EDUtech 26: Showcasing the Studiobricks Podcast Duo

The Problem with Recording in Schools

Schools across Australia are running podcasting units in English, media studies, and HASS, investing in microphones, audio interfaces, and editing software, and building genuine capability in student content creation. The infrastructure for audio production has arrived in a way that would have seemed unlikely ten years ago. What hasn’t kept pace is the physical environment those programmes need to produce work that sounds as good as it reads.

When it’s time to record, most schools fall back on whatever improvised space is available: a corridor corner, a storeroom, a quiet section of the library. The results are consistent in the wrong way. HVAC noise bleeds through, footsteps register in hallways outside, and a class next door becomes an unwanted collaborator. The recording captures the room at least as much as it captures the voice, and no amount of post-production fixes a recording environment that was never right to begin with.

For students learning the craft, this becomes a ceiling on what they can achieve. When the technique is there and the content is strong but the audio quality consistently falls short, the problem isn’t the student; it’s the space. A purpose-built acoustic environment removes that ceiling entirely and lets the work speak for itself.

Built for Education, Not Just Production Companies

The Podcast Duo was developed for professional content studios and broadcast environments, but several of its core characteristics translate directly into the demands of an education setting in ways that purpose-built studio furniture rarely does.

Portability and Reassembly

Studiobricks’ patented BRICK system allows the booth to be fully disassembled and reassembled without screws, which means it can move with the school rather than being fixed to a single location. For schools that reconfigure spaces seasonally, need the booth available for events or open days, or want to share the resource across campuses, this is a meaningful operational advantage that a built-in recording room simply cannot offer. The acoustic performance is identical after reassembly.

Sustainable and Safe Materials

The materials students spend time inside matter, and Studiobricks has approached this with some rigour. The Podcast Duo uses no added formaldehyde MDF panels and water-based paint throughout, with recycled PET acoustic absorbers that are TUV SUD certified for indoor air quality and rated at zero emissions. Those absorbers are also 20% more effective than traditional acoustic foam, which improves both the safety profile and the recording quality inside the booth.

Equipped to Record

The standard configuration includes Yellowtec professional microphone arms, the folding table, LED lighting, cable ports for up to 10 cables, and the ventilation system, which means schools only need to add their preferred microphones and audio interface to have a fully functional recording environment. There is no additional fitout required and no separate equipment list to work through before the booth is usable.

Colour and Customisation

The exterior can be specified in over 200 RAL Classic colours, with three options for the interior absorber finish, giving schools the ability to integrate the booth into an existing media studio aesthetic or align it with a broader interior scheme. For schools where the booth will be a visible centrepiece of a learning space, this flexibility matters more than it might initially seem.

How Schools Are Using It

Schools that have installed the Podcast Duo tend to find it earns its place across a wider range of activity than the original brief anticipated:

• Podcast and media units. Students produce assessed audio content in an environment where the technical quality matches the creative expectation, without the compromise of recording in an improvised space.
• Student journalism and radio. Schools with journalism programmes or student radio stations have a dedicated recording environment capable of producing broadcast-quality output.
• Oral assessment and presentation practice. Drama, language, and public speaking programmes benefit from a space where students can rehearse and record without an audience, in an environment that takes the work seriously.
• Staff professional development content. Schools producing their own CPD resources, parent communication recordings, or internal training materials have a space where the output sounds credible rather than improvised.
• Events and open days. Because the booth can be relocated without losing its acoustic performance, it can be moved for events or demonstrations and returned to its regular position without any reinstallation process.