Software for voice over artists.
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...
Adobe Audition is one of the more popular DAWs (Digital Audio Workstation) on the market for rank 'n' file voice-actors. ProTools is like getting in an F-16 to cross the street for most voice-actors who are not also audio engineers (my unsolicited opinion). Plenty of people like the free Audacity...
The fancy new audio chain I bought isn't exactly working like I thought it should. Oh, it makes an incredible recording, but the unit itself dangerously overheats, and playback is fraught with pops and crackles (Rice Krispies!) that are not in the waveform.Luckily, the company has great customer...
...which is why I don't play games on computers. No... really!I have so much fun getting computers, tablets, and smartphones to do what I want them to do, that I have to treat it as a game (just to stay sane). I'm not talking about troubleshooting...I'm talking about driving the space on every...
The acronym is DAW. Digital Audio Workstation. When I was a newbie, I had to ask, because everybody was using that term. "DAW". Honestly, I think it was a rite of passage, so people could tell if you were a newbie or not...because I don't hardly hear anybody using that term anymore. Used to be...
Do the time, and you form a trust. It's why I continue to buy Chevys, Microsoft, Kraft Mayonnaise, and National Geographic.Sure, I'm aware that Ford, Apple, Best Foods, and the Smithsonian make decent competing products, but not decent enough to make me switch.Part of it is tradition, part of it...
Maybe you're absolutely satisfied with the anti-piracy technology known as i-Lok. If so, you're one of a disappearing breed. The dizzying hoops you have to jump through in credentialing your newly-purchased, and i-Lok-protected program mostly feels clicking "I agree" to the 21-page Agreements and...
Don't think you can pass by this blog today 'cause you already use Evernote. I was among the first 275,000 users to subscribe to Evernote (2008), and I gotta tellya... these folks DO. NOT. STOP. They have so many things in new to the market or in development. Look away for a week, and you...
What do you use for sending out newsletters, tracking email lists, and handling CRM? There are plenty of products that offer simple-to-full-spectrum features in this online space. And that full spectrum includes the price they charge for it. Am I wrong in thinking Constant Contact and MailChimp...
Digital tools are so important to voice-actors. You will not win or lose a voiceover audition based on having MS Office on your iPhone or iPad (or not), but as you know, tools can come in mighty handy in your workflow, and in a pinch. The RIGHT tool can be a lifesaver in a panic. I prefer to be...
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