Importance of Clean Audio for Voiceovers In 2019, I blogged about my raw voiceover samples, but now I am revisiting the topic with Raw Voiceover Samples for 2023. 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 …
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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Always Keep Ideal eLearning Qualities in Mind My eLearning clients tell me that their ideal eLearning voiceover is one that is clear, concise, and easy to understand. When I record for them, I always keep these qualities in mind: Professional with Personality Professional eLearning Audio Quality to match
The Three Main Types of Pop Filters Choosing the best pop filter for voiceover recordings gives you confidence to have great session results. You won’t have to worry about ruining takes with excessive plosive hard consonant sounds. Plus, your microphone will last longer without wet breath and spit hitting the microphone. There are three main …
The Secret to a Warmer, Stronger Voice Would you like to know the secret to a stronger and warmer voice for voiceover? “Yes! Do I need to get a U87 microphone?”No. “Do I need a new fancy preamp or the latest plugins?”No. “Oh, I got it! Do I need to do vocal warmups?” That helps. …
Home Voice Over Studio Part One: The Set-Up Let’s keep this simple: you want to set up a home voice over studio with a low noise floor. Also, how to do you re-create the quality audio sound you have at professional studios in your home environment? Studios have a high-end production signal chain from your …
Vimeo for Voiceover: The Tool You’re Not Using Enough When voiceover actors discuss which social media platforms they use, they rarely say they use Vimeo for Voiceover. Instead, the usual suspects of the largest networks come up. Vimeo is a significantly smaller network, with 230 MM registered users and 1.6 MM paying subscribers world-wide. Georgi …
The Dawn of Six-Second Media Six-Second Ads, and their rise and fall, is a curious chapter in how commercials have changed over the years. TV advertising was originally very brief: ten seconds or less. Afterwards it often ballooned to sixty seconds in the 1960s and 1970s with voiceover storylines, then gradually reduced to 30 or …
Switching from Audition and ProTools to REAPER More and more of my colleagues have been asking me about recording voiceovers with REAPER instead of Audition or ProTools. Others are looking for a DAW that would be an upgrade from Audacity or Twisted Wave, etc. REAPER is a fantastic, affordable, powerful DAW with everything you need …
Best eLearning Voice Over Recording Tips Today we are going to go over the best eLearning voice over recording tips covering these three areas: acoustics, equipment, and EQ processing. We will especially keep in mind how to handle longer programs over a half an hour in length. With such modules, one would want to use …
