The Voice Over Coach

Category: Student Tips

  • All the audio plugins you will ever need for voice over…

    Your software, or DAW already has a ton. Do you need third party plugins? I can safely say that I have every plugin I will ever need – and about 500+ more I never will…The true number is somewhere closer to 1000 plugins of all variety. Some of them very advanced, that I purchased with…

  • Learning Topic Suggestions

    What voice over topics would you like to learn about? We’re always interested in covering topics people want to learn about. Have studio and recording questions? Audio related questions? Equipment and software questions?Questions about plugins, processing, acoustics? Simply post them here in the comment section and we’ll try to get to them as fast as…

  • Live Webinar: How to get started in Medical Narration – w/ Debbie Irwin

    Get a head start on what it takes to get into Medical and Healthcare Narration with Debbie Irwin. Live webinar and replay. 5/8/2024 Here is a link to register for the event: Debbie Irwin How to get started in Medical Narration Webinar.

  • I saw this voice over class on the internet… Should I take it???

    Recently I got another email inquiring about some super-duper, lots-o-flash-no-picture – voice over class available to people on the internet for the low, low price of who cares – it’s garbage anyway… Below – you’ll find more of my opinion on things: I personally, in 15 years or so of recording and 12 or so…

  • Thinking about getting into voice over? Listen to the pros!

    Here’s a great article and video about what it takes to act in voice over and what you should know before getting into the craft. SAG AFTRA Voice Overs   http://digital.copcomm.com/i/216003/54

  • Positioning for Voice Over Success – Are you ready when opportunity knocks?

    For a long time I have discussed the idea of voice over positioning with a lot of non-industry related people when I would get caught up in explaining to them the intricacies of what I do every day, and how most of my daily, monthly and yearly attempts at self improvement in the industry were…

  • What is Voice Over Training? Profiting from hopeful talent?

    The first part of that question, “What is voice over training?” has come up for me from time to time in the past. I know I’ve tried to explain many of the aspects of training, or the methods used while coaching voice over, but I don’t know if I, or anyone else for that matter,…

  • Some of my favorite voices and voice over talent – Issue #1

    Often times I’m asked by my students, which voices are out there that I like. It’s a hard question for me to answer because there are so many I like – and most of them for very different reasons. I don’t like telling people to go out and copy someone’s style but when it comes…

  • Audio Proficiency: You better be ready to fly little donkey…

    Yeah, yeah.. I know.. Flying donkeys.. Sure, that’s something you see everyday… I just wanted to get your attention so that you would sit up straight in class. Audio proficiency is what’s at hand here and the use of the phrase “ready to fly” means ready to move your can in the event you have…

  • Acoustic Treatments for Voice Over Production Environments

    One of the hardest things for new voice talent to overcome when they have little to no experience with sound isolation, acoustics or audio recording, is how to get the audio they do record up to standards that would be acceptable for professional production. Many times beginners will pout and cry about how they never…

  • Sample or Sampling Rate – The rate at which the audio is sampled by the recording device.

    This article is was meant to help newbies understand some of the basic principals of digital audio recording and effects processing. It wasn’t meant for audiophiles or scientists, so if you are one, please look beyond some of my gorilla tactics when it comes to explaining some of this stuff.

  • Its time to get that big fat head off your shoulders…

    – Looking inward by Michael Smith. The other day, talking to one of my students about how he had the right attitude for success, reminded me of just how far I have come from my not so humble beginnings in this business. When I first started, my ego wasn’t in check, I thought I was…