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 …
Tongue-Twister Tips for Voiceover: Beating CST Today we’re looking at Tongue-Twister Tips for Voiceover: Beating CST. “What is CST” you ask? It stands for Cannot Say Today. As in, voice actors sharing on social media and message boards a nagging phrase that took them twelve takes to triumphantly trip through: “Hey guys, CST: stacked deposition, …
High Pass Filter: The First Step to Reduce Recording Noise Are you using a High Pass Filter for eLearning Voiceovers? Do you know what that is and if so, how to use it effectively? All of. your questions will be answered here! I was recently talking with an eLearning developer I’ve worked with for a …
Learning Polish for my Clients in Poland I work with voice over studios around the world, but one of my favorite jobs is recording as an American Voiceover in Poland, or as they say “Amerykański lektor w Polsce”. No, I didn’t look that up with an auto translator. I’ve been learning Polish since the start …
Toy Commercial Voice Overs: A Different Audience! When producing my new commercial voice over demo, we didn’t target toy commercial voice overs. Sure, we wanted to make it lots of fun, humorous, and show my friendly-dad personality. But the concept was to sell toys for grown up kids. Think: cars and pizza! And not toys for real …
Raw Voice Over Samples: Truth in Advertising When I check out voice over demos from my colleagues, the first thing I listen to is their E Learning or IVR demos. Why? Because there isn’t all kinds of music and sound effects as one hears in commercial or promo demos. You hear the full quality of …
Source-Connect for Voice Over I’m pleased to now offer to live directed sessions with Source-Connect for voice over. Robert Marshall, Co-Founder of the Source-Connect company, Source Elements, went above and beyond with a call to go through the set up, use, and features of this powerful ISDN replacement tool. While I use REAPER as my …
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Nobody is Getting Rich Producing E Learning Voice Over Demos If you run a search for E Learning Voice Over Demo Production/Producer you probably won’t find what you’re looking for. Oh, there are all kinds of terrific producers for hire that help voice over talents develop sensational demo reels. However, they are for Commercial and …
