Voice & Performance
We find the right voice for your story — with an established WLSM voice or a carefully selected external narrator.
German Audiobook Production for Books & Series
One Audiobook.
One Team.
One Production Slot.
We bring books and series to German listeners through one connected production — with careful Voice Fit and focused responsibility from manuscript to final delivery.
One Connected Production
German Audiobook Production Shouldn’t Be Complicated.
Voice, production, quality and delivery stay within one connected production framework.
Your Book or Series
Your completed German manuscript, with relevant series context aligned before production.
WLSM Connected Production
Production & Quality
Recording, editing, mastering and quality control by one connected team and system.
Review & Delivery
Final checks, refinements and delivery-ready files for your agreed delivery path.
Finished German Audiobook
A finished German audiobook reviewed, approved and prepared for your agreed delivery path.
HOW WE WORK
A Clear Production Flow.
Every production follows a clear sequence of decisions, production and review. You stay involved where your input matters. We keep everything else moving.
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Project Setup
We align the manuscript, project context, format, timeline and delivery requirements before production begins.
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Voice Fit & Alignment
We define the voice direction, recommend the strongest available fit and confirm the production path together.
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Focused Production
Narration, editing, mastering, chapter preparation and quality control move through one focused production slot.
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Review & Delivery
You review the completed production. We handle any agreed corrections, prepare the final files and support the agreed delivery path.
You stay close to the decisions that matter. We keep the production moving between them.
Are We a Fit?
Where Our Production Model Works Best.
Our model creates the most value where performance, continuity and careful production decisions matter across an audiobook — and, where relevant, across a series.
Strong Fit Signals
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Character-Driven Stories
Distinct characters, emotional continuity and performance choices are central.
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Immersive / Performance-Led Worlds
Tone, atmosphere, pacing and sustained performance need to carry across many hours.
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Series & Long-Form Projects
Narration and production decisions need to remain coherent across long runtimes or multiple books.
Especially experienced inFantasy · Romantasy · Paranormal · Science Fiction · Related speculative fiction
Where Another Approach May Fit Better
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High-volume or speed-led catalogue production
Where throughput matters more than focused performance and continuity.
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Corporate or instructional narration
Outside our story-led audiobook production model.
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Synthetic narration
Where human performance is not the intended production basis.
Planning your project
Solo, dual and series planning depends on format, voice path, timing and production scope.
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Solo Narration
Planned around finished length, scope and timing.
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Dual Narration
Planned around voice distribution, length and production requirements.
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Series
Can be planned across multiple production slots where continuity benefits from it.
Voice Fit Before Production
The Right Voice Starts With the Story.
We begin with your manuscript, not a generic voice list. We identify the voice your story needs, then recommend the strongest available fit — from our established WLSM voices or through a carefully selected external narrator.
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1. Story & Voice Proposal
We define the voice profile your story needs.
We assess tone, perspective, characters, audience and series needs before recommending a voice direction.
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2. Listening Moment
You hear the proposed direction.
A project-specific excerpt lets us test pacing, pronunciation, character energy and emotional tone.
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3. Feedback & Alignment
We confirm the direction before production.
Your feedback and our German-language production review shape the final narration direction before full production begins.
Samples
Hear Our Voices.
Discover the Range.
Katrin Liebermann and Aiden Winter are our in-house WLSM narrators. Hear their range, character presence and production quality.
Four audio samples are available. Use the playback controls to listen.
Katrin Liebermann
WLSM Narrator
Emotional
Emotional Monologue
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Intensity
Battle Scene
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Aiden Winter
WLSM Narrator
Emotional
Character Dialogue
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Intensity
Dramatic Rescue
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Case Study
One Series. One Production Relationship.
German audiobooks across the Zodiac Academy series and its companion stories.
- 14
- German audiobooks
- 320+
- finished hours
- 1
- connected series
“Zodiac Academy means so much to us, so it meant a lot to know the German audiobooks were in good hands. Katrin and Jens kept everything moving, took care of the details and made the process feel easy for our team. We really valued being able to trust them with such an important series.”
About Us
We Love Stories.
We’re Katrin & Jens — the people behind WLSM Studio. Jens narrates as Aiden Winter.
You work directly with us. We keep the relationship, creative decisions and production responsibility connected from beginning to end — bringing in another narrator or specialist when they’re the better fit, without handing away that responsibility.
For us, every production begins with the same thing: caring about the story.
Final Questions
A Few Things Worth Knowing.
Practical answers about pricing, timing, narrators and delivery before you get in touch.
01How much does production cost?
Full production with a WLSM narrator starts at €450 per finished hour (PFH). If an external narrator is the better fit, WLSM production starts at €350 PFH plus the external narrator’s fee. We confirm the scope and final rate with you before a production slot is reserved. A 50% deposit is normally due before production begins.
02What if another narrator is the better fit?
Then we can bring in a carefully selected external narrator. You still work directly with WLSM, and we keep communication, production and quality responsibility connected throughout the project.
03How long should I allow for production?
A typical production slot is planned around four weeks, depending on audiobook length, complexity and review timing. If an external narrator is involved, their availability may also affect the schedule.
04Do I need a German translation first?
Yes. We work from your completed German manuscript, preferably as a clean DOCX or PDF file.
05Can you help with ACX delivery?
Yes. We prepare ACX-ready files and can support chapter uploads, the retail sample, metadata and the final delivery steps. If you use another delivery route, we can align the final delivery requirements with you.
06Can we plan a series?
Yes. We can plan future productions around story continuity, narrator consistency and your release schedule, while confirming each audiobook and production slot individually.
07What happens after I send my project details?
We review the essentials — including genre, length, timeline, narrator fit and production scope — and then let you know what we think the best next step is.
Ready to discuss your project?
Send us the essentials. You don’t need a perfect brief — just start with what you know.
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Tell Us About Your Project.
Share the essentials about your book or series so we can understand your story and think through the right next step with you.
You don’t need a perfect brief. Just start with what you know.