TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

The dVoiceBox Studio is run by professional voice artist Chris Radley. It specialises in recording songwriters, vocalists, voice-overs and spoken word projects.

Technical details
Mics - Audio Technica AT4033 x 2, Rode NT1. Plus a range of Shure mics inc SM57.
Processors - TLA 5051, Antares AVP-1
Mixers - Soundcraft Ghost (Control room), Soundcraft Spirit Folio (booth for ISDN)
Headphones - Beyer DT100 x 4 (plus 3 unbranded)
Headphone amp - Samson S Phone - 4 individual channels with 3 O/P per channel
Booth - Esmono "Freesound" Isolation Room (2.00m x 2.85m).
Monitors - Event 2020 and SN10 Classics
Soundcard - MOTU 8 Pre and Delta 410 (for ISDN)
Software - Logic Pro inc Waveburner
ISDN codec - Audio TX Communicator now upgraded to include APTx
Computer - Mac Pro and AMD (for ISDN)
Keyboard - Korg X5
Modules - Supernova II, Roland XV5080, Freebass

Booth
The Esmono booth is an industry standard - as used by broadcasters like Sky TV - and it provides a perfectly acoustically "dry" environment which is ideal for voice recording. Internally the booth is 2.2mx2.5m and is 2.2m high. Please note that the booth is in a basement room that is only accessible down stairs.

Recording Quality
Recording at dVoiceBox is digital quality with final recordings usually burnt to CD. Recordings can also be provided in a number of data file formats including MP3, WAV and AIFF or even recorded to DAT. CD masters can be produced to Red Book standards.

ISDN
The Audio TX Communicator ISDN software is compatible with all professional ISDN Codecs eg CDQ Prima, Prima LT, CDQ1000, CDQ2000 and Roadrunner, Zephyr and Zephyr Express, Glensound, Philips, Dialog etc.
The dVoiceBox studio has been recently upgraded to also be compatible with APTx and Enhanced APTx.
Technically its compatible with MPEG Layer II, MPEG Layer III, G.722 and G.711 protocols at 64 or 128 kbits - with one or two b-channels.

Contact Details
ISDN - +44(0)1926 887517 (x2)
Studio - +44(0)1926 431535
Chris Radley - +44(0)7866 784925
email - studio@dvoicebox.com

Client comment

"Chris was an excellent coach for my first experience of providing a voice over for our corporate telephone system messages.

His professionalism and attention to detail ensured the finished result was received by my colleagues with statements of “brilliant” , both “posh and professional”. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend his services."

Alison Levoguer, The Binding Site