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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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Looking for an American Voice Over for Polish Video? 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, or Amerykański lektor Polska”. No, I didn’t look that up with an auto translator. I’ve
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