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 …
Acting is what voice talents should do even when they read a boring e-learning course. They should sound as if they are committed and interested and truly believe and understand what they are saying. When they do act and stick with heart and mind to the text, voice actors show a winning edge over TTS (text to …
By acting you are better than a TTS machine, show it ! Read More »
La voix off a-t-elle besoin de formats audio particuliers ? Quelle serait le plus indiqué pour mon enregistrement ? Quel type de fichier est le plus professionnel pour mes clients, spécialement s’il s’agit d’un studio ? Pour ne pas se perdre dans la jungle numérique, l’ingénieur du son Baudoin Ferrand chez PrimeVoices nous éclaire dans ce domaine …
Pour enregistrer la voix off, il existe aujourd’hui une multitude de logiciels de traitement audio plus ou moins puissants selon les domaines de travail. Chacun a sa particularité, sa spécialité d’où il tire sa réputation. Et il y en a pour tous les goûts : du gratuit au très onéreux, du plus complexe au plus facile …
Les meilleurs logiciels audio pour un comédien voix off ? Read More »
ISDN is a dying technology but no one can say when it will become a museum piece. To be on ISDN or not to be that’s the question for both established voice talents and VO studios. The debate is recurrent because it’s old technology that is still in use by many producers. Old habits die …
The tablets are an ally for the voice talent. If you are a voice over artist who is on the road a lot, the chances are that you keep taking your tablet everywhere you go. The iPad and Android tablet has become a great friend and companion to the VO artist. With new recording apps …
Backup your voice archive and current voice-over work is fundamental because it’s your capital and your treasure. Imagine what you would feel like if you lost all the voice over files that you have created. It doesn’t bear thinking about, does it? If you’re serious about your voice over business then you should be serious …
Yet again acoustics come to the forefront of DirectVoices after the success of the our latest post Dreaded Ambient Noise. Acoustics it’s indeed one of the most important features of any home studio and sadly one of the most neglected ones. Understanding how the sound behaves in the enclosed space of your home studio is …
Ambient noise can spoil the work of any voice-over artist. Noise is as mysterious as water: it can easily penetrate the space where you record, you might not hear it, but your mic will capture it. With a noise gate and some EQ you can get rid of some frequencies, but your voice sound will …
Choosing a preamp to go with your microphone is every bit as important as choosing the microphone itself. So what’s the best way to go about it? But first and foremost, why is a preamp needed? It’s often said that to reach industry-standard professional sound voice-overs you need to invest 50% in a good mic …