Podcast studio

Sit down, put the headphones on and talk. An engineer runs the cameras, the sound and the live switch.

From $150 an hourSee rates and book

See the rates
  • $250 an hour, multi-camera
  • $150 an hour, audio only
  • Engineer included

Production house

An LED wall stage, a green screen stage, a recording studio and a crew that takes a project from script to final cut.

Stages, studio and crewSee stages and services

  • 22 ft LED wall
  • 800 sq ft green screen
  • 680 sq ft recording room

IMP Studios, Paramus, New Jersey

What are you here to make?

The LED wall stage at IMP Studios

LED wall stage

A 22 ft LED wall plays real-time environments behind your talent. The background is captured in camera, so most of the look is finished when you wrap.

Wall
22 ft wide
Pixel pitch
About 1.2 mm
Pipeline
Unreal Engine, real-time playback
Power
600 A distributed

$4,000about, per
10-hour day

Stage manager and
lighting package included

The green screen stage at IMP Studios

Green screen stage

800 sq ft with a pre-lit cyc wall and a full lighting grid. The key is clean before you roll, and the stage can stream live when the shoot is a broadcast.

Floor
800 sq ft
Cyc wall
Pre-lit
Lighting
Full grid
Power
600 A distributed

$1,800about,
per day

Makeup room, client area
and kitchen included

The recording studio live room at IMP Studios

Recording studio

A 680 sq ft live room, tuned by acoustician Sam Berkow, that holds anything from a jazz quartet to a 30-piece choir. Grammy-winning engineer Mike Goldberg runs the desk.

Live room
680 sq ft
Console
Euphonix CS2000
Workstation
Pro Tools Ultimate HDX
Microphones
Neumann, Telefunken, AKG

Music, voiceover, audiobooks and audio post.
Quoted per session.

You talk. We handle the rest.

Every session comes with an engineer who runs the cameras, the sound and the live switch, on a set dressed for your show. You leave with files that are ready to post.

Cameras
Up to 3, in 4K on request
Microphones
Up to 4, broadcast grade
Switching
Cut live, with your graphics
You leave with
Switched program, ISO files, raw audio
Sets
Custom sets or the LED wall behind you
On the day
Free parking and refreshments

Rates

Priced by the hour, with no hidden equipment or production fees. Book more hours and the rate comes down.

By the hour

$250per hour

Multi-camera video. Up to three cameras and four microphones, studio lighting, live switching and a production engineer.

$150per hour

Audio only. Up to four microphones, multitrack recording and an audio engineer.

Hour packs

Buy once and use the hours across as many sessions as you like, for 90 days.

8 hours$240 per hour$1,920
16 hours$235 per hour$3,760
24 hours$230 per hour$5,520

Monthly plans

For a regular show. Three-month minimum, with preferred scheduling and editing discounts.

4 hours a month$240 per hour$960
8 hours a month$220 per hour$1,760
12 hours a month$200 per hour$2,400
16 hours a month Biggest savings$180 per hour$2,880
Executive Content Day$2,650

$2,650 for a limited time, regularly $3,250. One recording day built for executives and subject-matter experts.

  • Up to 8 hours in the studio
  • Pre-production strategy call of up to 2 hours with a Creative Director
  • Custom production roadmap and schedule
  • Multi-camera recording with a dedicated production engineer
  • Live-switched program, ISO video and raw multitrack audio
Editing and add-ons4K, clips, graphics
  • 4K recording
  • Editing and social media clips
  • Graphic design: logos and promotional material
  • Custom sets, including the LED wall as a background

Add any of these to a session when you book.

Our services

One stop, from the first concept to the finished film, record or broadcast. The people who run these rooms also write, direct, shoot, edit and score, with Emmy-winning editors and a Grammy-winning engineer down the hall from each other.

  1. Creative development

    • Concept development
    • Visual development
    • Art direction
    • Messaging and target audience
    • Budgeting
  2. Pre-production

    • Script writing
    • Storyboarding and shot lists
    • Location scouting
    • Talent and crew acquisition
    • Scheduling
  3. Production

    • Live action, in studio and on location
    • Multi-camera shooting
    • Live broadcasting
    • AR, VR and MR virtual production
    • Music and voiceover recording, scoring
  4. Post-production

    • Editing and color correction
    • Visual effects
    • Motion graphics
    • 2D and 3D animation
    • Audio mixing and sound design
What people make here
Commercials
Corporate and training video
Podcast series
Live streams and virtual events
Music videos
Records and voiceover

Made here.

Commercials, sizzle reels and sector reels shot and finished in Paramus. Throw a card aside to see the next one.

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What clients say

They're real pros and great people too.

Dawn CarielloProducer, CentraState Healthcare System

IMP Studios New Jersey has been a valued partner to Source for many years.

Larry RothsteinCEO, Source Communications

IMP/Think Reel in New Jersey brings an experienced production team to every project.

Rich DegniSVP, Executive Creative Director, Source Communications

Their facility is unbelievably state of the art, and their staff is amazing!

Joan FranzinoVoice over talent

I would highly recommend to everyone interested in professional high-quality work!

Ellen StewartBusiness owner

Clients

Networks, leagues, brands and artists who have worked in these rooms.

