Voice Over Hardware, Voice Over Software and other VO Tools
The folks at in:Quality did it up right for the big NAB show. Kevin Leach bought a nice big booth in the North Hall with excellent visibility and steady foot traffic. Upon arriving, I was happy to see any number of Vegas-based voice talent manning the booth, handing out pamphlets, and answering...
I miss a day of blogging, and ****BOOM**** alla sudden I got a new website! Do me a favor? Kick the tires, and let me know if you see any mistakes?...any gitches....anything that doesn't look right? My developer Brett Bumeter of Softduit Media is the man behind all these changes...and we're still...
People read my blog who I don't even know. Usually it's a good thing. Take David G Beneke for instance; an audiobook narrator, and a geek like me when it comes to audio hardware (only his expertise vastly supersedes mine). Beneke sent me an email a few days ago saying he just found a really...
Forget all you thought you knew about time-saving techniques. Scheduling, to-do lists, goal setting, business plans, better keyboards...WHATEVER! None of it compares to an SSD. Solid State Drive or Solid State Disc replaces the hard drive on your computer. For over a decade, hard drives meant...
Over the years a good many well-meaning (and not-so-well meaning) enterprises have tried to capitalize on the community of voice actors. Many are still trying. Few are legitimate. voicechasers VoiceOverDirectory voice jockey voice bunny voiceperminute voiceover-jobs audiofreelances voice-changer...
To me, recording and editing with ProTools is like using an F-16 to cross the road. Oh, you'll get there, but it'll cost you in money and time to learn all the gee-gaws. To others, using Adobe Audition harkens back to radio, and ALL the voice-0verists I know never want to admit they were ever a...
Most of your voice-acting pros will know about this, but it's never too late to learn something new, or even brush-up on something "old". We all use .mp3, but do we really know how this marvel of audio compression works, It's mostly credited to Fraunhofer (and others) (also HERE & HERE)...and...
Why would anyone ignore the advice of VO's practicing lawyer Rob Sciglimpaglia? Not that anyone has, but may I underscore the importance of it these days? There are endless touchpoints in your business where sound legal advice can keep you from a boatload of trouble. One is the...
Our short-attention-span culture (and getting shorter), loves the infographic. An easy-to-digest all-around summary of a particular topic in an eye-catching presentation. I'm not saying the info is usually wrong, it's just too simplified. In other words, it's usually more complicated than that,...
...by a new browser! Really? I thought the browser wars were over and that Chrome had won. It did, but now there's a better browser beating Chrome at its own game: Vivaldi. It's Chrome... only better, more customizable, faster, and with a few new features you'll appreciate. Vivaldi comes from...
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