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WiFi-Enabled Portable Recorder

WiFi-Enabled Portable Recorder

Do I have to state the obvious?  WiFi-enabled portable recorders include smartphone and tablet devices.  Auditions on iOS and Android devices using apps now available are landing gigs, and satisfying customers who can't tell the difference. Not only are they Wi-Fi enabled, but they're...

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Android Tablet vs. Studio DAW

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,...

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Geeks Only

Geeks Only

My prediction:  The endless development of better and more technologically-advanced (so-called) mobile or portable recording units will be the new standard of recording for the future...or will at least match what's available now in your home studio. What's lagging is maybe the quality of the...

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They Beat Me To It!

They Beat Me To It!

Mehmet Onur  has often come to the States for VO conferences.  He's a prolific Turkish voice actor, TV Producer, and all-around talent.  My pathway to Mehmet is Andy Boyns, a British Voice Talent who lives and works in Istanbul (known to many of you).  He's also an associate of Michael Minetree....

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Mics From NAMM

Mics From NAMM

Voice Acting is apparently not big enough to prompt equipment makers to hold their own convention just for us (YET)...but NAMM comes close. NAMM originally stood for North American Music Merchants, but now it's an international show for manufacturers, affiliates, resellers, and other vendors in...

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