Parhelion Recording Studios

Parhelion Recording Studios is a three-room recording, mixing and production facility on Antone Street, on the northwest side of downtown Atlanta. It is owned and operated by Grammy-winning mixer and engineer Ralph Cacciurri, who started in Atlanta as an assistant at Doppler Studios and whose Grammy-winning credits include projects with Alicia Keys and OutKast, and Los Angeles producer and mixer Ryan Boesch. According to Parhelion, Big K.R.I.T. recorded live drums, bass and guitars for Cadillactica in Studio A, the Indigo Girls mixed a record here, and Brandy and De La Soul have worked at the studio.

Parhelion studios

• Studio A: the largest room, with a tracking room, an iso booth, Barefoot monitors, Burl and Apogee converters, an SPL MixDream analog summing mixer and preamps and outboard from Neve, API, Chandler, Manley, Tube-Tech and GML. Its lead vocal microphone is a Telefunken 251.
• Studio B: a small production room with an iso booth, a Neve and API recording chain and a Soundelux U99 tube microphone, set up for vocals, overdubs, editing and mixing.
• Studio C: a plug-and-play room for laptop producers and songwriters, with an Apollo Twin, Yamaha NS10s, JBL speakers and a subwoofer.

All three rooms are Mogami-wired and synced to an Antelope Isochrone 10M atomic clock, and Studios A and B share compatible setups so sessions can move between them.

Amenities and booking

The studio has a full kitchen and a lounge with a large TV. Parhelion generally requires a four-hour minimum booking, and recording, mixing and mastering sessions are booked through its contact form, by phone or by email.