Offbeat Studios & Music Production

17/08/2025

At this special boy’s christening today. Wee Alexander (no relation) was completely unphased all the way through ❤️

07/08/2025

Recording another episode of Uncanny for BBC Sounds with Producer Danny Robins.

In this episode, sceptic Alasdair Beckett-King goes head to head with paranormalist Evelyn Hollow in a programme about a haunted house in the North East of England.

Alasdair, who runs a highly popular podcast called Mysteries and has a standup show in the Fringe, makes his debut in this fascinating episode about Goth Ghosts in Newcastle.

02/08/2025

Lovely to have Kristen McGuire in our Edinburgh ADR studio recording for Bel Air, the NBC / Peacock series inspired by The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Kristen’s ADR credits include S*x and the City and Pixar’s Ice Age. She’s here from Manhattan for her Edinburgh Festival Fringe show and ran her own ADR session at Offbeat using her own gear.

12/07/2025

Great to be a cog in the wheel of this movie

Movies of Scotland: Reality Is Not Enough (2025). A revealing exploration of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, culminating in his exploration of consciousness through a hallucinogenic DMT experience in Toronto.

11/06/2025

Gunner is the gripping new crime audiobook by Alan Parks, best known for his award-winning Harry McCoy detective series. We’re proud to once again direct and produce his work — this time for Baskerville Books, part of Hachette UK and narrated by Alex J Stewart

Offbeat previously recorded the full Harry McCoy series for Canongate Books, and this latest production continues Alan’s legacy of gritty, atmospheric Scottish noir.

“Great stuff… a vivid sense of place and time and what a main character!” – Ian Rankin, #1 bestselling author of the Rebus series.

06/06/2025

Just announced! Reality Is Not Enough will premiere as the Closing Night film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.

We recorded Irvine Welsh’s dialogue for the film here at Offbeat with director Paul Sng, and our very own Olivia Caw narrates segments in the film.

Big congrats to the team – looking forward to seeing it on the big screen!

14/05/2025

The BBC Sounds drama of Local Hero is now live!
We were thrilled to record Clive Russell’s performance here at Offbeat, broadcasting it in real time via Source Connect to a London studio—perfectly synced with the rest of the cast recording remotely. Remote collaboration at its best.

A radio reimagining of Bill Forsyth's beloved 1983 film.

07/05/2025

Another brilliant voice session at Offbeat with the legendary Tilda Swinton, recording voice commentary for the upcoming arthouse film The Heart of Light, produced by Heartbeatt Pictures in Berlin.

A masterclass in voice performance, Tilda’s delivery was beautifully understated, rich with emotion, and deeply compelling. A true artist and an inspiring human being.

Voice commentary recorded at Offbeat Studios in Edinburgh by Iain McKinna and Olivia Caw.

Specialists in ADR recording, voice overs, and audio post-production for film and TV.

28/03/2025

BBC – The One Show returns to Offbeat Studio for ADR voice recording sessions with Chalk Productions and Storyboard Studios. Actor James Logan records voice commentary to picture, directed remotely via Zoom.

14/03/2025

Great article in the Guardian on The End by Joshua Oppenheimer and starring Tilda Swinton. Offbeat was involved in ADR for the film working with Oppenheimer remotely from the USA with Tilda in the studio.

Inspired by a Russian tycoon’s survival bunker, the pair’s post-apocalyptic tale takes in environmental collapse, our facades and delusions – and big ol’ show tunes

26/02/2025

Final audio recording session at Offbeat for the upcoming Irvine Welsh feature documentary Reality Is Not Enough. Great working with director Paul Sng and writer Michael Pedersen. Excited to see the finished result some time this year!

18/02/2025

Yesterday, we had the incredible experience of recording Clive Russell—best known for Game of Thrones—for a BBC radio adaptation of Local Hero. The session was live down the line to Sonica Studios in London, with a fantastic cast that included Scottish actor Greg McHugh.