Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Second Generation If you are in the market for a small, inexpensive quality audio interface for voice over, one of the most popular choices is the Focusrite Scarlett. I had owned the 2i2 First Generation as part of a backup/travel rig, but upgraded to the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Second Generation when it …
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A Full-Solution Mixer for the Voice Over Studio Voice Over Talent and some producers and directors ask me “How Do You Playback Audio to Voice Over Clients?” for remote recording sessions. Yamaha recently released their new small format audio mixers in the MG line. I’m pleased to report that my MGX10U is an all-in one …
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Reaching a Global Market with your Voice Over English is a global language, with over 430 million people speaking it as their first language. But it is also the global business language, with estimates that 1 to 1.5 billion people speak English as their second language. To reach this audience, many of my corporate and …
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Voice Over Studio Equipment : Analog to Digital When you book me for your voice over project, you are hiring my voice and talent: but also my expertise and training. And along with that, you are hiring me for my time, often including a built in rate for editing the voice over audio sessions into …
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Voice Over Recording and Editing with REAPER: Just like Audition Voice Over recording and editing with REAPER just like one would do in Edit Mode of Adobe Audition is not only possible, it’s easy and more powerful. Admittedly, I looked at Reaper several times in the past and it seemed too complicated, and I couldn’t …
Why You Need Alternatives to Chrome for Audio Streaming There are many resources now for streaming audio over an internet browser, such as ipDTL, SessionLinkPro, and Bodalgocall. While conventional wisdom says to use such streaming services on a Chrome browser, that’s not necessarily your only, or best, choice. There are now also many alternatives to …
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Using Voice Over Rate Guides When hiring a voice over talent and fixing your budget for your project, there are many variables to consider. Yet all of which can be addressed with current and accurate Voice Over Rate Guides. Especially relevant are these questions: Union or Non-Union talent? What size of market? Which domestic or …
Punch and Roll for Voice Over When the voice over talent makes a mistake, using non-destructive recording in DAWs like ProTools, Cubase, or Reaper, one can roll back a few seconds before the flub and then ‘punch in’ the recording starting where the mistake was made. On Adobe Audition CC 2017 and 2018 it’s possible …
Adobe Audition CC 2018: A More Powerful DAW Adobe has greatly improved Audition CC 2018 with its new release making it a more flexible and powerful DAW for voice over post-production. What does that mean for you as an audio engineer, a voice over client, or a voice over talent? Some of the more notable …
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Easy-to-Read Makes for Better Reads Here is an amazing story about copywriting. For the past 18 months I’ve enjoyed recording dozens of daily telephone prompts for an international audio-branding company. However, the copy has always been very hard to read. Single spaced lines and center aligned. 10 pt. font. Not very user-friendly Script Formatting for …
