Software

Software for voice over artists.

The Ultimate Guide to DAWs

The Ultimate Guide to DAWs

So many DAW’s…so little time! But there are common practices to match the brand DAW you prefer, that can boost your workflow. That, and a list of some great resources on this topic.

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WAVSplitter: Next-Gen Word2WAV

WAVSplitter: Next-Gen Word2WAV

Specialty software designed just for voice-actors is rare.  It's usually musicians, producers, or DJ's etc. who are the target, and voiceover artists have to adapt it. But Word2Wav was one of those unique, gems-of-a-program that could save you, the voice actor, hours of time when you most need it....

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How to Conduct a Phone Patch Using Skype

Hard-wired phone lines are almost an anachronism for all but serious businesses, government, and other formal institutions.  POTS (plain old telephone systems) services are not going away, but for most individual consumers, and certainly 3rd-world countries, phone communications have jumped...

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Choosing the Right DAW

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...

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Adobe Apologist

Several days ago, I posted about the special pricing Adobe was offering for its Creative Cloud Suite.  $39/mo, instead of $49 for the entire collection of 20 programs. I wavered, I fussed, I said no/yes/no/yes/no/yes/no, and then finally "yes".  Aside from being an absolutely hopeless geek, my...

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