Digital tools are so important to voice-actors. You will not win or lose a voiceover audition based on having MS Office on your iPhone or iPad (or not), but as you know, tools can come in mighty handy in your workflow, and in a pinch. The RIGHT tool can be a lifesaver in a panic. I prefer to be...
...in the spirit of a recent rash of posts about a voice-actor's use of video, I humbly re-submit this blog which I wrote more than a year ago, and which is still every bit relevant. Screen capture programs are becoming more and more handy. I'm referring to programs that can capture everything...
Android devices have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to quality audio recording. For the better part of two years, hardware and app designers have been coming up with elegant solutions for passable voice recordings on iOS devices (iPhone, iPad). I've written about many of them here,...
Luci Live is an app for iOS, Mac, Windows, and Android. Don't ask me where they got the name, but here's what it does, according to the website: "...LUCI LIVE transforms your PC or Smartphone into a high-quality, live internet broadcasting source. With the availability of mobile or fixed-line...
Now that Android OS phones are dominating the smartphone market, and Android OS tablets are becoming a regular fixture, it only follows that voice actors will be hoping to find ways to do a decent recording on those devices (the endless search for the perfect portable recording setup!). A number...
Barely had the digital ink dried on my blog from Monday's unveiling of the RØDE iXY before my good friend Tim Keenan (owner of Creative Media Recording) chimed in with some welcome news. Most portable mics designed to work with iPhones, iPads, iPods, etc. come with the 19-pin connector common on...
Warning: Totally geeky blog! Screen capture programs are becoming more and more handy. And I’m talking about programs that can capture everything happening on your screen…video, sound, with highlights, graphics, arrows, circles, zooming…not just the capture of a still pic. All those...
Yesterday, Stephanie Cicarelli of VOICES.com asked a question on her FaceBook group "THE VOICE ACTING HUB" about reading copy in the studio. "Do you read voice-over scripts on screens or do you prefer printing them?" she asked. Honestly I was floored to find that many still print, read, and mark...
That word: "disruptive" is showing up everywhere...typically in relation to social media of late. But disruptive technologies appear all through the history of civilization...it's just happening at a faster pace now.Disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create...
Tablet computers are showing up in voice over studios everywhere. I've blogged extensively about the use of an iPad or Android-powered tablet as a mobile recording device, but perhaps it's most useful role is that of a reader...replacing sheets of paper or a book. Paper is a an ongoing tradition...