About

Welcome to the Gates of Dawn Music Recording and Production homepage!My name is Kiley Burkhart. I am am a lifelong musician and recording enthusiast who is extremely passionate about helping independent artists bring their songs to life. I specialize in the indie rock/pop world as a producer and multi-instrumentalist, but I am open to working on all kinds of music.My goal is to offer a production experience between what you can get with home recording and a standalone live/control room setup. I am able to keep affordable rates as I do this part-time and I am currently in a one room facility with shared space.I am careful to only take on a workload that I can handle along with my full-time job.This studio is a dream of mine turned into a reality, and I truly love what I do here.

Pricing

I am proud to offer affordable project-based flat rates and a relaxed environment with flexible scheduling and payment options.Invoicing and Payments
I invoice through PayPal, which offers multiple options for payments including Pay in 4, PayPal Credit, etc. A 50% deposit is required to hold your project and time, with the remainder due when work is complete. I can accept cash as well.Flat rate production
- $500/song (with drums)
- $350/song (without drums)
- 5% discount for 4+ songs
- 10% discount for 8+ songs
Includes pre-production, tracking, comping, editing, mixing, and mastering. You will retain ownership of your multitracks, final mixes, masters, etc.Note: Please let me know if and how you want copies of them. I will keep them with my studio storage for one calendar year after completion of your project. After you take ownership, I highly recommend keeping them stored somewhere secure and backed up.Tracking (includes me as an engineer + editing/comping with time permitting)
- $60/hour
- $220/four hour block
- $400/eight hour blockMixing
- $100/song (includes up to three revisions)
- $20/ea for additional revisions
- 10% discount on four or more songsDrum, bass, or guitar recording
- Pricing is unique per project, contact me if interested!Practice/rehearsal space
- $50/two hour block
- $90/four hour block
- $160/eight hour blockNote: You will check in and check out with me in person. The studio can accommodate a three or four musicians comfortably, five is doable but tight.

Projects

Upcoming projectsKiley Burkhart - The Collecting Space EP (art/progressive rock)
- Writing, Production, Recording, Mixing
- Instruments: Drums, Bass, Keyboards, Guitars, VocalsKennedy Hall - single release (singer/songwriter)
- Production, Recording, Mixing, MasteringReleased projects2026Jerry Marselle - Nitro, By God Blues - Single (singer/songwriter, folk, Americana)
- Production, Recording, Mixing, Mastering
- Instruments: DrumsThe Warps - Exercise to Exorcise / Love Bomb - Single (indie rock/pop, dance punk)
- Production, Recording, Mixing2014Brigadier - Remnants (indie/alternative rock)
- Instruments: Bass, Keyboards2011Collecting Space - Subside (art/progressive rock)
- Writing, Recording, Production, Mixing
- Instruments: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards

Studio

See my gear list here.Hours of availability for production services
- Monday - Friday: 5 PM - 11 PM
- Saturday: 10 AM - 7 PM
- Sunday: as neededLocation
6463 Maxtown Road
Studio 5
Westerville, OH 43082
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Gates of Dawn - Gear

