From glass meeting room to four-host studio in two days
Glass, echo and a Friday deadline. How we turned a boardroom into a studio without touching the walls.
A SaaS company on King Street wanted a weekly show recorded in their glass meeting room. Glass is the worst surface for speech: hard, flat and everywhere. Facilities would not let us drill.
Day one: measure and place
We recorded a clap test and a two-minute read at three positions. The verdict: 0.9 seconds of reverb, most of it from the two long glass walls. We placed freestanding panels on rolling frames and a rug under the table. Reverb fell to 0.4 seconds, which is enough for close-mic speech.
Day two: mount, wire, train
Four boom arms clamped to the table, a mixer under the table on a bracket, cables run inside a single sleeve to a small rack in the corner. Two hours of training, one test episode, and the marketing lead published it that Friday.
What it cost
Gear at cost, installation and training: a little under $8,000. The company kept the meeting room; the studio packs into a cabinet in fifteen minutes.
If your room has glass, do not give up on it. Book a room assessment and we will show you what it can do.
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