Wide view of EMP Studio A’s control room with an engineer at the console
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Studio A · Fort Worth, Texas

Full-Service Fort Worth Commercial Recording Studio

Work with EMP’s highly-skilled team of producers and engineers to record, mix, and master in Studio A—a professionally-built, acoustically treated Fort Worth commercial recording studio with a spacious live room, purpose-built control room, and hybrid analog-digital workflow.

Book Online Call (817) 601-5868

Professional sound. Human process.

Professional recording services for projects of every size.

EMP Studio A welcomes serious independent artists, bands, established producers, labels, managers, voice actors, content creators, agencies, and businesses across Fort Worth and the DFW metroplex. Projects range from focused two-hour sessions for vocals, voice-over, editing, or commercial audio to full-band tracking, long-term production, mixing, and mastering.

Whether the project is a one-time session or the start of a longer working relationship, you get a serious production environment without the pressure or posturing—and an experienced team that listens before making decisions.

A 570-square-foot live room gives drums, piano, vocals, and full bands space to breathe. On the other side of the glass, a 400-square-foot control room combines calibrated monitoring, Pro Tools, a fully normalled patchbay, and a flexible collection of analog front-end and dynamics tools.

What we can help with

Recording Vocals, instruments, full bands, voice-over, podcasts, and content
Music production Arrangement, creative direction, editing, and session support
Mixing Music, voice-over, commercial audio, and other recorded content
Mastering Release-ready level, balance, sequencing, and delivery

The rooms

Space to perform. Tools to decide.

Shape the source in a musical live room, then make confident choices in a control room built around translation.

EMP Studio A live room with baby grand piano, instruments, and acoustic treatment
EMP Studio A control room and monitoring position Singer-songwriter recording acoustic guitar and vocals beside Studio A’s baby grand piano
EMP Country Club guest kitchen with refrigerator, sink, counter space, and seating

Comfort between takes

Everything you need to reset and keep creating.

Long sessions work better when the essentials are nearby. Studio A guests can step away, recharge, and get back to the music without leaving the facility.

  • Full kitchen with microwaveRoom to store, prepare, and enjoy food during the session.
  • Free Wi-FiStay connected for references, files, and session-day communication.
  • Clean restroomsMaintained guest facilities close to the creative rooms.
  • Indoor + outdoor break areasComfortable places to listen, regroup, or take a real pause.

Selected releases · 30-second excerpts

A wider view of the work.

A curated listening deck of work completed at EMP across artists, genres, and production approaches. Play an official or artist-approved 30-second preview, then open the current release on its streaming platform.

EMP Studios Playback Deck · 01
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Selected release Rain Bęåçh Gøths Official 30-second preview
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Now in the deck

Selected Releases · Volume 01

12 tracks

Curated selection · checking release details

Open current release

Want your record to be next? Tell us what you are making and where you want the finished song to land.

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Mixing console and monitoring inside EMP Studio A

Selected equipment

A flexible signal path—not a museum piece.

Choose color when the song wants it and clarity when it doesn’t. The studio’s hybrid setup makes it easy to move between both.

  • API, BAE 73-series, A-Designs P-1, and Rupert Neve-designed Focusrite ISA microphone preamps
  • Antelope Orion 32+ AD/DA conversion and a flexible patching workflow
  • Dangerous Audio monitor control with Yamaha NS-10 and ATC SCM25A monitors
  • Avalon VT-737sp, API 550A parametric EQ, Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor, and Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
  • Adjustable individual headphone mixes over ADAT, so artists can set their own monitoring levels
  • ddrum Dominion Birch 6-piece studio kit and baby grand piano
  • Orange, Marshall, Jet City 333 guitar amp head by Soldano, and Fractal AXE-FX guitar amplification
  • A rotating selection of brand name and boutique acoustic and electric guitars and basses

Producer · Lead Engineer · Studio Manager

Matt Poole Butler

Matt leads Studio A’s recording, production, mixing, and mastering work. Serious independent artists, bands, labels, managers, and established producers can engage him for focused sessions, full productions, vocal direction, mixing, mastering, and release-ready delivery.

View Matt’s work and verified credits

Booking Studio A

Choose the path that fits your session.

Defined recording block

Book an available session.

Choose an available time online when the session is straightforward and does not require a custom proposal. Scheduling and payment are handled through a secure booking provider.

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Artists · Bands · Labels · Managers · Producers

Start with a custom scope.

Serious independent artists, bands, labels, managers, and producers can send the music, intended result, timeline, and budget context when the work needs production planning, multiple releases, outside players or producers, mixing, mastering, or a written estimate.

Start a custom project

What happens after a custom inquiry:

01

Share the project

Tell us about the material, scope, timing, references, and the result you need.

02

Confirm the right booking

Based on the information available, EMP can recommend the appropriate studio time, engineer support, and next step.

03

Record and finish

Record, edit, mix, master, or deliver the agreed work with the Studio A team.

Same-day requests and session musicians: Call Studio A at (817) 601-5868. Session musicians are available through the Endurance Music Productions network with advance notice and subject to the selected player’s availability.

From clients & visitors

Listening is part of the equipment list.

20+ five-star reviews on Google
“Matt was nothing short of a blessing. He was patient and willing to do whatever it took to get the song to meet the expectations I had for it. The song turned out beautiful.”
O.A.O Kelz Five-star client review
“Amazing experience with Matt. He actually listens to what the artist wants the project to sound like, while still giving the professional guidance I needed.”
“One of the best studios I've ever worked in. Amazing sound, great rooms and solid gear. Love it here.”
G M. Yelp review
“Beautiful space that is stocked with top-of-the-line staff and equipment. You can tell it was built specifically for music.”

Studio A · Fort Worth

1215 Country Club Ln, Fort Worth, TX 76112

Tours and sessions are scheduled in advance.

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Your next record can start here.

Book Online Call (817) 601-5868