Finding An Outside Perspective – Voiceover Studio Mindset
We can’t revise what we don’t recognize. An outside perspective is useful in almost everything we do. How do you find that balance?
Key Studio Skills – Hearing & Listening – Tuesday VO Tech Tip
The amount of audio we listen to can impact our hearing over time. It also can lead us astray when we analyze our performance. Protecting our hearing, and learning how to listen are key ideas in the voiceover studio.
Getting Kitted Up – Tuesday Voiceover Tech Tip
In our home setup, there’s an ever-changing set of variables vying for our attention. We need to find focus. But can we go too far? Where is the sweet spot? And how can going for a short errand on the bicycle apply?
Fall Forward and The Audition Loudness Survey Results
This time of year sometimes strikes me as an awkward time - not really summer, yet it doesn’t seem to have quite settled into the fall... Plus Voiceover Audition Commercial Loudness Survey results. #justaskjimvo
Voiceover Recording: 3 Questions About Loudness
Finishing up the commercial audition Loudness survey, one of my goals was to make more voice actors aware there’s life beyond “Peak” values. In the past few weeks, many voice actors asked three similar questions.
Commercial Audition Loudness Survey
To better understand Loudness in our audio files, we need data. I’d love to have you share your Loudness values through a quick survey.
Voiceover Recording Tech: Is Louder Better? – Tuesday Tech Tip
From the point of view of casting directors, it’s better if things are arriving within an expected range of loudness. But is louder better?
Voiceover Tech: Competitively Loud Audition Recordings – Tuesday Tech Tip
Can we be sure our auditions are at the right volume? Delivering competitively loud audio should be approached on a case-by-case basis.
Voiceover Tech: How Loud Do They Want? – Tuesday Tech Tip
Among the variables we control in our home voiceover studios, setting audition levels is tricky. What should we deliver to potential clients?
