One of my favorite things about voice acting is the variety of voiceover projects out there. For example, I have been the voice on a few Heavy Metal songs over the years, in the style of Queensrÿche, etc. It takes some specific studio wizardry to mix with a Heavy Metal Voice Over: Compressors. Using special […]
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Source-Connect Q Restore and Replace are features designed to improve sporadic flawed audio quality in Source-Connect recording sessions to home or remote studios. They are particularly useful in rare cases of when network connectivity is less than ideal, which can sometimes lead to audio dropouts or artifacts. These features are unique to Source-Connect among all
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New Voiceover Branding for Voice Actor Lance Blair You may have noticed that things look a lot different here thanks to my new voiceover branding. For 20 years I have been a full-time voiceover actor. Every five years or so I like to refresh my voiceover branding to reflect who I am, as I grow
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MOTU M2 Audio Interface The MOTU M2 and M4 Audio Interfaces are entry-level offerings from MOTU, but they have high quality preamps and the same ESS Sabre32 Ultra DAC converters as their top-of-line interfaces. Everything about these units is extremely well made in a way that cannot be said of similar products from SSL, Focusrite,
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What is LUFS? What is LUFS? And what should LUFS Voiceover Levels be? Well, LUFS (Loudness Units Referenced to Full Scale) is the standard for measuring Loudness. Loudness is the perceived level of heard sound. It is not the same as peak volume level, which is the maximum amplitude of a sound wave. 0 dBFS
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5 Tips for Great Voice Over Recordings How do you get that professional finished sound for voice overs from your home or remote studio? You don’t need to spend a lot of money on gear, if you start with no weak links in your audio chain. And you don’t need to have the best gear
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Whether you want to create 100% AI-written content based on established keystone content, or use AI as part of the creative process of your team, there are several ways to use AI technology to help write voice-over scripts. Here are a few examples: Making AI Part of Your Creative Process AI Helps Your Script Writing
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Voices.com Promoting AI Voices Over Human Ones Voices.com participated in a 2019 Voicebot.ai survey that said 71% preferred a human voice-over AI. Yes, AI voices have come a long way since 2019, but even the best ones are still annoying, even in brief samples. Voices.com did their own survey of 336 registered client users of
Importance of Clean Audio for Voiceovers In 2019, I previously blogged about raw voiceover samples, but now I am revisiting the topic with new Raw Voiceover Samples. Many are now saying that one should not post raw voice over samples because AI companies will harvest them to create voice clones. To me, the rise of
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I’m not worried about how AI voiceovers affect the Voiceover Industry. Yet. Bing and Google rushed out their AI projects and they are not ready for prime-time. The answers and content they provide are all non-committal. Relying on phrases such as “can be” “could be” “should be” excessively. Intelligence, and voice overs, are about making
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