LANDEN PARK STUDIO

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If you want to know more about how we can help you with recording, editing and producing audiobooks, or voiceover, podcast hosting and overdub work just get in touch now.

Landen Park Studio is an Audiobook recording studio and production house for audiobooks, voiceover, vocal and instrumental overdubs. Here’s a run-down of the facilities here at Landen Park Studio.  If you’re looking for audiobook pricing, click here.

We are a highly configured studio for audiobook production and recording, voiceover, podcasting and vocal/instrumental overdub work:  

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Control Room

Apple Mac Pro 6,1 12-core 64 GB RAM, 3 4K displays (3rd display normally used for video playback, synced to studio display).  Wireless Apple Extended keyboard with Pro Tools overlay.  Runs Pro Tools Ultimate as primary recording station.

Apple Mac Pro 6,1 12-core 64 GB RAM, 2, 4K displays.  Wireless Apple Extended keyboard with Pro Tools overlay.  Linked to main system via Presonus USB interface.  HD video input from studio and control room for Zoom use or video recording.  Runs Pro Tools Studio as backup recording station and rendering system.

 Dynaudio BM6A (classic) stereo monitors.   Tannoy 5.1 surround monitors; full 5.1 support in Pro Tools.

Avid C|24 control surface (24 motorised faders), with dedicated talkback and cue management.  Talkback remote control by foot pedal or producer button.  Cue or main routable to studio playback speakers.

 Up to 8 independent stereo headphones, switchable between main mix and either cue feed or Waves NX (Abbey Road Studio 2 and Ocean Way)

Front End

Focusrite ISA 430 Producer Pack MkII, SPL Goldmike 9844 (valve), dbx 286A (blackface).  Presonus Quantum 4848 32-channel balanced line Thunderbolt 2 audio interface.  (The C|24 also has 16 mic/line preamps and a 16-channel utility line input.)

Outboard

 Klark Teknik KT-76 compressor, 2x Klark Teknik EQP-KT valve equalisers, Behringer Ultramatch 2496 A/D/A sample rate converter.  Sonifex Redbox RB-UL1 and RB-BL2 unbalanced-balanced converters, various dynamics processors, Kawai CN35 piano/controller.

Ingest

Direct ingest into active Pro Tools session from: computer (e.g. youtube etc.).  Tascam CD-160 CD player, Panasonic SV-3800 DAT recorder, calibrated Denon DRM-800 cassette recorder

Video

We can record to picture, with video showing simultaneously in the control room and in the studio.  If we receive video with existing audio we can strip that out onto audio tracks and include that in the artist’s cue mix.

Remote

We also use Zoom, hosted on second linked computer, with our own ‘pro’ Zoom account.  This supports remote direction integrated with main studio talkback/cue/recording system (and video playback where required). We also have an industry-standard TBU – The Sonifex HY03 – integrated into Pro Tools for remote direction by telephone.

Power

All control room hardware and studio supply facilities at Landen Park Studio protected by double-conversion UPS and power conditioners.  Double-conversion (aka true on-line) UPS topology supplies ‘fresh’ mains power direct from an inverter and so spikes, noise and brown-outs do not affect the connected equipment.  The UPS has additional external battery packs and allows the studio to continue working for up to 60 minutes in the event of a power cut, with ‘live’ switch-over.

Software

Avid Pro Tools Ultimate (current version maintained), a huge number of plugins including  iZotope RX10 Advanced and Ozone 10 Advanced suites.  iZotope Dialogue Match.  Synchro Arts Vocalign Ultra. Waves Clarity Vx Pro.  HOFA CD/DDP suite.  Melodyne. 

Studio

10 square metre isolated and treated space.  Natural light.  Permanently connected mobile air conditioner.  Up to 2 stereo or 4 mono independent headphone cue feeds.   A variety of microphones by AKG, Shure, Rode, Neumann and SE Electronics. Cloud Microphones CL-1, Triton Audio FetHead and FetHead Phantom.  27 inch 4K video display linked to Pro Tools for recording to picture.  Automated ‘recording’ light integrated with Pro Tools.

General

Filtered softened water on tap (both room-temperature and chilled), endless tea, fresh-ground coffee from our ludicrously over-specified DeLonghi machine, fresh fruit, biscuits, comfortable sitting area.

Landen Park Studio is an Audiobook Recording Studio specifically built for audiobook production, voiceover, vocal and instrumental overdubs and other single-artist work. We try to be flexible about how we charge for work – these are our usual fees:

How much does an audiobook cost to produce? Here’s our audiobook pricing:

If you are a self-publishing author – i.e. you are financing the book yourself, uploading it to audiobook platforms yourself, and promoting and marketing the book yourself, we offer to waive the studio recording time fees and just charge the production fees shown below:

Audiobook Prices for self-publishing authors:

• • Up to 80,000 words – £1,200.00
  • longer lengths £200.00 for each additional 10,000 words

(Minimum charge £1,200.00.  Minimum £400 deposit must be paid in advance)

These prices include recording, direction, editing and mastering with delivery in both .WAV and .MP3 formats compliant with ACX/Audible/Findaway technical specifications – everything you need to be published.  Presently, we are offering similar pricing for self-publishing authors using a narrator, with the author being responsible for the narrator’s fees. We recommend narrators from a pool of professionals we work with.

If you are working with a publisher, there are additional fees for recording time.

For all audiobooks, we will not quote any prices or timeframes until we have a copy of the manuscript in pdf format.  You should send this to us with your initial enquiry.   A link to our Wetransfer account is at the top of the contact form.

How much does voiceover cost? Here’s our voiceover pricing:

Prices for Voiceover:

• • Initial charge £230.00 (covers up to 2 hours), external producer
  • Initial charge £330.00 (covers up to 2 hours), in-house producer
  • Thereafter £145 per hour or part, external producer
  • Thereafter £245 per hour or part, in-house producer

Voiceover prices include working to timecoded video, and remote producer access via Zoom.  An additional charge for preparing and marking up video sessions to supplied scripts may be made.

Showreel Creation Package

If you’re an aspiring narrator or voiceover artist, you’ll need a showreel.  This is a set of audio samples of your voice, covering a range of material, that you can upload to websites such as acx and Ahab Talent when you create your profile.

Our package comprises:

• • studio time (usually 2 hours or so)
  • recording of three short scripts covering different types of material
  • working with an experienced producer/director
  • each script professionally edited and mastered
  • we’ll even take a picture of you at the mic, if you want

Price from April 2025: – £250.00

(Full payment must be made in advance to secure booking)

PRICES FOR PUBLISHERS AND OTHER PROJECTS

Prices for publishers are quoted on an individual basis.  We provide a flexible service ranging from recording and delivering raw audio through to complete production.

If you have a project in mind which doesn’t fit into the areas shown above, feel free to discuss it with us.  We often quote a fixed, single price for a project so you know at the outset what your work is going to cost.

If you’ve got a project that falls outside these criteria, or you’d like some further clarification – just get in touch!