Voice-Over & Narration

A German voice
with its own studio.

Advertising, documentary, trailers, audiobooks, museum and corporate film. Voiced by Pirmin Styrnol, recorded and fully produced in-house – without the detour through an agency, a rented booth and a separate post house.

The difference

One contact instead of three.

Most voice artists deliver a raw recording. Everything after that – editing, breaths, stumbles, noise, levels, mixing – is your problem or a third supplier's. Here, both happen in the same place.

That means no coordination between voice artist, studio and engineer, no waiting for raw files, no debate about who removes the room reverb. What goes out is edited, de-noised, mixed and normalised to broadcast standard.

And when a line turns out not to work in the ear during the session, we say so – instead of reading it cleanly and sending it on.

Applications

What the voice gets booked for.

Advertising & trailers

When it has to land in 30 seconds.

Radio and TV commercials, cinema trailers, event inserts, announcements. Short formats live on timing and emphasis rather than length – and they usually need fast turnaround. Short recordings normally go out within 24 hours.

  • Voice of ARD during the 2018 FIFA World Cup – daily announcements and match previews
  • DTM trailer for ARD
  • Inserts for the Miss Germany final
  • Tour trailer and live announcements for Music & Stories
Documentary

Narrating to picture, not over it.

Documentaries need a voice that carries without pushing forward – and someone who narrates to the cut and knows when a passage has to breathe. As a director and journalist, Pirmin Styrnol brings both sides.

  • Alpenrausch im Klimawandel – SWR documentary
  • Museum film, Tonofenfabrik, Lahr city museum
  • Corporate and image films
Audiobook

Long distances, constant quality.

An audiobook is not a long commercial. Across ten hours of runtime, tone, pace and level have to stay constant – which only works when recording and mixing sit in the same hands and always happen in the same room.

  • Recording, editing and mixing included
  • Constant tone across the full runtime
  • Delivery to publisher and platform standard
Announcements

Phone, trade fair, exhibition.

On-hold messages, automated announcements, audio guides, trade fair and exhibition sound. Unglamorous but unforgiving: these recordings play thousands of times, and every mistake repeats with them.

  • Telephone and on-hold announcements
  • Audio guides and exhibition sound
  • Multi-part announcement systems with consistent tone
Samples

How it sounds.

An excerpt from a commercial production – plus two publicly available references.

Commercial · sample
Demo “Better Me”
Alpenrausch im Klimawandel
Documentary
Alpenrausch im Klimawandel

SWR documentary

Miss Germany 2019 – Finale
Television
Miss Germany 2019 – Finale

Voice of the inserts

Music & Stories – Tour-Trailer
Trailer
Music & Stories – Tour-Trailer

Trailer, inserts and live announcements on tour

Clients

Where the voice has been heard.

ARD · SWR · SWR1 · ORF 1 · die neue welle · Radio X Basel · Radiofabrik Salzburg · Orange 94.0 · Europa-Park · Mack Media · German Red Cross · Handicap International · Rote Nasen Clowndoctors · Bündnis 90/Die Grünen · Bauhaus-Universität Weimar · Landesgartenschau Lahr · Momente des Sports · Miss Germany · Aura Frästechnik · Thorofon · Pervez Mody · tillmayer.de

Pricing

What a voice recording costs.

Audiobook

Billed per runtime hour.

Not by studio time but by the length of the finished audiobook. As a rule of thumb, roughly 8,000 words make about one hour of runtime – so you can estimate your manuscript in advance.

  • Recording, editing and mixing included
  • Delivery to publisher and platform standard
  • Fixed price, no surprises at the end
€600 net
€714.00 incl. VAT · per runtime hour
Advertising, trailers, documentary

Priced by usage.

For advertising and broadcast the price follows usage rather than recording length: medium, territory and licence period. A regional radio spot is a different matter from a national TV campaign, even though both run thirty seconds.

  • Post-production always included
  • Short recordings usually within 24 hours
  • Fixed price agreed before production
on request
quote within 24 hours

We work in the professional segment: advertising, broadcast, film, museums, corporate communication and audiobook publishers. For very small projects with a budget of a few hundred euros we are not the right partner.

We would rather say that upfront than afterwards – and if a project is better placed elsewhere, we say that too. Prices are net plus VAT.

The voice

Pirmin Styrnol.

Voice artist, director and journalist. Heard on television, in cinemas and on radio. Throughout the 2018 FIFA World Cup he was on ARD every day, voicing the announcements and the previews of upcoming matches. Alongside that, recordings for SWR and ORF, across documentaries, advertising and numerous audiobooks.

That he directs himself is audible in the recordings: he doesn't just read a text, he understands where it sits in the finished piece. Together with his brother Maik he runs punchline studio – the studio's award-winning documentaries are largely narrated by him as well.

More on the person: Wikipedia

Honestly

One voice, not a roster.

We used to broker external voice artists as well. We don't any more. Not because the voices were poor, but because with someone else's recording we could only take responsibility for half the result – and that is exactly where quality gets lost.

If your project needs a different vocal colour from Pirmin's, we say so openly. That is more honest than organising a casting and disappointing everyone involved.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

What does a professional voice-over cost?
For audiobooks we bill per finished runtime hour: €600 net (€714.00 incl. VAT), including recording, editing and mixing. As a rule of thumb, roughly 8,000 words make about one hour of runtime. For commercials, trailers and announcements the price depends on usage – medium, territory and licence period – and is therefore quoted individually.
Why does an in-house studio matter?
Because recording and post-production happen in the same place. There is no coordination between voice artist, studio and audio engineer, no waiting for raw files and no debate about who removes the room reverb. What leaves the studio is edited, de-noised, mixed and normalised to broadcast standard.
How quickly will I get the recording?
Short recordings such as commercials, trailers or announcements are usually delivered within 24 hours. For documentaries and corporate films it depends on whether the narration is timed to picture and how many rounds of feedback are needed. Audiobooks are scheduled by scope.
Can I attend the session?
Yes, either on site at the studio in Lahr or by video link. For documentaries and advertising this is often worthwhile, because emphasis and pacing can be agreed directly instead of being approached over several correction rounds.
Do you offer other voices as well?
No. We no longer broker external voices and concentrate on what we can take full responsibility for: the voice of Pirmin Styrnol, recorded and produced in our own studio. If a different vocal colour is needed, we say so openly rather than organising a casting.
What project sizes is this suited to?
We work in the professional segment: advertising, broadcast, film, museums, corporate communication and audiobook publishers. For very small projects with a budget of a few hundred euros we are not the right partner – we would rather say that upfront than disappoint afterwards.

Send us your script.

Manuscript, spot copy or narration script – we'll read it and come back within 24 hours with an assessment and a price.