Choosing an Audio Studio, Done Properly
Selecting a recording or post-production facility for a project.
Tomas Lindqvist
The key figures
- Room type
- voice booths, live rooms and mix suites serve different needs
- Monitoring
- mix decisions depend on accurate monitoring
- Engineers
- the engineer matters as much as the room
- Remote options
- many sessions now run remotely
Why this is worth getting right
Studio choice affects quality, cost and turnaround, and the right room depends on the work.
Do this, not that
Do
- Match the room type to the work
- Ask about monitoring and acoustic treatment
- Check the engineer's experience with similar projects
- Confirm what deliverables are included
- Consider remote sessions for narration work
Don’t
- Booking a live room for voice work
- Choosing by hourly rate alone
- Deliverables assumed rather than agreed
- Mix approval in an untreated room
When to bring in help
Our advice Bring in help when audio quality is commercially important.
Where this comes from
- Audio Engineering Society — Educational resources
- European Broadcasting Union — Listening conditions
The figures and practices above come from the sources listed.
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