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VOICE OVER RECORDING STUDIO: MUCH MORE THAN A 'HOME STUDIO'
My recording studio is not a 'home studio'. I have been a professional French voice actor since 1994 and I'm known in the business for being a perfectionist. When I had my studio built, I wanted a sound that was obviously reverb-free and neutral, but also lively, matt without being muffled - in short, a tough brief.
It has been designed and built professionally, with just the right amount of absorption but also diffusion and reflection, setting it apart from the 'dead' or echoed sounds that are all too often produced by 'home studios'.
It is equipped to offer the best possible sound quality. The custom-built booth and control room are soundproofed and have received dedicated acoustic treatment. The booth produces the sound I had dreamed of, with the added bonus of an exceptionally low noise floor of -80dB rms, a level of silence rarely achieved even by excellent post-production studios.
The booth measures 4.10 m L x 2.60 m W x 2.75 m H and the control room measures 4.10 m L x 6.50 m W x 2.75 m H. My studio has the same equipment found in the best post-production studios:
- micros: Neumann U87, Sennheiser MKH 416, CAD Equitek E100 1st Edition for vintage sound
- preamp: Avalon VT-737SP
- interface: SSL
- DAW (recording software): Pro Tools
- computer: iMac
- midfield monitors: PMC tb2S+
- proximity monitors: Fostex
- monitor preamplification: Bryston
It's a recording studio that meets the most demanding professional standards: most of the TV & web spots, network imaging, corporate films and industrial videos, explainers and e-learning, documentaries, audiobooks, audioguides and voice overs in English with French accent I work on are recorded in my studio. Of course, I travel to post-production studios when necessary, for instance for video games where face-to-face interaction between voice actor and voice director is often essential.
It is possible to monitor and produce sessions remotely with synchronized images and sound sharing in real-time, both during recording and playback, via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet. The only difference from in-person sessions is that the vocal booth is my studio.
It is also possible to record the session live from the receiving studio using Source Connect Standard, Source-Nexus, Cleanfeed, Session Link Pro, etc. The recording is always also done locally (in my studio) on Pro Tools in WAV 24-bit/48kHz as a backup and can be sent via WeTransfer after the session.
This is a 1mn audio presentation of my studio demonstrating its sound. It is a 24bit/48kHz WAV file, dry, raw, not cleaned and not treated in any way (no EQ, no compression or anything else)
A warm and extremely versatile voice which is a pleasure to record. Whether in the studio with you or working remotely, Pierre is a pleasure to work with. His understanding of our needs and his technical skills also make him an invaluable asset to any recording session
Stewart Barnes, Sound Engineer and Owner, GuiltFreePost
Great studio Pierre! But to be honest you would sound great on a tin can and a piece of string
Michael Powell, Head of Sound, Prodigious Worldwide
As a sound engineer working in a high-end London facility, I’m also really impressed with the quality of voice recordings produced by his own studio.
Iain Grant, Sound Engineer, WAM London (ex-Triangle)
His ability to record, edit and clean up the takes directly from his own facility with a sound worthy of the best Soho studios, giving us the welcomed option to remotely live-produce the session, saved us so much time. I can't wait to work with him again
Nick Bartleet, Director
Studio build
Few pictures of the recording studio being built
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