Audio production and sound design

We record speech, build soundscapes and prepare final audio for films, advertising, museums and interactive projects. You can bring us a specific task, such as a voice-over for an edited video, or a sound production brief covering the work from the script to the agreed playback files.

• Voice-over and narration. Preparing text for recording, directing the narrator, editing takes, processing speech and mixing it with music and picture.
• Film and video sound. Dialogue editing, work on recording noise, atmospheres and effects, mixing and mastering. The scope depends on the source material and the intended screening or playback platform.
• Audio guides and museum content. Editing tour scripts, recording narration and preparing the material for a particular playback system.
• Podcasts and audiobooks. Recording and editing speech, adding music and sound scenes, and preparing individual episodes or chapters.
• Sound design. Audio cues for animation and advertising, sonic branding, and sounds that respond to actions in interfaces, games and interactive installations.

A film in a screening room, a video on a phone and an audio guide through headphones call for different preparation. We begin by identifying the listening context, duration, language versions and delivery requirements. For video, the picture edit and timecode matter; for a tour, the route, order of the segments and playback triggers are central.

1. Review the material. We look at the script, rough edit, recorded tracks, music and brief, then identify what needs to be recorded or created.
2. Agree on the sound. A short sample helps establish the voice delivery, musical character and amount of sound detail.
3. Build the production. We record, edit and process tracks, place effects and mix the elements into a coherent soundtrack.
4. Check the delivery. We check synchronisation, speech clarity and technical parameters against the project requirements. Formats and any separate stems are agreed in advance.

For the Kanevskaya District local history museum, we edited a tour script using material supplied by the client and recorded it with a professional narrator. The finished content was integrated into the audio guide system and delivered to the museum. Sound production was connected to the visitor route and the equipment used to play it.

View the audio guide project

Monchegorsk

Our contribution covered voice recording, sound editing, mixing and mastering for the documentary. The work included preparing and synchronising the project, processing dialogue, adding sound effects and creating several versions of the final audio. The film was produced by Rek.A; OM contributed sound post-production.

Read about the sound work on Monchegorsk

Black Black Sea

For the SOVA studio documentary, we worked from a rough multitrack soundtrack: processing speech, building the sound environment, mixing and mastering. This case demonstrates our role at the sound stage of an existing film production.

View the Black Black Sea case

For a long text, we agree on the reading style, pronunciation of names, chapter structure and revision process before recording. Music and effects can be part of a dramatised production; a restrained author reading may need only a carefully shaped voice and pauses. Listen to an example of long-form narration below.

A video may need a final mix synchronised to picture; an audio guide may need individual clips in tour order; an audiobook may need chapters with consistent sound. If you require separate speech, music and effects stems or different final mixes, we include them in the agreed delivery. File parameters follow the requirements of the platform or playback equipment.

• The script, rough cut or existing recordings, with the expected running time.
• Where the result will be heard: a website, film, museum system, application or other equipment.
• Any platform file requirements; for video, the current picture edit and details of how the sound project can be transferred.
• Languages, number of voices, intended use date and a reference for the delivery style.
• For an audio guide, the list of stops and playback method; for an audiobook, text length and chapter structure.

These materials help us identify what needs recording, which source tracks need processing and which files to prepare. We agree on the scope and listening stages before recording and mixing.