King Electric

Recording Co.

A custom-built, analog-equipped studio.

Home to producer & engineer Justin Douglas and Roky Moon.

King Electric Recording Company, Austin Recording Studio

About

Justin Douglas

Engineer/Co-Owner

Justin Doulgas has been producing and engineering for over 20 years. His experience spans thousands of recordings, including multi-platinum and Grammy-winning albums, feature films, and numerous community engagement initiatives aimed at bringing access to recording facilities to traditionally marginalized populations. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and having worked with some of the most successful producers in modern music, Justin’s approach is simultaneously big-picture and detail-oriented, with a focus on serving the song above all else. There is a strong likelihood that his two dogs, Penny and Nola, will be on the session with you.

Roky Moon

Engineer/Co-Owner

Warner Music Group and BMG recording artist Roky Moon is a 20 year music veteran and co-owner of King Electric Recording in Austin, TX. As an engineer and producer, Moon has most recently worked with major label recording artists like Zach Blair (Rise Against), Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Kyle Shutt (The Sword), Mike Wiebe (Riverboat Gamblers) as well as providing mixing and sound design for commercials and films featured on networks such as AMC+.

GEAR

Console

Neve V51 24 channel vintage console with EQ, filters, and compression on every channel, recapped 2022

Recorders

Otari MTR 90 II 24 channel 2″ tape recorder
Pro Tools (latest version)
Logic Pro-X
Lynx Aurora(n) TB-3 32 channel converter
UAD Apollo x8p
Way too many plugins
1940s Weber wire recorder (works!)

Monitoring

Adam Audio S3H
Amphion two15 with modified AdCom amplifier
Yamaha NS-10MC
KRK 10S 10″ powered subwoofer
Shadow Hills Oculus monitor controller
Rupert Neve Designs RNHP headphone amplifier
Audeze LCD-X headphones
Sennheiser HD-650 headphones
Sennheiser HD-600 headphones
HearBack headphone distribution system with 8 mixers
Status Audio CB-1 tracking headphones (12)
Beyerdynamic DT770-PRO (3)
Audio Technica ATH-M20X Headphones (3)

Microphones

Neumann CMV 563 with M7 capsule (1956)
Neumann U87 (1976)
Neumann U47 FET (vintage)
Neumann USM69i (stereo microphone)
Neumann KM 184 (matched pair)
Neumann TLM 102
Custom Vocal Mic (U47 transfo, U67 tube, 251 capsule)
Sony C-38b (vintage)
AKG C414 B ULS (2)
Lomo / AEG Ball (restored Soviet tube microphones – matched pair)
Mercenary Audio KM69 (2)
Blue Baby Bottle (2)
Kel Audio HM1 (3)
Shure KSM32 (2)2
Oktava ML-16 (1963 Soviet ribbon mic – matched pair)
Beyer Dynamic m160 (2)
Telefunken MD-421 (vintage)
Revox m3500 (vintage Beyerdynamic m201)
AKG D12VR
Audix D6 (2)
Audix D112
Sennheiser e906
Sennheiser e609 (2)
Sennheiser ND46 (2)
Sennheiser MD412 (2)
Shure Unidyne III (vintage pistol-grip 57)
Shure SM5b (vintage)
Shure SM7b
Shure SM57 (3)
Shure Beta 52A (3)
Shure Beta 91A
Shure 545S
Electro Voice 630n/d (2)
Oktava MD-52A (Matched Pair of 1972 Soviet Dynamic Microphones)
Oktava II-MD-55 (1961 Soviet Dynamic Microphone)
Lomo dynamic (vintage Soviet tape talkback mic – pair)
Loads of weird, obscure Lo-Fi microphones
Radio Engineering J48 DI
Radial Engineering Pro DI (stereo) (2)
Warm Audio WADI active/passive direct box

Outboard

PREAMPS:

Neve 1073 SPX
McCurdy AU300 (pair – 1950s tube preamps)
Flickinger TwinFlicks (2 channels)
Scully 280 vintage germanium tape machine preamps (2)
Newcomb Pathfinder (old tube preamp)
The War Machine (1940s military tube preamp / varimu limiter from WWII)
Ampex AG300 germanium mic/line amplifiers (2 channels)
UA LA-610 Mkii

DYNAMICS:

