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Web Audio To Boost Sales
I came across another great article from Practical eCommerce, "Six Surefire Ways to Boost Sales." I particularly liked tip number 4 but, as a voiceover producer, I'm probably biased, right? 😉 No 4 - Test Audio Instructions One of the best ways to...
Spanish TV Expands My Skills
Until recently, I never watched soap operas. Like many people, I have a need for immediate gratification, and so the thought of having to wait days or weeks for a story to progress is plainly annoying. In fact, my family refused to watch Lord of the Rings until the...
Studio Acoustics Under Control
Controlling the acoustics in your studio isn't about recording in a vacuum; it's about creating an environment in which you can produce predictable sound. In other words, when my client plays my recorded voice at her location, she should hear close to the same sound...
Not for Sale: The Documentary
A couple months ago, I had the pleasure of working with documentary filmmaker, Robert Marcarelli, on a new film he was producing and directing based on David Batstone's book, Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade -- And How We Can Fight It. I did the...
Client’s Logo on Your VO Web Site
What's that old adage: a picture is worth a thousand words? So how cool would it be to have Apple's logo on your site, or Windows, Coke or Pepsi's? Few things resonate as well as a high-profile brand on your site. It immediately suggests you have high-profile clients....
Running Adobe Audition on a Mac
For those of you interested in a Mac but not eager to give up Adobe Audition (which has no Mac version), take a look at Parallels Desktop for Mac, which allows you to install a virtual machine (like another computer) running Windows OS on your Mac. I previously loaded...
Switching to Mac
After many years of thinking about it, I finally followed everyone's lead (well, maybe not everyone, but an influential group of voiceovers and designers). A few weeks ago I bought a Mac, specifically the new MacPro. I lucked out in my timing. A few months earlier,...
Adobe Audition 1.5 Versus 2.0
Music-software-reviews.com now has a sound editing software comparison chart available that includes Audition 2.0. You can see at a glance the differences between 1.5 and 2.0. The chart seems to line up better through Internet Explorer than through Firefox (my default...
Red Book Specs for Voiceovers
Some clients want "red book specs" and dry recordings (just your voice; no music or sound effects). Red book specs are standard for CD-quality audio files: 2 channel, 44k, 16 bit. Although you can record good audio at red book specs, you can generally record cleaner...
