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For filmmakers and distributors who want a private room for their film.
- Invite-only screenings
- Filmmaker Q&As
- Distributor previews
- Cast-and-crew gatherings
Ask Jeremy about this or call (303) 808-1091
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Dharma Barn
Hygiene, Colorado
Recording, live music films, and intimate events in a historic Colorado barn.
Dharma Barn is a 1918 barn on North 75th Street in Hygiene, between Longmont and Lyons. These days it holds a recording studio, a stage set up for filming, and room for a small show.
Bands come out to make a record, to film a live session, or both at once.
A few sessions from the barn: Dan Rodriguez, Desert Hollow, Shook Twins and others.
The Sundance Film Festival comes to Boulder in January 2027. We're offering the barn for private screenings, brand events and recorded sessions that week. More about that.
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We track, mix and master at the barn. A band can set up on the stage and play together, or work through the parts one at a time.
Everything runs through an API 1608-II console. The microphones are mostly old ones: a Neumann U 47 with its VF14 tube, a U 67, an AKG C24, a Telefunken ELA M 251 E. Neve, API, Manley and Pultec hardware does most of the rest.
Mastering has its own chain, with Pultec equalizers, a Requisite L2M limiter and Lynx and SPL converters.
Chris Wright runs the studio and the video work.
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Full equipment list
Microphones
- Neumann U 47 (VF14, M7)vintage
- Telefunken ELA M 251 E
- Neumann U 67
- Neumann SM 2 stereo (KM 56)vintage
- Neumann KM 56vintage
- AKG C24 stereovintage
- Neumann KM 140×2
- Schoeps CMC 6×2
- Royer R-121 ribbon
- Sennheiser MD 421×2
- Sennheiser MD 409×2 vintage
- Shure SM57×8
- Shure SM58×8
Console & preamps
- API 1608-II console
- API 212L preamp×8
- API 512 preamp×16
- Neve 31102 pre/EQ×2 vintage
- Focusrite ISA 115HD×2
- Focusrite ISA preamp×8
- Requisite Audio PAL×2
Equalizers
- Pultec EQM-1S3×2
- Pultec MEQM-5×2
- API 550×4 vintage
- API 550A×8
- API 550b×2
Dynamics
- Manley Variable Mu
- Neve 32264A×2 vintage
- AMS Neve 2264ALB×2
- Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor×2
- Vertigo Sound VSC-3
- ADR Compex F760X-RSvintage
- Requisite Audio L2M limiter
Effects, conversion & monitoring
- Eventide H8000
- Moog analog delay
- Antelope Orion 32+ Gen 432 I/O
- Antelope 10MX atomic clock
- Lynx Hilo 2
- SPL Mercury D/A
- PMC6-2 monitors + sub extensionpair
To talk about a record, write to dharmafarm@icloud.com or call Chris at (720) 878-5459.
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Shows on the stage are filmed on Sony cameras from several angles under stage lights, and each performance is recorded to multitrack at the same time. We mix the audio in the studio first, then cut the picture to it.
Most of what we film is live sessions and concert videos for bands, plus clips for press kits, interviews and podcasts. We can also shoot in Apple Immersive Video for release on Vision Pro.
Photo unavailableFor a session or a shoot, write to dharmafarm@icloud.com or call Chris at (720) 878-5459.
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Every so often the barn opens for a small concert. It also hosts dinners, rehearsals and the odd livestream. The stage, lights and sound are already set up.
News about shows goes out on Instagram, at @dharma_farm_.
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Photo unavailableFor a private event, write to Jeremy Ragland at dharmafarm@icloud.com or call (303) 808-1091.
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The Sundance Film Festival moves to Boulder for 2027, from January 21 to 31. The barn is in Hygiene, outside the city and away from the downtown venues. That week we're offering it in three ways.
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For brands and sponsors hosting guests during festival week.
- Sponsor lounges
- Product launches
- VIP hospitality
- Private receptions
- Multi-day brand takeovers
Ask Jeremy about this or call (303) 808-1091
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For anyone who wants their festival conversations and performances recorded.
- Interviews
- Podcasts
- Livestreams
- Live performances
- Social content
- Recap videos
Ask Jeremy about this or call (303) 808-1091
Dharma Barn is independent and isn't affiliated with the Sundance Institute or the Sundance Film Festival. Festival dates from sundance.org.
Contact
Write or call and tell us a little about what you have in mind.
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