Your podcast setup should not take longer than the conversation.
No tangled cables across a spare bedroom. No grey curtain behind the guest. No flat ring-light glare. No spending the first hour troubleshooting a microphone that worked yesterday.
You need a room that is already ready.
At @38, our dedicated podcast studio in Clapton E5 gives you broadcast-quality sound, controlled acoustics and adjustable purple-to-red studio lighting in one private space. The setup is built for long-form conversations, solo shows, interviews and panel recordings.
From £175 for up to 4 hours. Full-day sessions are available for up to 8 hours.
Book a podcast session at @38.
Start with the room
Sound begins before you switch on the microphone.
A room with hard, untreated surfaces creates reflections. Voices bounce off walls, floors and ceilings. The result is echo, muddiness and a recording that sounds further away than it should.
That problem becomes more obvious when you are recording two or more people. Every voice interacts with the room differently. You can try to repair it in post-production, but editing cannot always remove the character of a bad space.
Our podcast room uses controlled acoustics to keep the recording clean and focused. The studio is independent of the main floor, so your session stays private. No event noise bleeding through the wall. No people walking behind the guest. No need to pause every time someone opens a door.
If you are comparing options for recording studio hire in Hackney, check the room before you check the camera package.
The atmosphere matters. The acoustics matter more.
Twin boom-arm mics. Clean signal.
A good microphone placed badly still gives you a bad recording.
The mic needs to sit at the right distance from the speaker. It needs to stay stable throughout the conversation. It should not block the guest’s face or dominate the frame. It also needs to capture a consistent level when someone leans forward, turns away or gets animated.
At @38, the podcast setup includes twin broadcast-quality boom-arm microphones. They stay in position, keep the sightlines clear and give both speakers a consistent recording position.
The microphones run through a professional audio interface for clean gain staging and reliable monitoring. That means you can focus on the conversation instead of watching a level meter every thirty seconds.
Before you book any podcast studio, ask what is actually included:
- Microphones
- Audio interface
- Monitoring
- Cables and stands
- Acoustic treatment
- Lighting
- Setup support
- File delivery
A low hourly rate can change quickly when every useful part of the setup becomes an extra.
At @38, the room is built around the recording. You arrive, take your seat and start working.
Lighting should create depth
More light is not always better light.
A podcast filmed under bright overhead panels can look flat and clinical. Every surface is visible, but nothing has any depth. The background becomes a distraction rather than part of the image.
The @38 podcast studio uses an adjustable purple-to-red studio lighting setup. You can keep the look closer to violet, push it towards red or find a balance that fits the tone of your show.
The dark industrial surroundings do part of the work. Deep shadows give the image shape. Coloured light catches the edges of the room. The background has texture without competing with the people speaking.
This is useful if your podcast is also a video series. The studio gives you a visual identity from the first episode, without building a set or covering the room with branded panels.
Use the lighting to support the content:
- Keep faces clear and evenly exposed.
- Use the coloured wash to separate the subjects from the background.
- Avoid lighting the entire room at the same brightness.
- Match the colour and intensity across every recording.
- Keep enough contrast for clips, thumbnails and social edits.
The aim is simple. Your guest should look comfortable. Your footage should look intentional.
A setup that works for long conversations
A podcast room needs to be practical, not just photogenic.
The @38 setup includes two Wassily chairs with enough space for a natural conversation. The twin mic arms stay out of the way. The controlled acoustics help keep the sound consistent across a full session.
That matters when you are recording more than one episode.
A half-day session gives you up to 4 hours in the studio. That is enough for one full episode, several short-form clips or a focused solo recording sprint.
A full-day session gives you up to 8 hours. Use it to record multiple episodes, test different formats or build a bank of clips for the next few weeks.
You can also ask about series bookings if you need a regular recording slot. Keeping the same room, lighting and microphone setup across your episodes makes the production more consistent. It also means you spend less time rebuilding the workflow every time you record.
Build for the full content cycle
Your podcast is not just the finished episode.
One recording can become:
- A full audio episode
- A long-form YouTube video
- Short clips for Instagram and TikTok
- Quote graphics
- Guest content
- Behind-the-scenes footage
- Promotional stills
- A newsletter or written article
That is why the room needs to work visually as well as acoustically.
A strong background gives you more usable footage. Consistent lighting makes clips from different episodes feel connected. Clear audio means less time cleaning every cut. A stable seated setup allows the conversation to run without constant repositioning.
You can also keep the production simple. There is no need to arrive with a van full of set materials. No backdrop construction. No complicated lighting rig. No last-minute hunt for acoustic panels.
The room already has a look.
Why hire a podcast studio in London?
Recording at home can work. It is also easy to outgrow.
You might start with a USB microphone and a laptop. Then you add a second mic, a camera, lights, stands, acoustic foam and storage drives. The room becomes difficult to use for anything else. Your guest sits beside a laundry rack. Your cables disappear behind the sofa. The recording depends on whether the neighbours are drilling.
A professional podcast studio hire in London removes those variables.
You get:
- A dedicated room
- Broadcast-quality microphones
- A professional interface
- Controlled acoustics
- Adjustable studio lighting
- A consistent visual setup
- Privacy during your booking
- No set build required
You also get time back. Instead of preparing the room, you can prepare the questions. Instead of fixing a noisy recording, you can concentrate on the guest.
For more detail on the production issues that affect video podcasts, read 7 mistakes you’re making with your video podcast. The short version: bad audio, flat lighting and poor framing will cost you more than a professional session.
What does a podcast session at @38 cost?
The starting rate is clear:
- Half Day: From £175 for up to 4 hours
- Full Day: £300 for up to 8 hours
- Series bookings: Monthly or recurring sessions available by arrangement
Each session gives you exclusive access to the studio room during your booking. The space is available Monday to Sunday from 08:00.
You can check the podcast studio setup and available rates, then send us your recording requirements. Tell us how many people are attending, whether you are recording audio, video or both, and how long you need.
We respond within 24 hours.
Record here. Sound like this.
You do not need the biggest studio in London.
You need a room that sounds controlled, looks like your brand and works without unnecessary friction.
At @38, that means twin boom-arm microphones, a professional interface, adjustable purple-to-red lighting, controlled acoustics and a private studio in Clapton E5.
From £175. Bring the idea. We will handle the room.
What does your current podcast setup look like? Are you recording at home, hiring a studio or still trying to make the spare room work?
Comment below and tell us what is helping : or getting in the way. Then DM @38 to check your date.
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