5th Street Studios

5th Street Studios is a professional recording studio in downtown Austin, Texas, near 5th Street and Lamar Boulevard. Serving Austin artists since 2004, it specializes in analog and hybrid recording on a vintage Neve 8058 console, a Studer 827 2-inch tape machine and Pro Tools HDX, and records, mixes and masters projects in all genres.

Studios

• Studio A: the main room, built around a 1972 Neve 8058 MKII with 28 channels of Neve 31102 preamps and EQ, a Studer 827 24-track, an Ampex ATR-102 half-inch two-track and Genelec 8341A monitors. The spacious live room has 18-foot ceilings, four isolation booths and a loft, and is set up for live band tracking, overdubs and mixing.
• Studio B: a room built around an SSL AWS 924 console with Pro Tools HDX, set up for rap and hip-hop production, voiceover, overdubs and mixing.

Instruments and outboard

Studio A is stocked with vintage instruments, including a Steinway upright piano, a Hammond B3 with a Leslie, a Wurlitzer, a Rhodes Mark I, a Roland Juno-6 and a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, plus Fender, Vox and Ampeg amps. Outboard includes an EMT 140 stereo plate reverb, Pultec and Manley EQs, Neve 32264 compressors, and vintage Spectra Sonics and Langevin preamps. Microphones include pairs of Sony C37a and AKG C12a.

Booking

Sessions can be booked online through the studio’s rates and booking page, and studio rates include a staff engineer. Outside engineers and producers are welcome. Text message is the quickest way to reach the studio, and a session can be rescheduled once with 48 hours’ notice. The studio also mixes and masters recordings made elsewhere.