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Vocoder Effect In Adobe Audition 1.5
A vocoder effect makes a musical instrument or sound mimic your voice. A short, slowly spoken voice recording works best. It acts as the carrier wave and is modulated by the instrument you choose. Adobe Audition, my go-to editing program, comes with a vocoder. It's...
Your Production Music Library
Building up a production music library is a good idea if you routinely provide full voice production services, mixing voice, music and maybe some sound effects. You can get a good start to your royalty-free production music library by visiting Lazertrax.Com. They have...
Voiceover Forums
In my attempts to fix computer issues, learn web development, PHP coding, and do a little comparison shopping, online forums (discussion boards) have been a solid source of information -- not all of it good, and that's probably my fault as much as anyone else's....
Too Much Copy, Too Little Time
I had a client who needed Spanish voiceover for a local TV commercial. They had :45 of script for a :30 spot. On my best day, in heated conversations, in any language, I'm not a speed-talker by nature. I know there's this voice artist out there who won the Guinness...
Phone Patch Yes – ISDN No
Voice actors use a phone patch to provide a means for an off-site client or director to monitor or direct the project. Although you can do that with a regular cell phone, a phone patch also lets you connect your computer audio to the phone line. It's what radio...
Shure Thing: The Right Microphone (SM7b)
I'd love to be able to say I've tried my voice and my studio set up with the most popular, top industry microphones out there. I haven't. And, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious. But I know when it sounds clean and accurate, and that's what I want from my...
