Studio Details, Samples, and FX Chain Info
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Home Studio Technical Details
My Standard Signal Chain
Microphone
RØDE NT1-A
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Interface
ZOOM F3
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Primary DAW
REAPER (on PC)
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Headphones
beyerdynamic
DT 770 Pro 80 Ω
Alternative Gear Available / Owned
Microphones
RØDE NTG5 (Shotgun)
Blue Yeti
Zoom H4n
Korg CM-300
Interfaces
Universal Audio Volt 1
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
RØDECaster Pro (Gen 1)
DAW / Editors
Pro Tools Studio
Adobe Audition
Audacity
Headphones
Sennheiser HD 300
Other Software
Source-Connect 4.1
Source-Nexus Suite
Zoom / Skype / Teams / Google Meet / Slack / Discord / Other
My Updated 2026 Booth & Home Studio
VO Booth Details
Booth Details:
- Constructed with 12mm Ecoply
- Rear wall Height = 1,800 mm
Door / Front Height = 2,300 mm (angled ceiling - Rear Width = 1,000 mm
Front Width = 1,200 mm - Walls / Ceiling lined with double-layered removalist’s blankets and dual-layered black polar fleece fabric.
- Acoustic foam is the Purple D36-DST Roominator Kit from Auralex.
- Bass traps will be replaced with better ones once they can be afforded lol
- Custom shelf fitted atop heavy duty copy stand.
- ASUS VE248HR 27″ rear monitor + ARZOPA 16.1″ portable HDMI monitor
- Logitech c922 Pro Webcam
- Wired, quiet keyboard & Logitech MX Master 3S mouse.
- Stream Deck (original 5 x 3 model)
My Studio & PC Setup
Details:
- Bank of 4 x ASUS VC279H 27″ monitors
- Stream Deck (original 5 x 3 model)
- Logitech MX Ergo S mouse & generic quiet HP keyboard
- Logitech c922 Pro Webcam
- Presonus Eris E3.5 2nd Gen 3.5″ Active Media Reference Monitors (coming soon)
Main PC Specs:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- GPU: ASUS RoG Strix GeForce GTX 1080ti 11 GB
- RAM: 2 x Klevv KD4AGU880-36A180U BOLT X Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) 3600 MHz DDR4
- Case, Power Supply, Fans, and CPU Cooler: all be quiet! brand
Studio Audio Samples
The below audio samples are exactly the same and was recorded at approx. 1pm AEDT on 15th March 2026.
Raw Studio Audio Sample
Download WAV file for review.
Stats:
- Noise Floor: -60.7 dB
- True Peak: +0.3 dB
- LUFS-I: -26.3 dB
- LRA: 18.0
Notes:
My typical daytime noise floor sits around -60 dB, and this can drop to as low as around -75 dB depending on whether local bird life & weather plays nicely.
An MP3 copy is available, but WAV is better.
Basic Clean Up FX Chain Sample
Download WAV file for review.
Stats:
- Noise Floor: -80.3 dB
- True Peak: -3.8 dB
- LUFS-I: -28.9 dB
- LRA: 18.3
Notes:
Basic clean up FX plugin chain designed to roll off low end ‘junk’ frequencies, removing excessive mouth clicks, and lowering the noise floor down further to around -80 dB.
An MP3 copy is available, but WAV is better.
Full FX Chain Sample
Download WAV file for review.
Stats:
- Noise Floor: -71.7 dB
- True Peak: -4.6 dB
- LUFS-I: -24.9 dB
- LRA: 12.1
Notes:
Building on the Clean Up chain, this “full” FX chain makes use of layered compressors, a de-esser, and a limiter. Probably best used for commercial applications, but can be easily tweaked if need be.
An MP3 copy is available, but WAV is better.
My FX Chains - Process & VST Plugins Used
Basic Clean Up FX Chain
- Reductive EQ
- High Pass Filter @ 60 Hz;
- plus several resonant frequencies notched out.
- using Infinity EQ 2 from Slate Digital.
- High Pass Filter @ 60 Hz;
- Basic de-click (as required)
- Noise Floor reduction & clean up
Complete FX Chain
Building upon the Basic Clean Up FX Chain, then →
- Subtle upward expansion & downward compression to establish a louder presence
- using MV2 from Waves.
- using MV2 from Waves.
- Subtle excitment of the mid and high frequency content, to balance my lower register
- Medium-speed compression (fabric softener for one’s voice)
- Super-slow attack compression to tame the more extreme peaks
- Light de-ess / sibilance reduction (as required)
- using DeEsser from Waves.
- using DeEsser from Waves.
- -3 dB True Peak limiting
- using Ozone from iZotope.