studio space I’m hiring
When I see webpages for small production houses, I often see photos of “the studio” – sometimes these studio photos are hard to believe. I don’t know whether it’s just me being cynical, but sometimes (definately NOT always) these studio photos are “the dream studio” …not the real thing !
Personally I work from a variety of studios – some at radio stations or production houses, and sometimes from my home studio (which is the spare bedroom – nothing flash but it works!). In recent times I have been investigating other options, from a small space downtown that I could treat, to an old bank vault. But after some negotiation, I have made arrangements to hire a very nice studio space for a couple of hours a week, particularly for longer voice jobs. I will use this studio for voicing – then edit in the home studio.
The studio is very well equipped with a ProTools 8 HD system, a variety of microphones (including several of my favourite mic – the Sennheiser 416), a booth with floating floor, quiet air con, Genelec monitors and very nice sound proofing. When the studio was built some ten plus years ago – it was exceptionally accousticly designed specifically as a Voiceover studio. It has seen several equipment incarnations, to it’s current state with the above equipment list.
… I think I’ll enjoy working in this studio a couple of hours a week.
And yes, this pic is REAL 🙂
- awesome voice studio
Nice set up. I like that mic, too.
What… should everyone be so intelligent in their budget…
This is an alternative I never thought of in this manner!
WOW… I’m glad I visited
Thanks JM!
Seems like a good way to go. Certainly cost-effective. Nice rig Jas.
Nice mate – you’re so fortunate to have access to such a nice space. Nice tight booth, good mic, and a good space to work in. I know the feeling of photos of ‘studios’ – it seems Istock Photo gets a real workout ! Its so funny tho – you can usually tell when the picture is real, or stock pictures. Its a bit like the article Rick O’Neil wrote in Audio Technology a few issues back – someone stole the photo of his fully blown mastering sweet and put it on their website, when they were probably a 1 man bedroom operation
Have you seen ours ? This is real as well 🙂
http://abesaudio.com.au/blog/?p=7
Very nice, clean studio.
Jason, this is a great space and I love reading your blog… we’re working on acoustics in our studio…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrkaiser/sets/72157617280297733/