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A creative Edinburgh recording studio in the heart of the Royal Mile.
Located in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town, Offbeat delivers broadcast-quality audiobooks, ADR, voice overs, music productions and custom backing tracks from one of the city’s most inspiring creative locations, just minutes from Waverley Station and easily accessible for clients across Scotland and beyond - utilising super fast remote recording facilities.
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 • Audiobooks • Voice Overs • Podcasts • ADR & Pro Audio Services

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audiobooks

Production & Direction

Full Production Service

Audiobook Narration

ACX Specifications Standard

ACX Upload Service

Quality Control

Published & Self Published Authors

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Voice Overs

ADR

Audio Guides & Tours

Custom Backing Tracks

VO Showreels

IVR & Podcasts

BBC Approved Studio

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Central Edinburgh location

Remote Recording Facilities

Two Studio Suites

Logic Pro & Protools

Dry Hire

Source Connect & IPDTL

Audio Restoration & Mastering

  • Tilda Swinton shares her Offbeat experience of recording ADR and Audio Tours 
  •  Nicola Sturgeon shares her experience of working with the Offbeat team

  • VIDEO TESTIMONIALS

    Poet Len Pennie, waxes lyrical about her experience of working with Offbeat 

“Scotland’s recording studio for audiobooks, adr & voice-over production”

Offbeat is a professional recording studio in Edinburgh, located bang in the centre of the Royal Mile We specialise in professional audio Services and audiobook recording and full production
With over 30 years of experience, our studio is trusted by publishers, producers, authors, and filmmakers across Scotland and beyond

Services

Our expertise and those of our talented and experienced staff cover a wide range of audio services:

• Audiobook Recording & Production
• Sound to Picture 
• ADR Dubbing
• IVR Recordings
• Podcasts
• General Audio Services

Set-up

Our Edinburgh Recording Studio offers a comprehensive range of audio solutions, from audiobook production to sound design. We utilize industry-leading technology including Pro Tools Ultimate and Logic Pro X, complemented by the world-class Metric Halo ULN MkIV converters

BBC approved

Trusted by Major Broadcasters
As a BBC Approved recording studio in Edinburgh, we cater to high-profile clients in TV, film, and radio for renowned broadcasters such as Channel 4, Film 4, SKY TV, Sony Picture Classics, Warner Bros, and Netflix, as well as live radio broadcasts

Remote Facilities

Connect from Anywhere
With the power of Source Connect 4, IPDTL, Zoom, and Skype, we offer seamless remote recording capabilities. You can also connect with us easily through Session Pro, Microsoft Teams, Zencastr, or any remote client of your choice

Some well known faces who have visited
our Edinburgh Recording Studio

  • ALAN CUMMINGS
    brian cox
    CLIVE RUSSELL
  • ruby wax
    christina hendricks
    AMRITA PURI
  • IAIN GLEN
    IAIN DALE
    ian rankin
  • NICOLA BENEDETTI
    tilda swinton
    nicola sturgeon
  • PEDRO ALMODOVAR
    mark cousins
    JOSHUA OPPENHEIMMER
  • allan little
    ewan bremner
    gavin hastings
  • alia shawkat
    jack klaff
    ZIBBY ALLEN
  • val mcdermid
    irvinewelsh
    JACK LOWDEN
  • GAIL PORTER
    shappi khorsandi
    ruth davidson
  • christopher biggins
    basil brush
    eddie izzard
  • SIR CHRIS EVANS
    simon cowell
    SIR TOM HUNTER
  • london hughes
    sophie dukar
    josie long
  • jimeoin
    neneh cherry
    russell howard
  • greg hughes
    GRANT STOTT
    john leslie
  • henning wehn
    pamela stephenson
    kt tunstall
  • patrick kelty
    steve reicher
    ronnie brown
  • JJ CHALMERS
    neil oliver
    liz lochhead
  • ziggy heath
    marcus brigstocke
    gemma oaten
  • gemma oaten
  • marcus brigstocke
  • ziggy heath
  • neil oliver
  • JJ CHALMERS
  • ronnie brown
  • patrick kelty
  • henning wehn
  • kt tunstall
  • pamela stephenson
  • greg hughes
  • john leslie
  • jimeoin
  • russell howard
  • neneh cherry
  • josie long
  • sophie dukar
  • london hughes
  • SIR TOM HUNTER
  • simon cowell
  • SIR CHRIS EVANS
  • allan little
  • basil brush
  • christopher biggins
  • ruth davidson
  • shappi khorsandi
  • GAIL PORTER
  • irvinewelsh
  • JACK LOWDEN
  • val mcdermid
  • jack klaff
  • ZIBBY ALLEN
  • alia shawkat
  • ewan bremner
  • eddie izzard
  • gavin hastings
  • mark cousins
  • JOSHUA OPPENHEIMMER
  • PEDRO ALMODOVAR
  • tilda swinton
  • nicola sturgeon
  • NICOLA BENEDETTI
  • IAIN DALE
  • ian rankin
  • IAIN GLEN
  • ruby wax
  • AMRITA PURI
  • christina hendricks
  • CLIVE RUSSELL
  • brian cox
  • ALAN CUMMINGS

