ScopeMedia StudiosBook

Hire · SE5 9HW, South London · from £80 · open 7 days

A booth for the voice alone.

Voiceover is the least forgiving thing you can record: no music to hide behind, no picture to carry the ear. It wants a booth that adds nothing — and a bigger room for the reads that come with a body attached.

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The vocal booth in the music studio: a large-diaphragm condenser mic in a foam-treated booth.

The rooms for it

The music studio lit by violet LED strips, with the desk, monitors and vocal booth.
Music StudioA treated vocal booth with a large-diaphragm condenser and nearfield monitors — the classic voiceover chain, in a room that is panelled and foam treated rather than improvised.From £80Check Music Studio availability
Studio B dressed with a pink sofa on the white cyclorama under a fresnel light
Studio BBuilt as a room within a room, with a dedicated edit and playback area: for character work, two-handers, dialogue to picture, or a read that is also on camera.From £120Check Studio B availability

How it works

  1. 01Say what the read isA neutral commercial or narration read books the booth. Performance, more than one voice, or voice with camera books Studio B.
  2. 02Dry or engineeredThe music studio books dry or with an engineer on the desk, in half days and full days; for a read you cannot run yourself, the engineer is the easier booking.
  3. 03Bring the script, printedPage turns are quieter than tablet taps at voiceover gain. Record thirty seconds of room tone before you leave; the edit will want it.

Worth reading first

Recording Voiceover: The Booth or the Room?Scope has two rooms that record clean spoken word: a treated vocal booth and a sound-treated studio. Which one your voiceover session wants, and why.Recording Studio Dry Hire vs an EngineerDry hire is £80 for a half day. With an engineer it is £140. The real question is whether the person on the desk is worth the difference.How to Film an Interview in a Studio: Sound First, Then Everything ElseHow to film an interview in a studio: sound first, then soft light that holds all day, a second camera on the right side of the line and a schedule that fits.Podcast Recording: What You Actually NeedListeners forgive soft video and never forgive echo. Room first, mic technique second, gear last — and the recording mistakes no edit can undo.Studio Hire Costs in London, ExplainedWhat studio hire costs in London: Studio A £620 a day, Studio B £420, the podcast room £40 an hour, plus worked budgets and what sits outside the rate.

Straight answers

What does voiceover booth hire london cost at Scope?
Music Studio starts at £80. Studio B starts at £120. Set-up and pack-down are inside your booked time.
Can I hire the voiceover booth by the hour?
No — it books in half days and full days. Dry hire of the music studio is £80 for a half day and £150 for a full day; with an engineer on the desk it is £140 and £280.
What if the voiceover is also being filmed?
Book Studio B instead of the booth. It is built as a room within a room, blacks out, and has a dedicated edit and playback area, so the read comes back clean while the camera rolls.
Is the booth suitable for audiobook and narration work?
Yes. The booth is treated so the room contributes almost nothing, which is what long-form narration needs when takes recorded weeks apart have to match.

More in the full FAQ.

In the building with every booking

  • Kitchen
  • Dressing and prep room
  • Client lounge
  • High-speed Wi-Fi
  • Parking

In every room but one, lights are charged separately from the room rate, so please enquire about our lights and we will quote for what your shoot needs. The exception is the DJ room, where the professional film lighting is rigged in the room and included in the rate.

Anything not listed — ceiling heights, cove dimensions, power, capacities — is on request rather than guessed at. Ask us and you will get an exact answer.

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