This room needs to be very quiet indeed. Switch off any noisy lights, air conditioning, fans, clocks, computers, etc. The fewer echoes in the room the better; safe clutter is good.
The voice-recording room needs to be available throughout the production workshop. It can be small – just big enough to accommodate three people, recording equipment and microphone. May need to have power points, even if only to re-charge batteries / portable voice recorders.
This is the third in a mini-series of four articles on www.aberth.com/blog about the ideal spaces for your digital storytelling workshop. 
Written and first published by Gareth Morlais on 5 July 2009