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Thank You Gabby!

A simple website with a plain and powerful message. Not everyone will agree with it, but I do, and maybe you should too?

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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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My Most Surprising Excellent Start to the New Year

Sunday I was down.  I dislike January, and the start to any new year.  As I've explained before, that "fresh slate" doesn't motivate me, it only reminds me of all that remained undone from the year before, and that ALSO does not motivate me.  Goal-setting has proven not to be a valuable concept in...

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3 Mindsets Every Voice Actor Must Have

3 Mindsets Every Voice Actor Must Have

Maybe you're noticing it too.  A total erosion of people taking the high road.I'm not just talking about politics.  I'm talking about business ethics.  Where is the civility anymore?Well, lemme tell you it IS there.  The people who CARE and LOVE and GIVE and SERVE are holding sway despite a global...

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How Latent Are You?

How Latent Are You?

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...

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But Wait!…There’s More!

But Wait!…There’s More!

Scores?...Hundreds? watched yesterday as Edge Studio's Managing Director Graeme Spicer conducted a face-to-face interview with Voices.com's CEO David Ciccarelli.Cicacrelli and Spicer know each other, live in the same city, and there are close ties between Edge and Voices.Much of the interview was...

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Sound Newsletters

Sound Newsletters

My mailbox fills with plenty of stuff everyday.  Some of it gets automatically deleted...others get only a cursory look...and a good many are important - deserving more time. Among those in the cursory view category are a number of newsletters that come from audio engineering sources (listed...

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Big Name Hollywood Voice Over Babylon

Big Name Hollywood Voice Over Babylon

Al Pacino is about as big as it gets in tinsel-town. He's never done a voice-over role before...and now he continues in that deficit... although it was close. Pacino was all set to be the voice of the villain Eduardo in the animated film Despicable Me 2... but pulled out two month's before the...

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