Whether you are a book publisher, an independent company or a self funded author, if you need a recording studio in Scotland that understands the process of creating a professional Audio Book then Offbeat is the best choice. 

We produce and direct Audio Books from start to finish for major publishers, Penguin Books, Harper Collins, Bolinda Digital and Edinburgh based Canongate Books as well as independent publishers and self published authors, many of who also narrate their own work.

Steve Worsley and Iain McKinna are the in-house Audio Book producers here at Offbeat, Steve also has 10 years experience as a narrator in an astonishing range of authentic voices. You can see some of our work featured below. We can record. produce and direct your project to Broadcast standard quality in our BBC Approved recording facilities in Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

The idea of recording a narrative of between 40,000 and 150,000 words can be a daunting process. Needless to say there can be absolutely no mistakes in the recording. One thing we learned after recording many audio books is that by contrast most other voice / narration projects are relatively easy in comparison. 

The specifications for platforms like Ingrams, Audible & Apple Books are strict. It’s important that record levels are consistent throughout, this seems an obvious point but as with all voice only audio, these issues can be deceptively difficult as there is nowhere to hide in these types of recordings. Things like chair noise, fidgeting, paper turns, lip smacking have to be paid close attention to and eliminated.

Producing an audio book means taking full responsibility for delivering an error free work and directing involves keeping the narrator on script and steering the performance along consistent lines throughout the entire work.

Creating just the right atmosphere for the narrator is important too. To find out costs and to schedule sessions for your audio book project we hope you will consider our studio, we would be delighted to hear from you.