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 get hired or booked for a gig without looking at one of the core reasons, outside of professional training, why they don’t. That reason is how the product they so desperately want to sell sounds.
If you took the greatest voice talent in the world and forced him to record his stuff in a bathroom, no one would ever hire him. Why would you? His audio would stink.

 

Acoustic Treatment for Voice Over Schematic 1

Acoustic Treatment for Voice Over Schematic

 

Though daily, many people wander out into the VO world with audio that sounds like it was recorded in their bathroom – and they wonder why it is they have so much trouble.
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The “Getting Started in Voice Over” checklist – these are the things you will need to get going.

The voice bone is connected to the microphone-bone,
The microphone-bone is connected to the mixer-bone,
The mixer-bone is connected to the audio interface-bone,
And that’s how your paid for your voice.
The audio interface-bone is connected to the computer-bone,
The computer-bone is loaded with the editing software-bone,
The editing software-bone is connected to the mp3 encoder-bone,
And that’s how your paid for your voice.
The mp3 encoder-bone is connected to the e-mail-bone,
The email bone is connected to the your client-bone,
The your client-bone is connected to your wallet-bone,
And that’s how you get paid for your voice.
(I’m sure this little song will haunt me for the rest of my life.)

If you are getting into voice over and want to start taking lessons over the Internet or performing and recording voice over at home. These are the things you need to do it, and the things you need to consider along the way.
In order to participate in online coaching, Internet voice over databases or to be able to record your voice on your computer you will need these items:

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