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The budget-first audio guide

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Most audio sites tell you to spend more. We teach you how to spend less and still sound like you belong on the radio. Twenty years in booths, studios and bedrooms — distilled into guides that actually apply to your setup.

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Matt Scully

After more than twenty years in radio, voice-over work, production and media, I created Budget Voice Studio to help creators achieve professional sound without professional prices. I've recorded in proper studios and I've recorded in a closet full of coats. This site is everything I wish someone had told me before I bought my first mic.

— By Scully