TAKE AWAY A CD - AIFF, WAV, MP3, VOX ETC (OR BY FTP) PHONE PATCHES (inc. SKYPE) RATES INCLUDE USE OF ISDN CODEC PodcastsGamesWeb Software TutorialsPrompts/IVRsPowerpoint/Flash/Camtasia narrationDistance LearningAudio ManualsAuto AttendantsInternet AudioAudio BooksSatNav Cheap As Chips is for clients who don't need full audio post facilities. If you need those, visit our sister company The Sound Company
scroll down to bottom of page for a list of some UK voice agents with online voice searches & audio samples
Located close to Oxford Circus & BBC Broadcasting House in the heart of London's "medialand", our bijou (hence the price) professional speech recording studio is equipped with a digital desk, Pro Tools, ISDN, Skype & normal 'phone patches, blisteringly fast FTP uploads - and, of course, human know-how with our excellent studio engineer Nick Murphy. Low prices - high quality! The studio is mainly designed for single voice, "wild" (not to picture) recordings & ISDN. Full studio rates are on the right below our contact details.
No frills, no unnecessary fancy toys, no client sofas, no expensive egos to maintain. Designed mainly for remote client participation via Skype or landline phone, client attend facilities are limited to one person. For multi-client attend, multi-voice recording, or to picture - visit our sister studios The Sound Company - you can email The Sound Company bookings from that link, or email Cheap as Chips from the link on the right.
HOW TO BOOK?
To make a booking - or just to have chat - call us on +44(0) 207 580 5880 & ask for Cheap As Chips bookings, or email us at For this price we must have payment by credit card (not American Express I'm afraid). If you really need a 30-day account, then the rate is £80 p/h + VAT. Scroll down for more info...
ATTEND - OR PRODUCE BY PHONEPATCH?
Being in the heart of London's West End, we're ideally placed for top talent voice artists (see the local Voice Agents list at the bottom of the page). Clients normally attend if locally based (London, W1), & can use our main client reception. But there is no problem at all setting-up a phone patch to (or from) anywhere in the world so you can produce/direct via your home, office or mobile. If we originate a call we'll charge at BT rates + 20%. If you are SKYPE enabled - that's cool too - and FREE, or just call our Skype landline-style studio number from any phone. By the way, it's usually far superior to a normal phone patch!
DELIVERABLES
If you are attending you can take your edited or unedited recording away on an audio or data CD (£5), or copy it across to your USB flash drive or disk. Otherwise we can FTP the files to you. We have our own FTP sites, where, if you are behind a firewall, you can also fetch via HTTP. Slow FTP uploads at domestic ADSL speeds are free. 10 x faster uploads are £20.
REFRESHMENTS
Coffee, water, fruit & biscuits are available for self-serve in reception. Approx. 21 types of tea are available. You can order meals, but these will be charged to you.
EDITING
Generally, using Pro Tools, we "rock 'n' roll", i.e. we go back over stumbles and re-record over them. At the end of a recording some editing/cleaning may be required to reduce/remove obtrusive breaths or mouth clicks. Many clients have their own editing facilities, so if you want us to edit and provide you with a finished "clean" recording - please allow enough time. The amount of "cleaning" can depend on the voice artist, the weather - or a badly written or laid-out script!
FILE TYPES & CONVERSIONS
This process is usually non-client attend. Depending on the type of job, this could involve just cutting the script into manageable chunks, or every sentence (or word) could be a separately-named file. We regularly convert to many file types, and only use professional file conversion software. In fact we have a USA client who records languages all around the world for various diverse projects - the files are often sent to us for conversion from all the individual studios. This ensures the client always has consistent results (for their client) across all languages.
Games
For this price we must have payment by credit card (not American Express I'm afraid). If you really need a 30-day account, then the rate is £80 p/h + VAT. Scroll down for more info...