Testimonials

What our Creative clients say
  • rebecca wojturska at the offbeat edinburgh recording studio

    Haunt Publishing

    REBECCA WOJTURSKA
    "A huge thanks to you all the work you've put in! I'm absolutely over the moon with the finished product".
    joanna lord

    Canongate Books

    JOANNA LORD
    "We thoroughly enjoy working with the Offbeat team. The end results on our audiobooks are excellent".
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    Penguin Random House

    OLLIE GRANT
    "Excellent job! This wasn’t a straightforward record. Hopefully we can work on another title soon! "
  • nathaniel mckenzie

    Profile Books

    NATHANIE MACKENZIE
    "May I say you did an excellent job recording Recovery by Gavin Francis. Thanks so much for your work".
    sara hunt worled with us at our edinburgh recording studio

    Saraband

    SARAH HUNT
    "We enjoy working with Iain, he is extremely helpful and does an excellent job"
    chitra ramaswamy at offbeat edinburgh recording studio

    Chitra Ramaswami

    AUTHOR AND NARRATOR
    "What an intense, emotionally wringing, and utterly wonderful experience. Thank you".
  • fiona scott-barratt

    Fiona Scott-Barratt

    AUTHOR
    "Many thanks again for your sterling input to this project, I am utterly delighted with the audiobook.
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    Canongate Books

    JAMIE BYING
    " Watching Iain and Tilda Swinton on The Lonely City was a masterclass in audiobook production."
    alice lee - recorded her title at our edinburgh recording studio

    ID Audio

    ALICE LEE
    "Thanks for providing the excellent audio for Sawbones. No issues at all which is unusual and appreciated."

  • Paul Sng

    FILM DIRECTOR
    "Recording Irvine Welsh's dialogue for Reality Is Not Enough at Offbeat was brilliant experience".

    Writers Mosaic

    BASHABI FRASER
    "I had a very good experience at  when I did an audio interview with the renowned writer, Leila Aboulela"

    Penguin Random House

    PAULA PARKER
    "From start to finish, their ease and professionalism assured me that I was in the best of hands"

  • Audible Podcast

    SANDRA BROWN OBE
    "Our experience for the podcast was first class. Meeting every aspect of our personal needs and production"
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    Lord of the Rings Online

    YASMEEN ANSARI-ROBERTS
    "An absolute pleasure recording the sessions on Lord of the Rings Online. They were warm and welcoming". 

    CIEE

    JACQUI BASSETT
    "I honestly can’t thank you enough for the kindness, care and attention that you’ve shown to our students". 
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About Offbeat

Offbeat is an Edinburgh recording studio with over 30 years’ professional experience. From our Royal Mile base we specialise in audiobook production, voice overs, podcasts, ADR, and bespoke audio services for clients across publishing, broadcast, and film.

We understand how easily bad audio can damage a project. That’s why we deliver recordings at flawless broadcast quality, edited and ready to drop straight into your production. Our team responds quickly at every stage so you never lose time waiting.

Trusted by names including the BBC, Penguin, and Netflix, Offbeat combines state-of-the-art facilities with the personal attention of a boutique studio. Whether you’re an author, producer, or filmmaker, you can rely on us to provide audio that saves time, reduces stress, and inspires confidence.
• SAVE TIME
 recordings that slot straight into your project
• REDUCE STRESS
 we will respond quickly to your enquiry
• PEACE OF MIND 
30 years’ trusted experience in the world of Audio and Sound Design
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Awards

...for projects we've been involved in

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Classical Brit Award

This trilogy recorded for Universal Music Group was no1 in the Classical charts and won best album at the Classical Brit Awards in 2009

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Cannes Award

Offbeat recorded the commentary for Mark Cousins film which won 2nd prize for best documentary at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

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Kubrick Award

The 15 part series by (and with commentary by) Mark Cousins won a Stanley Kubrick Award for best Documentary & many other awards.

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No 1 - Audible

This fascinating podcast was no1 on Audible True Crime Chart in 2024.
The story of how Sandra Brown OBE uncovered her own father as the killer of 8 year old Moira Anderson in 1957

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Multi Award Winner

"Outstanding Original Screenplay"
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"Critics Choice & Gold Remi Winner"
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"Winner Best International Feature"
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Best Documentary

Offbeat was involved in the ADR of three series of this environmental series for Al Jazeera. In 2018 The Ice Statues of Ladahk won Best Documentary prize in the New York Film Festival awards

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