Stamchild (Fairchild 670 clone)
DBX 160 VU (stereo pair, 1970s)
Urei LA4 (black-face stereo pair, modified, 1970s)
Stam SA-76ADG
Blue Face 1176 #4 (custom build from old parts)
BLA Bluey 1176
Stam LA-2A
ADL Opus-3 LA-3A (2 – matched pair)
TK Audio BC-1 mlkii (SSL bus compressor clone)
Distressor EL8-XS (2 – sequential SN matched pair)
Distressor EL8 (2)
Purple Audio MC77 (2)
Valley People Dyna-Mite 430 (2 channel limiter / gate)
DBX 160x (4)
Federal Telegraph Co Limiter (1950s tube vari-mu)
Black Lion B172A
Standard Audio Level-Or

EQUALIZERS:

Terry Audio CEQ (one-of-a-kind custom mastering EQ, 2 channels)
Terry Audio CEQ (2 channel, stepped version)
Empirical Labls Lil FrEQ
API 560 Graphic EQ
Klark Teknik EQP-KT with 1950s NOS matched tubes (matched pair)
Audioarts 4100 Parametric Equalizers (matched pair)
BBE SM-500 exciter
Klark Teknik Stereo Graphic EQ (sidechain EQ for MC77 compressors)

EFFECTS:

LA Audio V8 Thermal Valve Signal Conditioner (8 Channel Tube Saturator)
Electrix Filter Factory
Radial ProRMP re-amper
Sound Workshop 242A Stereo Spring Reverb (1970s)
Esko -100 Vintage Soviet Tape Delay / Fuzz / Octaver
Boss Voice Transformer VT-1
Boss CE-1

EDITING SUITE:

iMac Pro 32GB RAM 3.2 GHZ 8 core 1 TB Storage
Barefoot Audio Footprint 01 monitors
Rupert Neve Designs R10 Ten Space 500-Series Rack
Avedis MA5 500 series preamp
LaChapelle 500 series custom modified tube / ss preamp
MAAG Preq4
API 560 Graphic EQ
Ruper Neve Designs 542 Tape Emulator
Don Classics 500 series GML EQ
XQP 541 optical compressor
Rupert Neve Designs 543 compressor
SSL SiX mixer
Redco Little Red Cue Box (2)
Sampson s-patch plus 48 point 1/4″ TRS (2)

Instruments

KEYS:

1936 Baldwin baby grand concert piano
Farfisa Mini Deluxe I Compact (v.3)
Wurlitzer Model 200a electric piano
Wurlitzer Model 700 tube electric piano
Rhodes 73 mkI electric piano
Hohner Pianet T electric Piano
Korg Synthe Bass (vintage analog bass synth)
Korg Minilogue
Critter and Guitari Pocket Piano
Hammond BV with percussion (same as B3)
Leslie 22H
Leslie 720
Nord Electro 73
Behringer Model D
Casio SK-1
Harmonium
Toy Piano

STRINGS:

Guild M-65 hollow body (1957)
Gibson J50 (1956)
Gibson ES125 (1950s)
Fender Jazzmaster (custom built with 1969 Gibson mini humbuckers)
Fender Jazzmaster (MIJ)
Fender Telecaster
Gretsch 5102 hollow body
Fender ’69 RI thinline telecaster
Kay Lark hollow body electric (1950s)
Wishbass
Fender Jaguar Bass
Martin DXK2 acoustic
Pre-war parlor guitar (1930s)
GoldTone Paul Beard resonator guitar
Emmons push-pull pedal steel
70’s Yamaha FG365S Acoustic
Misc. Banjo
Tacoma Mandolin
Epiphone F style Mandolin

AMPLIFIERS:

Supro Tremolectric
Ampeg V4B (vintage tube bass amp)
Ampeg 2×18” bass cab
Ampeg Portaflex B15 (1972)
Fender Bassman w/1×12 Jensen C12k (1970)
Garnet Banshee amplifier (1960)
Montgomery Ward tube amp (1950s)
Kustom 2×12 amplifier with Vibro-Trem (vintage)
Quilter Steelaire
Kalamazoo Reverb 12 (1960s)
Ampeg Reverberocket (early 1960s)
Allen gyrophonic rotating speaker cabinet

DRUMS:

Gretsch Brooklyn 5 piece drum kit
Gretsch Black Beauty snare (hand hammered)
6.5 x 14″ Steel Gretch Snare
Vintage Pearl Kit 20/12/16
15″ Zildjian K Light hi-hats
18″ Zildjian K Crash-Ride
22″ Zildjian K Light Ride
14″ Zildjian A Mastersound hi-hats
21″ Zildjian K custom dry ride