Podcast studio

Plosive’s central London in-house podcast studio is available to hire.

Located near London Bridge, Plosive’s podcast studio is acoustically-treated and equipped with broadcast quality kit and 4K cameras.

We offer affordable rates, user-friendly kit, waiting area and kitchen facilities.

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What’s included:

  • Choose up to 3 different camera angles

  • Broadcast quality multitrack wav audio recording

  • Display your branding on an LED TV screen

  • Customisable set with different backdrop colours and furniture available to choose from in advance

  • Reception area with free tea, coffee and soft drinks

  • Studio is set up by an engineer, ready for you to start recording when you arrive

  • Green room with video and audio relay for guests to watch and listen in

  • Immediate audio and video file transfer and cloud storage for up to 1 month

Book an Audio + Video or Audio only session.

Optional add-ons:

  • Get your video files in 4K

  • Add a fourth camera

  • Choose our flexible option, in case of any last minute cancellations or changes

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Customise the studio by choosing from our coloured back drops, furniture, RGB up-lights, and add your own branding on screen.

Blue Sofa
Coloured up-lights with white chairs

FAQs

FAQs

  • Yes! All of our equipment is very user friendly, no previous experience required. We'll set up your session for you and talk you through how to use everything on arrival, and will be on hand for any issues along the way.

  • If you are recording video as well as audio, we ask that you please bring your own external hard drive so we can give you your files after the session, as they tend to be very large. If you have an external hard drive with USB-C port, you'll be able to record HD video directly onto it, and won't have to wait around to get your files at the end of the session.

  • No. We will set up your session ahead of arrival, show you how to use everything when you get here and will be on site to help with any issues, but all of our session are self-record/self-shoot.

  • We will upload your audio files to our cloud drive and will send you a download link after your recording. For video files, please bring an external hard drive so that we can give you your video files at the end of the session, as they tend to be very large.

    If you have selected the 4K add-on, we will give you your 4K video files as .braw (Blackmagic Raw) files. To view these files you will need to install Blackmagic Raw. You should be able to use the files with most commercial video editing software such as Adobe Premier Pro or Blackmagic’s free software DaVinci Resolve without having to process them. Or you can convert .braw files to .mp4 or .mov files by processing them through DaVinci Resolve.

  • Our studio is a working studio when it's not being used for external bookings, and therefore sessions running over may cause us to lose work, so we may charge you for any additional time used, at our discretion.

  • We are on the ground floor at street level. There are a two small ridges to get into the building, and one step up to the studio, but we have a ramp available (71cm wide ramp).

    The narrowest doorway is 75cm.

    We have ground floor toilets with low sinks, but no wall rail beside the toilet.

    • If you do not have a flexible add-on, you can reschedule your booking once, and we require 72 hours’ notice.

    • If you do have a flexible add-on, you can move your scheduled session up to three times up to 3 hours before the start time of your session.

    • All studio booking are non-refundable.

  • If you’d like to book outside of our normal working hours, please get in touch to ask about our out-of-hours rates.

  • Yes. We offer a bundle of x3 1 hour sessions for a 15% discount. You’ll find the bundles listed under Audio + Video and Audio only on the booking form.

  • Please ensure you leave time either side of when you actually want to record for, so that arrival and set up time is factored into booked session.

  • If you need to record multiple times on the same day, we kindly ask that this is booked as one continuous session e.g. two 1h podcast records scheduled for 10-11am and then 12-1pm should be booked as a 3 hour session 10-1pm.

  • The studio booth itself can accommodate a maximum of x4 people being recorded, and up to 1 producer.

    There is plenty of space in the Green Room for additional guests to listen-in and watch the recording.

Full Kit List

    • 4 x Shure SM7B microphones

    • 4 x beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO Studio Headphones

    • RØDECaster Pro II Podcast Production Studio

    • Apple Mac mini  with Logic Pro X, Audacity, DaVinci Resolve 17

    • RME Fireface UFX Audio Interface

    • Mackie HM-400 Headphone Amplifier

    • ST-DA 3 Audio Distribution Amplifier

    • 27” iMac with Logic Pro X, Audacity, DaVinci Resolve 17

    • 2 x Neumann KH 80DSP monitor speakers

    • 4 x Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k

    • Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro ISO (with Video Follows Audio function)

    • Samsung QN90D 43" QLED 4K TV

    • PIXAPRO LECO300B studio lights

    • 1 x Unibox Ceiling Lightbox, 1200 x 2400mm 

    • Apple Mac mini  with Logic Pro X, Audacity, DaVinci Resolve 17

    • 27” iMac with Logic Pro X, Audacity, DaVinci Resolve 17

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  • ‘Huge thanks to the Plosive team for making us feel so welcome and being on hand to answer any of our questions. What a fantastic little studio, perfect location, great sound quality and super easy to self-op if that's what you’re after. We'll definitely be coming back!’

    Audioboom

  • ‘We love using the Plosive studio for podcast recording – it’s comfortable, easy to use, well equipped, sounds great and you’re guaranteed a warm welcome from the team (and the dog, if you’re lucky). Would highly recommend!’

    Hat Trick Productions

  • ‘Plosive made the whole process of recording really easy and painless! Lovely studio and a super helpful team.’

    Faber & Faber

  • ‘Plosive Studio is hands-down our favourite place to record in London. A total gem of a studio - sleek, reliable, and run by people who care about the craft.’

    Comedy Republic

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