, recording, and producing great music.

Wellspring's staff are still working musicians. We love to record music and it shows. At Wellspring we understand what it takes to provide a successful studio experience and have built and continued to improve our studio with input from the musical community.

One unique aspect of Wellspring is its large instrument and amplifier collection: over 70 guitars, amps, and keyboards in all. Players of all stripes are often delighted to discover a new sound on some piece of Wellspring gear that they hadn't thought of before. Everything we own is well-maintained, and there's never a rental fee for any of our instruments.

Individuals and bands looking to track great sounds for later outside editing/mixing have found a welcome home at Wellspring. Our large, versatile space, 29 Neumann microphones, 33 tube and ribbon microphones, 2 grand pianos, 60 boutique mic preamps, and superb-sounding RADAR converters make for fabulous sounding tracks in whatever format you're using.

From our first 4-track demo for Tracy Chapman in 1984, to recent sessions with engineering legend Eddie Kramer (Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen etc), Wellspring has delivered the goods for far less than one would pay at comparably equipped studios. With over 50 Boston Music Awards and Nominations, our clients know that what they do here will be well received by the rest of the world.

In July 2000, Wellspring moved to its new 4000 sq ft facility in Acton. The new studio A features a 40´ x 35´ live room with maple floors and 12´ - 14´ ceilings, a 22´ x 25´ acoustically-designed control room with 1/2" and 1" mixdown decks, and 4 iso booths of various shapes and sizes. Wellspring's new studio B now features a comfortable 14´ x 18´ control room and a 13´ x 14´ live room. The recent installation of a 56 input Sony DMX-R100 digital console in studio B, along with additional equipment upgrades, now makes the room an excellent mixdown choice as well. Other features of the new facility include 2 lounges, free parking, easy load-ins and environmentally-hip construction and building materials.

Wellspring Sound also offers live sound reinforcement and live recording services at venues from 200 to 5000 people. We are also the first sound company in Massachusetts to offer a totally solar-powered festival-quality sound system. We also provide backline for many events, supplying drums, amps, keyboards, and instruments. Click the Live Sound/Recording tab above for more information.

We hope you enjoy our website. Please feel free to contact us at (978) 263-9246, cell phone at (978)- 621-0292 or toll free at 1-888-296-6187, or by email at eckilburn@gmail.com

Welcome to Wellspring Sound's Web Page!

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