Logos of brands IMP Studios has worked with
Media
NetflixWarner EntertainmentESPNCNNMSG
Sports
Major League BaseballNational Basketball AssociationMajor League Soccer
Brands
JeepBMWSonySprint PCSToys R UsMiller Beer
Artists
AerosmithSlashJohnny WinterLeslie WestRitchie BlackmoreLou RawlsDee SniderJonny LangDoro Pesch

About us

Work hard, play hard. Or is it play hard, then work? Oh, never mind.

IMP Studios and ThinkReel is a team of producers, writers, musicians, filmmakers, directors, cinematographers and composers, with Emmy-winning video editors and Grammy-winning recording engineers among them. Whether you need a full-scale production or only the room, the same people are here for it.

The IMP Studios team

Leadership

  • JP

    Jeff Pizza

    Chief Operating Officer

  • AR

    Adam Ritchie

    Executive Producer

  • AP

    Anoli Patel

    Creative Director, Producer

Video production

  • DH

    Dave Hirschberg

    Director, Editor, Motion Graphics

  • TS

    Thom Sontag

    Marketing, Production

  • LT

    Luke Troast

    Camera, Editor, Motion Graphics

  • AB

    Andrew Bernard

    Lighting Director, Gaffer

  • BK

    Bob Klein

    Director, Editor, Writer

  • AP

    Ariela Pizza

    Art Director, Producer

Audio production

  • MG

    Mike "Metal" Goldberg

    Producer, Engineer

  • DB

    Dave Biglin

    Musician, Composer, Arranger

  • W!

    Woof!

    Comic Relief, Head of Security

Our equipment

What is on the stages and in the control room when you walk in. Open a list to see the kit.

On the stages

CamerasRED, Panasonic, Sony
  • RED Komodo-X
  • Panasonic S1H and S5 IIX
  • Sony A7 series

Bringing your own? Most cinema and broadcast cameras work with the LED wall, including RED, ARRI, Sony and Blackmagic.

Switching and streamingBlackmagic ATEM
  • Blackmagic ATEM switching
  • Teradek SDI wireless transmission
  • SOLOCOM intercom
  • Dedicated streaming PC and production network
LightingAputure, Litepanels, Kino Flo
  • Aputure
  • Litepanels
  • Kino Flo
  • Full lighting grid and pre-lit cyc wall on the green screen stage
Monitors and prompting40 to 75 inch
  • Multi-monitor setups from 40 to 75 inches
  • Teleprompters
Stage audioWireless and multi-channel
  • Wireless handheld microphones
  • Multi-channel recording
  • JBL speakers

In the recording studio

Console and workstationEuphonix, Pro Tools
  • Euphonix CS2000 console
  • Pro Tools Ultimate HDX on a Mac Pro
  • Avid HD I/O, Apogee Rosetta, Apogee Big Ben master clock
  • Monitors: KRK 7000 custom, Focal Trio 6 BE, Genelec 1032A with 1092A sub, Yamaha NS-10M and HS-8
MicrophonesNeumann, Telefunken, AKG
  • Neumann U-87, KM184
  • Telefunken U-48, M-80, M-81
  • AKG 414, D12
  • Sennheiser 421
  • EV RE20
  • Shure SM58, SM57, SM7, KSM8
OutboardNeve, Avalon, Lexicon
  • AMS-NEVE 33609/C
  • Telefunken V72
  • DBX 165A
  • Avalon 737sp
  • Focusrite ISA-115
  • Medici the Equaliser
  • Eventide H3000d/SE, H910
  • T.C. Electronics 2290
  • Lexicon PCM 41, PCM 42, PCM 80, LXP-15 II, 300 Reverb
  • Yamaha SPX-1000
  • Drawmer DS201
  • Maestro Echoplex and Roland Space Echo RE-201
Plug-insUAD, Waves, Eventide
  • Universal Audio, the entire collection, on a UAD-2 OCTO
  • Waves Platinum
  • Eventide Legacy
  • Antares Auto Tune
  • Toontrack, full suite, and Drumagog
Instruments and ampsYamaha, Hammond, Marshall
  • Yamaha 7-piece Recording Custom drum kit
  • Yamaha G-1 baby grand piano
  • Hammond XK-3c
  • Yamaha Motif 8
  • Marshall JCM 900 2X12
  • Vox AC 30
  • Blackstar Series One 100
  • Peavey Delta Blues 2X10
  • Tech 21 Sans Amp PSA-1 and Bass Driver

Close to New York. Easier than New York.

IMP Studios 120 NJ-17, Paramus, NJ 07652 Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm
The lobby at IMP Studios
  • NYCJust across the HudsonClose to Manhattan by road, with no Midtown traffic and no load-in on a city street.
  • 5 minFrom Teterboro AirportWith a private shuttle for talent and executives. Newark Liberty is also close.
  • $0Parking, on sitePrivate and free with every booking.
  • LiveBroadcast readyRoom for satellite trucks and on-site generators, with redundant systems for live days.

Tell us what you are making, and when.

We will come back with a room, a crew if you need one, and a number. Pick where to start.

Details

Check availability

What are you booking?

Podcast studio

Every session includes a dedicated engineer, studio lighting, light refreshments and free parking. Video sessions leave with a live-switched program, ISO files and raw audio.

Format
People on mic
Studio time
2 hours

How should we reply?

We reply during studio hours, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. Or call 201.261.3959.