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Emerald Sound Studios was a major audio recording studio which was an integral part of the music business community in Nashville, TN, USA for over twenty five years. Major recording projects for commercial record labels were produced there until the final day of the existence of the studio (~ May 30th, 2007). There are 414 search results visible on Wikipedia for recordings and projects that were associated with this studio.

Located at 1033 16th Avenue South, on "Music Row", the building was easily identifiable to those passing by by it's color (Emerald Green), the non-conforming (to local building codes) seven foot tall brick wall which surrounded the entire property and also the large 3 meter Ku band satellite transmitting and receiving dish which was secured to the top of the studio building. The facility was built in mid-to-late 1982 by Nashville residents and Producers/Songwriters Even Stevens and David Malloy to serve as a base for their individual recording projects and also for availability as a commercial recording facility open to the public. An Acoustician and Architect from California, John Edwards, designed the complex with input from the two owners, with additional recommendations from their principal recording engineer at the time, Peter Granet. The studio proper was 21' tall by 50' by 30'. The primary studio was notable as one of the first in Nashville to feature four individual "isolation rooms" which were acoustically isolated from the main studio, but were connected visually by large double panes of thick glass. It was also the first recording studio in the area to offer a "machine room" which allowed all audio tape machines (which were noisy and produced significant heat output) to be relocated to an adjacent room which also contained large panes of glass for visual communication by operating personnel. A British designed and manufactured Neve 8058Mk II recording console was the center of audio processing & routing, with a Studer A800 24 track 2" tape machine and several A80 1/2" Studer 2 track machines located in the machine room.

David Malloy and Even Stevens sold the studio complex to Dale Moore, owner and President of Moore Recording Corporation in June, 1986. Moore immediately removed the equipment from the control room and machine room and hired noted studio acoustician Tom Hidley to design and supervise an enlarged and more acoustically controlled version. Hidley removed several floors from the attached house to increase the interior volume and space of the control room for improved bass response and also to provide space for more acoustic baffling and absorption panels to be installed. A British designed and manufactured Solid State Logic SL4064E Series recording console was installed and configured by Chief Technical Engineer Kerry Kopp, with significant assistance from fellow Tech Engineer Keith Odle.