Portland's premiere historical recording studio & live performance event venue.

Founded in 2015, The Hallowed Halls is the design of producer & engineer Justin Phelps who brings over 30 years of classic recording expertise & enthusiasm to your project. 

The Hallowed Halls

Recording & Mixing

The good kind of feedback…

'“If you need to record a behemoth ensemble (live) that needs approximately 8,246 isolation booths and sight lines for all and will take up all the channels—you can’t do better than The Hallowed Halls.

Also? You can’t do better than to have Justin Phelps Recording running your session with his trademark calm, endurance, focus, and joy! This man is a gem and we are all so lucky to have him produce, engineer, and master music and audiobooks.

Thank you, Justin!!!”

— Rebecca Sanborn, the album Shadow Work, Portland Jazz Composers’ Ensemble, PJCE.org

“Known for his patience and creative judgment, [Justin Phelps] is an artistically empathetic partner in crime and a generous mentor...his professional discography speaks for itself.”

— Elliott Knapp, elliottknapp.com

When Justin Phelps started his engineering career in San Francisco, he dreamed of one day converting a church into his own recording studio.

Instead, he had to settle for a library.

And as it turns out, if you’re looking to capture an act of loudness, a fortress of quietude is the way to go.

Appropriate for a city where everyone is in a band, Portland has many recording studios, but Hallowed Halls is perhaps the most unique.

With its high ceilings, chandeliers and 1,600-square-foot main hall, the atmosphere is a break from the typically plasticine studio environment. Not surprisingly, since opening in 2015, Hallowed Halls has been booked solid, recording everyone from Americana act Fruition to hardcore icons Poison Idea.

— Matthew Singer, “Check Out This Crazy New Recording Studio in a Former Library in Deep Southeast,” Willamette Week, February 7, 2017, wweek.com
The Talbott Brothers video shoot

WORLD-CLASS AUDIO

Everything you need to create world-class audio can be found under this roof. We have the very best modern and vintage recording, mixing, and mastering equipment. We specialize in recording live performances, record production, audiobooks, and podcasts.

Studio Equipment

The Building

  • A wonderful sounding Neve recording console is the centerpiece for our spacious control room. A plethora of sought-after outboard equipment. Great monitoring that is easy on the ears. Two isolation booths connected. Floating sub-floor. Private back patio.

  • The notorious Hallowed Halls drum sound. Main entrance, venue, and fully equipped stage. Sunlit windows or “black box” style. Elaborate lighting options.

  • Multi-use lounge with historic landmark vibes, kitchen, main floor bathroom, hallway, basement stairs and rear exit.

  • Lounge, wait to track, eat lunch, or string your guitar during sessions. 21+ when the bar is open for service during public events.

  • Mixing, overdubs, and mastering. Lots of creative tools. Cedar-lined tracking space with isolation booth.

Looking to hold an event at The Hallowed Halls?

The Hallowed Halls features a 1,600 square foot creative and versatile event space designed by Justin Phelps within Studio A.

  • 28’ x 13’ square foot stage

  • Community line array with powerful subwoofers and Midas console

  • Side fill monitors plus four stage wedges

  • Backline drums and guitar amplifiers available

  • Steinway Model O grand piano

  • Hammond B3 organ with Leslie

  • Seating for 100

  • Dining tables and cafe tables w/stools available

  • Extensive stage lighting rig designed by Outlaw Lighting

  • See studio equipment page for live microphone selection

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