Professional voiceover production resources by Lance Blair. Discover industry guides, studio templates, and technical insights for voice talents and audio producers.
With so many Voiceover Rate Guides out there, we need The Guide to Voiceover Rate Guides. Navigating voiceover pricing and Voiceover Rate Guides can feel like trying to solve a puzzle where the pieces keep changing shape. This is as true for voiceover producers as it is for voiceover talent. Ask three different voice actors…
In-House Voiceovers: You Lose More than You Gain Never record in-house voiceovers for your startup or established company. To all the marketing directors and brave souls who think “We’ll just record it ourselves!”, I applaud your scrappy enthusiasm. However, that decision will cost you more than you realize in credibility, engagement, and revenue. At first glance, handling voice-overs internally seems…
Word Count vs. Voice Over Pacing You’ve spent weeks refining your brand’s messaging. Every adjective is punchy, the value proposition is airtight, and the closing and CTA nail it. You copy-paste it into a document, look at the block of text, and think, “Perfect. This is our next 30-second commercial voice over script.” Eventually, you…
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, say, Audacity or Twisted Wave. REAPER is a fantastic, affordable, powerful DAW with everything you need…
One of my favorite things about being a voice actor 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….
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…
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…
Importance of Clean Audio for Voice Overs My job as an American voice over actor has two primary objectives. First, it is to deliver the performance my clients need. The second job is to deliver raw voice over audio files to my clients that are as clean as possible from the start. This gives producers…
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…