We will be using studio 3 within our project as a compromise for not being able to use a venue where a live audience could possibly be implemented. This has meant that we would most likely need to utilise a studio instead and there are two different types that could be chosen, the first is a traditional radio studio. The desk in this studio is an Alice Air 200o desk that can only take 3 microphone channels limiting us significantly as we would ideally have a microphone on each member of the panel. Furthermore, it’s acoustic qualities are lacking as these type of studios sound a lot more dead and flat due to the acoustic panelling and floor material which results in much less resonance, dulling the sound and we ideally want the piece to sound lively.
To allow us both to have a more lively sound and enough channels we will use a more specific type of studio, this being studio 3 as it makes use of a —– desk meaning that there are a significantly higher number of channels. However this does present a technical challenge in its own right as in the other types of studios they all have a playout system called Myriad within (write up here) that allows clips to be played out live and Studio 3 does not meaning we will need to work out a way to be able to play the clips in without jeopardising the recording. Despite this, there is still a benefit to using this studio and that is because it has a lot more space than any of the others and could quite easily fit all five people into the studio, furthermore it also sounds a lot better in here due to the fact that the space sounds more lively and due to the different flooring types wood and carpet there are more options for experimenting with the sound.
Studio 3 photos
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