Podcast studio FAQ

Message us on WhatsApp, call +371 2644 2472 or email hello@balticpodcaststudio.com. Tell us the date, the format and how many people will be on the mic, and we confirm the slot and the price. On WhatsApp we reply within a few hours.

The date you want, the format (audio podcast, video podcast, multicam filming or a live stream), how many people will speak and any extras: editing, visual branding or hair and make-up.

Yes. Do-it-yourself studio rental costs €35/h and includes the studio and the lighting, so you can record on your own or with your own operator. Microphones, cameras and other equipment are added on top.

Latvian, Russian and English. Write or call in whichever of the three suits you.

At Akadēmijas laukums 1, Rīga, LV-1050, in the building of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. The studio is on the 5th floor: there is a lift, and the building is step-free inside. It is open by appointment: we agree the time of your session when you book.

Five 4K cameras (4 + 1: a camera per guest plus a wide shot), professional microphones, professional lighting, a teleprompter, a grey backdrop with RGB lighting in any colour, and a preparation and make-up zone. A chroma-key green screen is set up on request.

Up to 4 people at the table. Each has their own microphone and camera, and another camera films the wide shot.

Yes. The set has a grey backdrop, and the RGB lighting can be set to any colour and changed during the session. On request, we set up a 2.5 × 3 m chroma-key green screen, at €50/day.

Yes: to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and other platforms. Streaming from the studio costs from €320 for the first hour, then €70/h, with the equipment and an operator included. We also stream from your venue; the setup and the price are agreed for each event.

€60/h, or €100 for a 2-hour package. The price covers professional recording of up to 4 people and sound mastering.

With a 4K camera, professional lighting and a teleprompter: €90 for the first hour, then €60/h. Multicam filming on 2–5 cameras with an operator costs €280 for the first hour, then €70/h.

You receive the recorded files. If you book editing, we edit the video and audio for €40/h.

Visual branding for your show (intros, lower thirds and animation) costs from €80. For a recording or a photoshoot, make-up costs from €60 and hair from €60; booked together, they cost 10% less: from €108.

We take no deposit to hold a booking. We do issue invoices, so you can pay by invoice.

Yes, free of charge. The one exception is a large planned order paid in advance that books other people's time: you can move its date once for free, and if you move it again, the prepayment is forfeited.

The minimum booking is 1 hour; after that, time is billed in 30-minute steps. Setting up is part of your booked time. After 15 minutes of overtime, the next 30 minutes are billed.

Yes, on request. Tell us what you need when you book, and we confirm the price.

Yes. Before a recording or a photoshoot, a partner stylist does your hair and make-up in the studio's preparation and make-up zone. Book it at least 3 days before the shoot.

In any format you need. Usually it is MP4 (H.264), with the bitrate set on request to suit the resolution.

From 2 weeks to 1 month, depending on the volume. The first 2 rounds of revisions are free; after that, revisions are billed at the hourly editing rate.

Yes. We edit footage shot outside our studio at the same hourly rate as our own recordings.