So what’s the best way to monitor your voice-overs and audios, can you use hi-fi speakers or should you only use studio monitors? This is a question that surfaces from time to time in the VO industry and if you’re a newbie to the business it can be difficult to get some hard and fast …
Buy-out fee is the price that a brand pays to use your unique voice in a particular marketing campaign. You become the voice of their product or service and that has a price. You need to be compensated when your voice is associated with a specific brand: for instance if your voice is heard on …
Translating is no longer an old-fashion craft, but a very profitable industry that measures the output in trillions of words and billions of US dollars. It’s not just about translating, it’s adapting a content (words, numbers, pictures, graphics) to make it appear as native, and that is call localizing. This activity has been considered an external factor …
La compression audio est un moyen pratique et efficace de relever un peu la sauce d’un son. Par contre cet outil est à utiliser avec beaucoup de precaution et avec une extreme moderation, si nous voulons éviter la degradation de l’audio source et bien entendu respecter le travail final en post-prod et mix. Voici les …
Le pré-amplificateur est un élément fondamental pour beaucoup de comédiens voix off qui se mettent à leur compte en construisant leur home studio. Souvent l’opération se fait avec seulement quelques notions sur l’univers du son, car il est rare que le professionnel de la voix soit aussi chevronné au niveau technique. Alors on se laisse …
Saying thank you, gracias, merci, danke, bedankt, grazie… It doesn’t cost a penny but the effect of true gratitude can be remarkable on your client.
What’s it like on the other side of the booth? As voice-over artists we are expected to perform, take direction and be a mind reader!
Le pré-amplificateur est essentiel pour un rendu pro dans vos enregistrements. Mais sait-on l’utiliser comme il faut? C’est une tendance qui s’amplifie chaque année. Beaucoup de comédiens voix off se mettent à leur compte en construisant leur home studio. Souvent l’opération se fait avec seulement quelques notions sur l’univers du son, car il est rare …
Social media is a free marketing tool that can make the difference in your VO business, provided you update your profile regularly. With Facebook reaching 10 years of age recently it brings to mind how big a part social media is playing in all our lives. As voice over artists we are increasingly using social media …
A script is just a paper with lines. The art and craft of any voice talent consist of bringing the text to life and convey the meaning and emotions contained in it in the best possible way to suite the needs of the writer and to reach a particular audience. The talent show phenomenon is one that …