The VoxBox Podcasting Studio is Open!
Located in Jones 37, the VoxBox is a re-envisioned evolution of an audio recording studio. The space is available for students, graduate students, instructors, and staff for studio-quality broadcasts, podcasts, and other recordings.
This summer it has been used to record podcasts, authentic audio for linguistics research, assessments, and more. Please consider coming to the Language Center tour to check it out, or schedule a consultation with technical coordinator Jonathan Prestrud at prest211@umn.edu.
Features
- Record up to four guests locally, with as many remote callers as needed.
- Tie in remote guests on Zoom, Riverside, and other platforms.
Equipment
The studio can record up to four speakers in the room, with separate Shure SM7B microphones on low profile boom arms, and Sennhesier monitoring headphones. A 65” viewing monitor and Mac Mini make it easy to add the participation of remote guests. In the adjacent room, a Rodecaster Pro 2 audio interface is connected to the studio at the technicians’ desk, where recordings are conducted via Logic Pro.
Examples of recording options
- Podcasts
- Course and test development
- Student projects
- Research projects
Scheduling Studio Use
Use of the full podcast studio setup requires reservation and a technician to run the session. Please reach out to Jonathan Prestrud at prest211@umn.edu to schedule a recording session.
Audio editing
Audio editing, including cleaning up vocals, limiting background noise, adjusting clips, adding music or other tracks, and more, is offered as a service. Each project will have varying editing needs depending on its genre (audio recordings, podcast episodes, language instruction materials), and we can discuss options. In the event that no editing is required, the raw audio files will be provided via Google Drive file share.
