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45 Pleasant St, Woburn, MA, USA

Teen Room Recording Studio

A teen boy with long brown hair sings into a professional microphone, while a teen girl in a sweatshirt mixes sound files on a laptop next to him.Have you ever wanted to record your own music, mix your own beats, or create your own podcast? The Teen Room Recording Studio can help make that possible!

What is the Teen Room Recording Studio?

Created by the library’s SCI AmeriCorps Fellow in 2023 for the incredibly talented and creative Woburn teen community, the Teen Room Recording Studio is a converted arts & crafts closet equipped with the technology required to record and mix audio.

Since the Recording Studio is an extension of the Teen Room, it is for use by students in 6-12th grade (or equivalent) only.

What can I use the Recording Studio for?

Really? The possibilities are endless!

Our computers are equipped with Audacity, a software used for recording, editing, & basic audio manipulation. Import music or a beat to sing or rap over. Record vocals only to make a podcast. We’ve even had groups record their own instrumentals.

And if there’s something you want to try, the Teen Room staff are happy to help you make it a reality!

How do I use the Recording Studio?

The Teen Room holds Recording Studio Orientations and Open Hours on the first Thursday of the month (unless announced otherwise). Please see the calendar for upcoming sessions.

You must attend an Orientation session to familiarize yourself with the equipment before you use the studio. Once you have attended an orientation, you may record during Open Hours on a first come, first serve basis.

If you are certified to use the Recording Studio (by attending an Orientation), you may also ask Teen Room staff if you can use the studio during Teen Room hours.

Recording Studio Rules:

  • Treat all equipment gently and with respect. If you do not know how to use a piece of equipment or suspect that it is broken, please tell Teen Room staff.
  • Due to limited space, only 2 people are allowed in the studio at a time.
  • Always check in with Teen Room staff before using the recording studio.
  • The same rules that apply in the rest of the Teen Room apply in the Teen Recording Studio. Use library-appropriate language, NO FOOD ALLOWED, clean up after yourself, walk, use your indoor voice, and keep hands & other body parts to yourself.
  • Failure to follow these rules will result in loss of Recording Studio access.

What equipment is in the Studio?

a teen girl in a black sweatshirt mixes audio tracks on a laptop

  • 1 Yeti USB Microphone (compatible with PC, Mac, & Windows)
  • 1 AOKEO Professional Microphone Pop Filter
  • 2 pairs of Tascam TH-200X Studio Headphones
  • 2 Audio Splitter Cables (1 headphone splitter 3.5 mm – 0.9 ft & 1 headphone splitter 3.5 mm – 4 ft)
  • 5 DEEKOO Flash Drive 16 GB Thumb Drive Memory Sticks
  • 1 Stage Right by Monoprice Large 23.5 in. Microphone Isolation Shield with metal frame & acoustic absorption foam
  • Access to Dell Laptop Intel CORE i5 8th Gen with Windows OS
    • you may use your own laptop if you’d like

Free Resources:

  • Audacity Support
  • Royalty-Free Beats:
    • Freebeats.io — a resource for up-and-coming rappers, singers and content creators who are seeking free beats and instrumentals for their multimedia projects.
    • Royalty Free Beats Soundcloud – Royalty free beats for recording artists by Multi Platinum producer Freek van Workum.
    • Citizen DJ – make your own beats using the free-to-use audio and video collections from the Library of Congress.