Today let’s look at Ten Villain Types for Voice Acting in animation, film, and literature. They come in various forms, each with distinct characteristics and motivations. For voice acting, a character could even combine many villain types depending on the script and/or director. The ten types are broken into two main groups. Villains with Strong Self-Awareness […]
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What Source-Connect 4.0 Will Mean for Studios What is the new Source-Connect 4.0? Should I be using it for remote voice over recording sessions, or stick to Source-Connect 3.9? If you are a studio, yes, you should definitely get 4.0 (currently in Beta as of late 2024) as soon as you can. It is the
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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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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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