1804 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX  •  (512) 555-0339 Rates Book a Session
East Austin • Est. 2011

Where the Song Comes First

Two rooms, a real analog front end, and engineers who've spent fifteen years learning when to push record and when to shut up. Block rates that won't eat your pressing budget.

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The Rooms

Pick Your Weapon

Three spaces, one standard: if it leaves here sounding average, it doesn't leave here.

Studio A live room with drum kit
Tracking

Studio A

1,100 sq ft live room with 14-foot ceilings, iso booth, and enough natural wood to make a drum kit sound like a drum kit.

$65/hr • $480 day lockout
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Studio B mix suite console
Mixing

Studio B

Purpose-built mix suite around a 32-channel analog desk, treated by an acoustician who charges more than our rent.

$50/hr • $380 day lockout
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The Den writing room with vocal booth
Writing & Vocals

The Den

Small room, big ideas. Vocal booth, a couch that's heard a hundred first drafts, and coffee that keeps sessions honest.

$30/hr • $220 day lockout
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What We Do

Services

01

Tracking

Full band live off the floor or layered one part at a time. We've done both at 3am and we have opinions about each.

02

Mixing

In the box, on the desk, or hybrid. Bring us your sessions from anywhere — including the ones recorded in a bedroom. Especially those.

03

Mastering

Loud enough for streaming, dynamic enough to survive it. Singles from $60, albums quoted per project.

04

Vocal Production

Comping, tuning done tastefully (or not at all — your call), and a booth that flatters without lying.

05

Voiceover & Podcast

Broadcast-quality VO chain, same-day turnaround on edits. Half of Austin's podcast intros were cut in The Den.

06

Session Musicians

Need a pedal steel player at 9pm on a Tuesday? This is Austin. Give us two hours.

Analog outboard rack at Elysium Studios
The Philosophy

Analog Where It Counts

We're not gear snobs — we're gear pragmatists. The Neve-style preamps and the '76-style compressors are here because they make singers sound expensive, not because they look good on Instagram. (They do look good on Instagram.)

Every session gets the same signal path treatment whether you booked two hours or two weeks. The difference between us and the big rooms downtown isn't the sound — it's the invoice.

  • 32-channel analog console, fully recapped in 2019
  • 40+ microphones, from ribbon classics to modern workhorses
  • Pro Tools HDX and a 2" tape machine that still earns its keep
  • Backline available: drums, amps, keys — tuned and ready
Full Gear List

"We tracked our whole record in five days in Studio A. The rough mixes off the desk were better than the final mixes from the last studio. Not naming names. They know."

The Marfa Lights — LP "Wester", 2024
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Got Songs? Let's Hear Them.

Call, email, or just send the demo. We book two to three weeks out most of the year.

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