Voice Over Hardware/VO Software & other VO Tools

Voice Over Hardware, Voice Over Software and other VO Tools

Passion Can Never Be Outsourced

Passion Can Never Be Outsourced

Should You Pay For an Online Press Release? This question easily parallels other similar questions like:  Should I hire an SEO consultant?  Should I hire a web author, a graphic artist, a virtual assistant, and audio editor? Clearly, "shopping" or outsourcing time-consuming tasks not in your skill...

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Streaking To the Finish

Streaking To the Finish

You've gotta respect someone who has the resilience to follow a goal, stay the course, and persevere over time...a long time. Dan Caligor is that guy...the driving force behind SoundStreak...one of the best up-and-coming innovations in hi-quality remote recording since soup cans and string. A...

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SoundCloud’s New Upload

SoundCloud’s New Upload

Sometimes, it's the little things that please.  'Not the jump from Version 2.0 to 3.0, but the jump from 2.0 to 2.1. SoundCloud is already a stellar service for uploading, sharing, playing, storing, and embedding your soundfiles, but they've been tweaking their interface, and a new upload feature...

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“…We Just Don’t Have the Heart…”

“…We Just Don’t Have the Heart…”

A voice-over producer approached me for some help yesterday. He's a seasoned audio professional, but his new business is still finding its footing...and he keeps running across a predicament with one of the main services he offers:  producing VO demos. I know what you're thinking...and you would...

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OCR for PDF (PDQ)

Digital document management is the new pencil sharpener. To be truly paperless, you sometimes have to resort to more and more esoteric software programs.  "The Cloud" used to be fringe, now it's mainline, and one of the tools that helps us save paper and the cost of printer cartridges But more...

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Friday’s Finds

Sleep?  Who needs sleep?  I can sleep when I'm dead! Kidding!!!!!!!!  But seriously, folks...I DO spend a lot of time at keyboards...on all kinds of screens, and end up in all sorts of virtual places. The stuff I see! This is where YOU benefit.  Here's the best of this week's wanderings: 5...

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Lowell Talks Bodalgo

Lowell Talks Bodalgo

For years Steven Lowell was the voice and the face of Voice123.  Sure Alex Torrenegra ran the place, and a bevy of Columbian expatriates made up 99% of the staff, but Steven was the guy out front. He took a lot of flak for some of V123's actions, and (in my estimation) did a good job of explaining...

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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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A 10-Yr-Old Lightning Rod

Some might say Alex Torrenegra is a genius. There are certainly many arguments in his favor.  He's got incredible entrepreneurial, innovation, and savvy business skills.  He knows how to create and perpetuate a very profitable online product.  He certainly has brought a sea-change to the world of...

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3 Million Companies…

3 Million Companies…

....and their data is at your fingertips for free! I don't know about you, but that sounds like a pretty rich vein of golden prospects to mine, and no pack horse or picks 'n' shovels needed. LinkedIn recently announced the milestone of 3-million companies now within company pages on their...

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