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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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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5 Tips for Great Voice Over Recordings How do you get that professional finished sound for voice overs from your home or remote studio? You don’t need to spend a lot of money on gear, if you start with no weak links in your audio chain. And you don’t need to have the best gear
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Whether you want to create 100% AI-written content based on established keystone content, or use AI as part of the creative process of your team, there are several ways to use AI technology to help write voice-over scripts. Here are a few examples: Making AI Part of Your Creative Process AI Helps Your Script Writing
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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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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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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
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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. Since I use REAPER as my DAW, it is fully
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Playing DAW Output Down the Line to Clients 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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