Room
- 20' x 15' soundproofed room
- Fully treated with bass traps, broadband absorption, and cloudsComputer hardware + software
- Mac mini (M4)
- Logic Pro 12.x w/Logic Remote (controllable via iPad)
- Plugins by Universal Audio, Soundtoys, Arturia, Brainworx, Celemony, Sonnox, Sound Radix, and others
- Guitar/bass digital modeling: Line 6 Helix + UAD Paradise Guitar Studio + Neural DSP
- Rogue Amoeba macOS audio utilities (Airfoil, Loopback, SoundSource)
- UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt Quad
- Off-site backups with BackblazeInput
I record at 24-bit/96 kHz
- Universal Audio Apollo Thunderbolt (4 Unison preamps, 4 line inputs)
- 2x Golden Age Pre 73 MkIII (Neve style clones) -> Klark Teknik 1176-KT (UA 1176 style clones)
- 1x Black Lion Audio BLA12 Mk3 (API style clone)
- Focusrite 18i20 Gen 4 (8 preamps) via ADAT to ApolloMonitoring
- Kali LP-6 v2 stereo monitors + KRK S8.4 subwoofer
- Dayton Audio Classic B40 speakers + Class D amplifier (50 watts/channel)
- Sonarworks SoundID room correction
- Beyerdynamic DT 770 250 Ohm (x3)
- Mackie Big Knob Passive monitor controller
- Sonos Play:5
- Apple AirPods Max
- Apple AirPods Pro
- Behringer Stage Connect P24 System (2 mixers)MicrophonesCondenser
- Audix F9 (x2)
- United Studio Technologies UT Vintage 87
- Warm Audio WA-87jr
- Warm Audio WA-47jr
- Warm Audio WA-47jr SEDynamic
- Audix F5 (x2)
- Audix F2
- Audix F6 (x2)
- Sennheiser e609 Silver
- Shure PGA58
- Shure SM57 (w/right angle mod)
- Shure SM7B
- Telefunken M80-SH
- Telefunken M81-SHRibbon
- sE X1 R (x2)Instruments
Guitar
I use D'Addario NYXL strings on all of my electric guitars
- PRS S2 Custom 22 (Drop D)
- USA 57/08 pickups
- Graphtech Ghost piezo system
- Mannmade brass tremolo block
- PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo (E Standard)
- USA 58/15 pickups
- PRS SE Paul's Guitar (Drop C)
- Fender Player Stratocaster HSS (E Standard)
- Tele Partscaster (high strung/Nashville tuning)
- Martin Road Series 000-12
- Thomastik-Infeld Spectrum stringsBass
- Custom Precision Bass w/Jazz neck (E Standard)
- EMG Geezer Butler pickup
- LaBella Low Tension Flatwound stringsDrums
I use Evans, Remo, and Aquarian heads
Kit
- Slingerland 12x9"/14x14"/20x16" (3 ply maple, 1960's era) + Yamaha 16x16" (3-ply maple, 1980's era) floor tom
Snares
I use Canopus wires and parts
- Ludwig Acrolite 5.5x14" (aluminum)
- INDe throwoff
- Ludwig Classic Maple 6x12" (7 ply maple)
- Tama Rockstar 6x14" (steel)
- Tama Starclassic 6.5x14" (7 ply walnut/birch)
Additional Toms
- Yamaha Tour Custom 8x7" (6 ply maple)
- Yamaha Tour Custom 10x7" (6 ply maple)
- Yamaha Stage Custom 8x7" (6 ply birch, converted to concert tom)
- Yamaha Stage Custom 10x7" (6 ply birch, converted to concert tom)
Tuning gadgets
- DrumDial Digital
- Tune Bot Studio
Cymbals
- Sabian
- 15" HHX Complex medium hats
- 19" HHX Complex thin crash
- 20" HHX Complex thin crash
- 20" SR2 thin crash
- 22" HHX Complex medium ride
- Wuhan 18" china
- Zildjian
- 20" K RidePercussion
- Hat Trick tambourine
- Meinl tambourine
- Meinl egg shakersMisc.
- Studio equipment
- Furman power conditioning
- K&M and Gator microphone stands
- Seismic Audio and ProCo cables
- Pedals
- TC Electronic Ampworx Deluxe 65 ('65 Blackface Reverb pedal)
- TC Electronic Ampworx v550 (90's Peavey 5150 pedal)
- Joyo Tidal Wave (SansAmp Bass Driver v2 clone)
- Radial Geddy Lee YYZ bass preamp
- Ernie Ball volume pedal
- Utility
- Klark Teknik Mic Booster CM-1
- Radial ProDI Stereo DI (passive)
- Radial ProDI Mono DI (passive)