Audiobooks · Podcasts · Audio Drama · Game Audio · Conversational AI — UK studio
The Orchid Post is an audio post-production company crafting high-end sound that brings listeners to total engagement. Our ethos is simple: listeners forgive almost anything except bad sound. We finish audiobooks, podcasts, audio drama, and multilingual dubbing until they are ready for release on any platform, anywhere. We also engineer conversational AI and voice agents that sound unmistakably human, making digital communication effortless and natural.
Full post for indie authors, publishers, and production houses: dialogue editing, noise reduction, EQ and mastering to ACX and retailer specifications. You record the narration, and we make it release-ready.
Small flaws sink good narration: mispronunciations, artifacts, pacing glitches, tonal drift. We QC narrated audio line by line and deliver a clear, timestamped report, plus corrected audio where needed, so what reaches your listeners sounds intentional and polished.
Dialogue editing, sound design, Foley, music integration, and final mix to broadcast loudness standards. We build worlds you can hear, and mixes that hold up on everything from studio monitors to phone speakers.
Crafting bespoke, expressive character voices and dynamic dialogue using the ElevenLabs AI voice designer. We engineer hyper-realistic, emotionally nuanced AI voice performances tailored for audio dramas, rapid prototyping, and digital media scaling.
Bridging the gap between linear sound design and interactive gameplay. We build dynamic, adaptive audio systems and implement sound assets seamlessly into your game engine using Audiokinetic Wwise, ensuring immersive, spatialized player experiences.
AI voice agents, conversational AI, prompt engineering, agent persona design, speech quality evaluation, text normalisation, pronunciation optimisation, and character voice design.
Every engagement starts with your goal, not our process. Tell us what the finished audio needs to do: pass ACX review, hit a launch date, match a house sound, or survive a distributor's QA.
We work backwards straight from your target metrics. We scope out your project timelines honestly, flag any technical profile risks early, and verify formatting boundaries before edits begin.
We maintain an open communication channel directly with your team until the final masters are completely delivered, checked, and approved. Your goals are our explicit project brief.
Industry standard: ≈ 9,300 words per finished hour of audio.
Estimate covers editing, mastering and ACX QC of narrated audio at £100 per finished hour. Industry standard: 1 finished hour of audio requires about 5 to 6 hours of technical studio production. Full narration production and sound-designed projects are quoted per project: send the manuscript for a fixed quote.
The Orchid Post exists for the last stage of the process, the one that decides whether all the work before it gets heard at its best.
The studio is led by Henry, an audio engineer with an MA in Audio Production and deep experience across audiobook, podcast and audio drama post-production. Whatever shape your narration arrives in, we know how to make the result sound clean, consistent, and human, and we can diagnose problems at the level most editors miss: not just what sounds wrong, but why.
We're not a volume shop. Every project gets an engineer who has actually listened to your material, understands what you're trying to achieve with it, and treats your deadline as a commitment rather than an estimate.
And we believe great audio work is built on great communication. You'll always know where your project stands: clear timelines, honest updates, and quick answers, whether you're in London, Los Angeles, or New York. No radio silence, no jargon, no surprises on delivery day.
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The fastest way to see the difference is to hear it on your own material. Tell me about your project and you'll get a treated sample back with a QC readout.