My labor of love: the audiobook version of my popular VO book: "More Than Just a Voice, The REAL Secret to Voiceover Success". You know, it's kind of embarrassing that I don't have this book completely narrated yet...but I'm getting there! It's actually pretty fun making your OWN book into an...
As voice talent, we see a simplistic view of the distance remote-recording transaction. The producer or audio engineer contacts us, we talk into the mic, they record it...we dust off our hands, and are done. That's why the ISDN alternative technologies look so good to us. Cheaper,...
When I first got into ISDN, I connected through AudioTX. Not that many people are familiar with it. AudioTX is a UK firm with a 14-yr track record in connectivity. The equipment is nothing like a Telos or Musicam codec. No box at all. You get a dongle, some software, and then you have to...
Although it's been relatively quiet of late, the "ISDN Successor Wars" are still simmering. Recapping: as TelCos do their best to rid themselves of paired copper wire connections and switching infrastructure, several innovative IP-solution companies are claiming bigger pieces of the hi-fi...
Yesterday's hour-and-a-half-long webinar on ISDN alternatives made me a believer...a believer that entrepreneurship is thriving... personal & passionate initiative is an unstoppable force... and innovation is alive and well in this world. VoiceOverXtra sponsored the webinar. Co-presenter Dan...
My ISDN lines were installed 5 years ago. I was giddy when my Telos XStream codec arrived. When I have a session, I'm grateful for the technology, but honestly...I'm starting to see ISDN as a ball 'n' chain. You know me...I like cutting edge. When I see something waning into oblivion...I want...
Free-market forces are having a heyday in anticipation of ISDN's eventual downfall. If you've spent any time at all on the pages of this blog, you know that I've been following this trail closely. There doesn't have to be just ONE successor to the throne of the twisted copper wires. There may be...
Several emails recently have suggested that everyone might benefit from a side-by-side comparison of the three emerging technologies that seem poised to move into the space being slo-o-o-o-owly vacated by ISDN: hi-fidelity remote audio recording. I can think of people like George Whittam who...
Set aside what you know of FaffCon or any other of the many great VoiceOver conferences you attended recently. Oh, WoVOCon shared many of the elements of those great conferences, but this one was one of the best exercises in volunteerism and community contribution I can remember. That's because...
Sure, everybody loves to bash Microsoft, the most recent owner of Skype...but the truth is, the lion's share of Skype employees live in Luxembourg, and the development team is mostly in Estonia (the birthplace of Skype). That's hardly a typical Redmond-based mishandling of some browser brouhaha. ...