Built for Intelligible Speech and Clean Signal Capture
A dedicated physical recording space constructed in Downtown Toronto to eliminate noise floor contamination and room flutter.
Downtown Studio Without Street Contamination
Recording speech in an urban core like Toronto presents severe acoustic challenges: streetcars on King and Queen, construction rumble, and commercial ventilation systems. Rather than masking these flaws with software noise suppressors, nylvut was built from the studs inward.
Our room uses dual-wall decoupled drywall assemblies filled with mineral wool insulation, double-door acoustic seals, and custom bass traps in all corners. This dampens standing waves between 80Hz and 250Hz, giving human speech natural authority and balance without hollow room resonance.
Quiet enough for whisper dynamics, voiceover narration, and high-gain dynamic microphones without background hiss.
Studio Equipment and Signal Flow
Every piece of hardware in our studio was chosen for reliability, transparent conversion, and broadcast fidelity.
Microphones & Capture
- 4x Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Broadcast Microphones
- 2x Neumann TLM 103 Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphones
- 4x Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activators (clean +25dB JFET gain)
- Yellowtec M!ka heavy-duty quiet positioning boom arms
Preamps & Conversion
- RME Fireface UFX III with pristine ESS SABRE converters
- Universal Audio Apollo x8p DSP Interface for real-time shaping
- Furman Elite line-conditioned balanced power filtering
- Dedicated isolated hardware headphone distribution amp
Video & Lighting
- 3x Sony FX3 / FX30 Cinema Line 4K Cameras with 10-bit 4:2:2
- Sony G-Master 24-70mm f/2.8 & 35mm f/1.4 prime optics
- Aputure 300d II & Nova P300c soft diffusion lighting grid
- Blackmagic ATEM Mini Extreme ISO live multi-cam switcher
Experience the Space in Person
Whether you are starting a new episodic series or transferring an established broadcast to Toronto, schedule an in-person studio tour with our lead engineer.