Plugins, studios, services, broadcast, agency, and a co-op label. One roof, built for the people who make the noise.
Ten years. One roof. The whole reason this works is the people who back it. Two and a half minutes — then decide.
Ten years cooking. The Oven runs on the people who believe in what we're building. Pick the path that fits.
Our main crowdfund home. Monthly supporter tiers, one-time backing, goals, and updates. Keeps the studio alive and the next record moving.
Prefer Buy Me a Coffee? Same studio, different cup. Quick tip, no account needed. Caffeine for the late-night sessions.
Private previews, early access, supporter perks, and behind-the-scenes updates.
Other ways to help? Sponsor a night, donate gear, intro us to someone who should know us. Reach out.
Book the room. Book the desk. Catch the next show. The Oven is running — these doors are open right now.
Throw your show, launch, party, listening session, or shoot at The Oven. Stage, lights, sound, doors.
Tracking, producing, mixing, mastering. With David, Stephanie, or one of The Oven's hand-picked engineers.
Live sound engineers, DJs, bands, studio musicians, gear rental, lessons. The bench is deep.
Tight bands need tight rooms. Hourly + monthly blocks. Drum kit, PA, real monitors.
Recording studio.
Production room.
Live venue.
Broadcast station.
Artist lab.
Tool shop.
Ten years on Shirley Avenue in East Austin. Built from nothing into one room that records, rehearses, performs, and broadcasts. One of two rooms in the city open all night.
The Oven runs as a 350-cap studio, rehearsal space, live venue, broadcast station, production house, and creative agency. The same Midas M32 that mixed The Wailers runs the desk here now. Real gear, real rooms, no shortcuts.
Sara Landry built her sound in this room before she became a global techno headliner. The Oven runs warehouse-style shows the whole city followed, across drum and bass, jungle, techno, and the experimental edges. A 24/7 station streams the songs that come out of the building.
Everything here starts with a real creative problem. We build what we would want in the studio, then put it on show night to see if it holds up. Tools from the studio floor, made by the people doing the work.
"The only thing missing is the Grammy."
So let's fire it up!
Bring the song, the idea, the unfinished project, the vocal, the mix, the lesson, the show, or the dream that needs a plan. We record it, rehearse it, film it, stream it, mix it, master it, teach it, and help you finish it.
Every console, every venue, every late night led here.
David Click is a producer, engineer, musician, and venue operator based in Austin, Texas — founder and chief engineer of The Oven ATX. Three decades deep in recording, mixing, mastering, live sound, lighting design, and broadcast across the DeKalb, Chicago, and Austin scenes, with international touring stacked on top.
The training started with eleven years of classical violin at NIU's Suzuki Strings Program, then live sound at The House Cafe in DeKalb at seventeen. Eight years in Chicago's working venue and broadcast circuit followed — Lincoln Hall, Park West, JBTV — training under production figures including Paul Massaro and Grammy-nominated engineer Chris Gelin. JBTV sessions connected to Arctic Monkeys, The Toadies, Filter, and James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins moved through Click's board. Performed there too, with Ourglass.
Austin brought a four-year stretch as lead engineer at Cheer Up Charlie's on Red River — four consecutive SXSW festivals through that desk. Then engineering for The Wailers at Flamingo Cantina, and running an SXSW music showcase sponsored by Universal Studios. The Oven ATX is studio number four.
Now building The Oven's next chapter: broadcast, member tools, and AI-assisted production systems for working musicians.
Unlock private previews, early-access projects, supporter perks, and behind-the-scenes experiments from The Oven.
Private Preview / Almost Live. The plugin line — CLOCK shipping, more behind the curtain.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
This section is currently in private preview. Access is available to invited collaborators, supporters, testers, and early members.
Hang with the crew, talk shop, drop feedback on the website + plugins, file bug reports, request features, hear what's cooking before the public does. Real users, real builders, real conversations. Less marketing, more signal.
Booking a room, buying a plugin, hiring a crew, tuning into the station, or asking about membership. Drop into the Discord for feedback, bugs, and requests, or email direct. The door's open.