The Voice Over Blog:
Some of these posts are 20 years old – and are here for nostalgia, occasional cringing, and entertainment purposes.
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Sony Sound Forge – Intermediate 1 – Eliminating P-Pops
Free Learning Video Podcast. In this video we learn one strategy for eliminating P-Pops in your audio productions – using Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio (We’re in the process of doing shorter, updated versions of these that just get down to the process and don’t have all the extra chit-chat. Most of these videos follow…
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Audacity Basics 3 – Envelope Editing 3
Free Learning Video Podcast. In this video we learn how to wrap up the audio-outro using envelope editing in Audacity – the free audio editor.
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Audacity Basics 2 – Envelope Editing 2
Free Learning Video Podcast. In this video we learn file positioning for envelope editing in Audacity – the free audio editor.
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Audacity Basics 1 – Envelope Editing
Free Learning Video Podcast. In this video we learn basic envelope editing in Audacity – the free audio editor.
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So you want to be in voice over? This is exactly how NOT to do it.
I don’t have a lot of time to comment on this right now – but I promise I will definitely be back to fill it out a little bit.. Call me mean… Call me a jerk if you want… But this is not how you become a voice over performer. This is the message that…
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As we stand at the doorway to history, looking in watching it happen…
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day. A day to observe and remember a man, who wound up on the wrong end of a gun and was so tragically and prematurely ripped from the fabric of American culture some 40 years ago. It would be an absolute disservice to ourselves, and to the memory of…
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Voice Casting Review – Caryn Clark
A while back, as we were sitting here kicking around ideas about the up-and-coming voice over database, we got a little curious and went searching for voice talent. But not just any old voice talent. We went looking for well branded voice talent. All too often when you go digging around looking for a new…
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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…
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Sharing a beer with my friend, Don LaFontaine
Let me first say that Don and I were not friends in the “hey everybody, look who I know..” kind of way. I refer to Don LaFontaine as a friend of mine because of the way we conversed in emails to one another, the way we saw eye-to-eye on a few topics, and the way…
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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,…
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Boy, how I would have cried if the Incredible Hulk had died.
I was a little boy when Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno took to the screen as the “Modern Man who Turns Green” combo in 1978. I was certainly a little boy by today’s standards, considering men at the age of 24 are regularly referred to as kids in many mediums of entertainment and sports, even…
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Voice Over Insider – Q&A with Beau Weaver
Welcome to the Voice Over Insider Interview Series. In these interviews we’ll attempt to go beyond the typical questions and get to the real performer behind the microphone, and bring you their insights from an educational point of view. This week: Beau Weaver Interview Media – Web/Internet Interviewer: Michael Smith
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