Voiceover Answerbase
A collection of my answers to VO and Voiceover questions. Ranging from basic "how-to's" to detailed VO studio fixes and hacks.
Tuesday VO Tech Tip: Reverb is not Noise
It's easy to focus on the noise in the next room and not realize how echoey and resonant our recording environment is. Reverb is not noise.
Seasonal Thoughts: A Simple Thanks
A few thoughts which I shared through my weekly email. I'm exceptionally lucky and blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful and creative individuals. Thank you all!
Tuesday VO Tech Tip: The Arc Into The New Year
Though we may not solve bigger challenges immediately, stepping back lets us start assembling ideas. These Ideas are the seeds for more strategic change.
Tuesday VO Tech Tip: Untangling & Reinforcing
While we are always trying to improve our abilities, acknowledging the competence we've gained can remind us of how strong our foundation has become...
Tuesday VO Tech Tip: A Useful Tool Set
What if we avoid the stem to stern refit? Often a few small changes will create a more significant benefit. Efficiencies are found through refinement. After all, we should have a deeper working knowledge of those tasks we repeat. Omitting a needless step which occurs numerous times per day can clear a lot of cruft out of the process. Putting robust and understandable tools together is a powerful place to work.
Tuesday VO Tech Tip: Performance Thoughts – De-Genericize
For the past few years, project specs have begun encouraging us not to "sound like a voice actor..." That request points to another listener perception which has grown over the years. Just as the "announcery" moniker is the generic version of a radio voice, maybe we can think of "sounding like a voice actor" as the generic approach to what we do. The challenge to us, then, is to be more specific....
Tuesday VO Tech Tip: Three Studio Thoughts
Three ideas, which for one reason or another have popped up repeatedly in the last month or so while working in my home voiceover studio. Since that's kind of the universe's way of trying to make a point, I thought I'd share them here.
Tuesday Tech Tip: Right and Wrong
We have a lot of good choices in terms of audio gear snd software these days. It's helpful to keep in mind that a "good" choice is seldom the "only" choice.
Tuesday VO Tech Tip: Stellar Customer Service
Anything which contains circuitry can degrade and fail over time. Circuit boards flex and crack. Solder joints become brittle. Components age out. We typically experience that through weird sounds or increased noise in the signal. It's always very instructive to see how companies handle these types of failure issues after the sale.
