No.

That is like asking for a discount at a hotel because you have brought your own bed. The studio hire rate includes the use of the audio, video and lighting equipment we have, which is of the highest quality.

Yes. We specialise in video podcast recording with Blackmagic 6K cinema cameras, professional lighting and multi-camera setups. Book from £75/hour.

Of course. We are pretty busy, so we may not be able to get back to you straight away. However, you can get 30 minutes with us — we have over 20 years of combined podcast production and presenting experience — if you book a consultation.

It costs £35 and we will answer your questions either in person in the studio or over Google Meet.

Yes.

As we are a busy and popular podcast studio, we encourage regular clients to agree a set day and time with us so they can be consistent with their podcast recordings. Get in touch with us here and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Please note that payment for block bookings will be required in advance.

No.

Per our Terms and Conditions, detailed in the email you receive when you book, we need you to be wrapped up promptly. It is likely another client will be arriving after your session, and we need time to set up for them.

We will notify you when you have 5 minutes of recording time left, and we ask that you wrap up your recording by the time your appointment is due to end.

If you ask, and we can accommodate it, we may be able to let you stay longer, but there will be a charge in 30-minute increments, payable immediately. We will advise you of the additional cost at the time.

Not typically.

We set up the cameras and lights for the set you requested when you booked. If you really must change sets when you arrive, the time required to change things around will come out of your booking time.

If we can let you run over your booking time, we will require payment for the extra time.

Yes.

Please email it to us in advance, ideally in a 16:9 aspect ratio. If you forget ahead of time, we can get it from you on the day.

Yes, within reason.

We ask that you respect the furniture and hardware in the studio. Some clients bring light boxes or neon signs. Others bring props and plants. These are all fine, and we will offer direction on what will look good on camera.

Please note that the time it takes to dress the set will be included in your recording time. If you think you need a lot of setup time, please book more time in advance.

Yes.

We offer this as a booking option for our video marketing appointments. We charge £25 for the duration of your booking, as the autocue or teleprompter is set up specifically for your session. We ask that you email your scripts in advance so we can prepare.

No.

We consider this post-production and editing. You will receive one audio and one video file that covers the duration of your recording with us. We can quote you a price to do this for you, and payment should be made in advance before we carry out the work or send you the files.

We are as qualified as anyone.

Mark, co-founder of PSG, was one of the first podcast producers in the UK, and Scotland’s first. He has tens of thousands of hours of experience professionally producing and presenting podcasts since 2005. Collectively, the team at PSG is one of the most experienced in the UK.

No, unless you have specifically booked or agreed post-production with us.

We do offer a post-production and editing service, but the cost depends on the scale and scope of your project. You can pay in advance for us to create 3 social shorts from your video podcast — look out for this option when booking.

Alternatively, get in touch to discuss your project.

We will go into this in detail once we have agreed the scale and scope of the project.

In simple terms, we will send you an MP3 audio file of your recording and a Google Sheet laid out for you to tell us clearly and concisely the edits you need us to make, and the parts you would like clipped into short videos for your socials.

Once we have made all the edits and created the clips, we will send you a link to download the final audio and video files.

Please note: the fee we quote only includes one round of edits, and those edits must be marked on the Google Sheet. If you then decide you would like more changes made, we will quote you for doing this.

We ask that you allow up to 2 business days for us to send your files to the email you used when booking. However, in most cases, you will get your files sooner than this, typically within 18 hours.

If you recorded last thing on a Friday, it will be the following week before your files are ready.

We could send your audio and video files the same day. But we make sure the recorded audio is balanced and set to the LUFS required by most podcast platforms.

If you have recorded video with us, we correct the colours and contrast before sending it to you. We want you to be able to use the files straight away with minimal correction on your part.

Perhaps.

Once we have sent you your files, we typically only keep local versions for around 4 weeks, after which time we delete them. This does not apply if we are editing or post-producing your podcast.

When you receive the email link to download your files, please do so promptly. The link will display when the transfer expires. If the files are large and you do not have enough space on your hard drive, the download will not be successful. We recommend downloading onto an external storage device with sufficient space.

Our cameras are routed through an ATEM Mini Extreme ISO, which outputs 1080p. Additionally, the file sizes would be absolutely massive, and we are sending them to you via the cloud for you to download.

Also, even if you publish your video directly to Spotify for Podcasters, it will not accept 4K.

Yes.

We can even send you a DaVinci Resolve file from the ATEM Mini Extreme ISO that allows you to switch out the captured 1080p footage for the 4K files on your SD card. This does require some knowledge of the DaVinci Resolve workflow.

We are not responsible for the integrity of your SD cards. If the card is not fast enough to capture the 4K footage, or the footage is corrupted, we will not be held responsible. Please research the type and size of SD card required to capture 4K footage from Blackmagic BMPCC 6K cameras.

Yes.

We use a Rodecaster Pro, which produces these files. If you have suitable software, skills and know-how, you will be able to individually edit each audio track of your recording.

The simple answer is that it is not the most efficient way to capture multi-camera footage for a podcast. It would then be your job to sync all of the footage from the cameras in the edit.

We use an ATEM Mini Extreme ISO into which our cameras are run. We create a video with live camera switches while you record. We can send you the ISO files — the isolated video files captured in 1080p from each camera — if you require them. However, these will not be colour graded.

A benefit of recording with PSG is that you will not receive huge files via cloud download. Expect around 4GB of content per hour of recording.