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Voice over and recording studio in Kansas City
Designed and built by Steven Durr Designs of Nashville, for audio that works on any platform, from a cell phone to a sports arena. Film, broadcast, radio, web and social.
The rooms
The control room, the desk, and next door
Three rooms that make one studio, with the figures a producer needs.
The control room
Where the session is heard: Yamaha HS8 near field monitors in stereo or 5.1 surround and large format ADAM speakers for impact. The screens for picture and the desk in front of them. Isolated tracking rooms so voice and the instrument each get a room of their own. The ultimate isolation.
The desk
An Avid C24 control surface into Pro Tools Ultimate, with Pro Tools Carbon and two MOTU 8M interfaces behind it. An extensive plugin collection supports the room — for shaping and sweetening mixes, and for repairing problem audio when a location recording needs rescuing. Automated dialogue replacement and film and video sync run from the same chair, so a line can be re-recorded against the cut and locked to the frame.
The podcast room next door
Four 4K PTZ cameras switched live to a master with vMix — a finished program as it happens, not an assembly job afterwards. All in a dedicated podcast studio with four RODE Pro dynamic microphones. Audio or video, recorded and edited here live.
The numbers
Specifications
The room, in the figures. The item-by-item equipment list, for the studio and for location work, lives on the audio production page.
Design
Designed and built by Steven Durr Designs, LLC, of Nashville. Pristine sound through and through.
Tracking rooms
Isolated tracking rooms for ultimate control.
Desk
Avid C24 control surface; Pro Tools Ultimate; Pro Tools Carbon and 2 – MOTU 8Ms
Monitoring
Yamaha HS8 studio monitors; stereo and 5.1 surround mixing
Sync and ADR
Film and video sync; automated dialogue replacement
Microphones
Neumann microphones for voice over, foley and music.
Podcast room
RODEcaster Pro console; four RODE dynamic podcasting microphones
Address and parking
9101 Barton St, Overland Park, KS 66214; easy to reach, plenty of parking
The tour
Take a look for yourself.
Watch the video — but the real aha moment comes when you see it in person. Book your tour today.
Who books it
Three kinds of session
Voice, music and podcasts, in the room or from it.
Voice over, spots and ADR to picture
Narration, spots and dialogue to picture, in an isolated room with the engineer at the desk.
Music, single track to album
Tracking, mixing and mastering, in stereo or 5.1, delivered as masters and stems.
Podcasts, audio or video
Recorded in the room next door on the RODEcaster, edited and produced here.
Questions
What people ask before they book the room
Straight answers. Where the honest answer is a quote, we say so.
How do I book, and can I hear the room first?
Call, or send the outline of the session through our contact form, and we will confirm dates. A studio tour is the quickest way to hear the room: half an hour in Real Media’s studio at 9101 Barton Street in Overland Park answers most questions.
Can I record a voice over or radio spot here?
Yes. Voice over, narration and spots are one of the three kinds of session in Real Media’s recording studio in Overland Park. Voice is recorded in an isolated room on Neumann microphones, and dialogue can be recorded to picture and locked to the frame.
Can I book the studio without an engineer?
No, but you can bring your engineer to team up with ours. We know the system. We’ll help you get what you need.
Can you record to picture?
Yes. Film and video sync and automated dialogue replacement are part of Real Media’s recording studio in Overland Park, so a line can be re-recorded against the cut and locked to the frame. ADR and sync run from the desk: an Avid C24 control surface into Pro Tools Ultimate.
Do you mix in surround?
Yes. Real Media’s recording studio monitors in stereo and 5.1 surround, on Yamaha HS8 near field monitors with large format ADAM speakers for impact. The mix is delivered in whichever the project needs; music sessions are tracked, mixed and mastered in stereo or 5.1 and delivered as masters and stems.
Who designed the room?
Steven Durr Designs, LLC, of Nashville designed and built Real Media’s recording studio in Overland Park. It is the environment behind the voice over, ADR, podcast and music work on the audio page, with isolated tracking rooms so voice and each instrument get a room of their own.
The other rooms
The rest of the building
Each room has its own page with the specification; the Studio page has all of them.
Let’s talk
Come and hear the room
Half an hour in the studio answers most questions. If you already know the session you need, send the outline.