A working broadcast facility you can book by the hour.
XYZ Studios is home to XYZ with Erik Zachary, a nationally syndicated daily video podcast heard on radio stations in 40+ cities. The same rooms, the same gear, and additional custom sets are open for your podcast, interview, video shoot, or live taping.
This is not a rented room with a couple of mics on a table. It is a purpose built four room broadcast and live steaming facility in River West, five minutes from the West Loop and River North, with every room routed through a central control room so your session runs like a broadcast instead of a scramble.
The rooms:
Studio A is the radio broadcast room where the syndicated show is produced daily. Four position setup, broadcast desk, live to air ready.
Studio C is a dedicated podcast studio with two custom sets, so you can shoot two looks in one booking without a reset.
Control Room with editing bays, 4K recording, Universal Audio front end, and routing and monitoring for every room in the building.
Main stage and event space with a 20 ft seamless cyc wall, a hung 6 ft LED screen, and professionally installed DMX stage lighting. Holds up to 55 for live tapings and audience shows.
Equipment Available:
Audio:
Shure SM7B and Universal Audio SD-1 microphones. RODECaster Video S. Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Quad. Audient EVO SP8 eight channel mic pre with ADAT expansion.
Video
Three Panasonic GH7 bodies with a several Leica lens options. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K.
Lighting
Six CB200W continuous fixtures (both bicolor and RGB). 12 x 18W LED stage wash, DMX controllable and flicker free for camera. Westcott FJ400 strobe kit, two heads with trigger.
Who books us:
Podcasters capturing video and audio in one pass. Brands shooting founder interviews and internal video messages. Agencies who need a control room and a stage on the same day. Anyone who wants their guest to walk into a room that looks and sounds like a real network studio.