Before anything gets to be part of my core setup, it has to behave consistently. The latest flashy gear loses its shine in a big hurry if it needs constant tweaking to deliver predictable results. We need our studios to work reliably every day.
If you use Audacity in your home voiceover studio workflow, there are three "hacks" I'd recommend. These settings changes let you visualize Input levels more easily, implement the industry-standard decibel scale for your audio, and assures that your MP3 quality is high.
In our home voiceover studios, we know noise is not going away anytime soon. Acon Digital's new Extract Dialogue is a solid tool that is worth a look. In addition to an AI engine trained on location sound recordings, it has an EQ section...
With home studio voiceover setups, my bias is to be just complex enough that core needs are covered. This has beneficial and far-reaching effects...
Is 32 bit essential for voiceover recording? With input gain set conservatively, we’re likely covered for most recording situations. Input gain is something we can get “right" with a reasonable margin of error. It does not have to be precise. It’s easy to miss that idea.
Rode announced their new NT1 Generation 5 microphone contained a 32 bit recording option. How does that help us in the home voiceover studio? What if input gain settings no longer mattered?
As soon as we start talking about voiceover recording in our home studio, all these numbers start flying around. Lately, we've heard about "32 bit" recording. What's that about?
Voice actors might find it helpful to take an idea from working session musicians: our sound should "fit" within the parameters of a project. What happens if our "sound" starts to call attention only to itself?
Nothing in the voiceover business remains static. As AI advances, and large language model tools such as Chat GPT impact so many industries, we cannot help but feel that influence as well. In the the VO industry, each of us regularly faces the challenge of learning anew. How do we approach the need to continually be learning?
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