So, you’ve recorded, edited, proofed, and finally mastered your audio. It’s ready to head off to ACX or off to a publisher. Well… you THINK it’s ready… you HOPE it’s… You get the idea.
You know that you’ve put in oodles of work getting this audiobook done, but if only there were a way to dou...
Sometimes, the best audio engineering job, like the best haircut, it the one that passes unnoticed. The result seems so well-suited and natural that you’re not quite sure if anything has been done at all. In the case of a haircut, this is often the result of asking the hairdresser to simply “take a...
Since it’s National Tell a Story Day, I thought I could share another great audiobook with you — Strictly Analog by Richard Levesque.
A dystopian, sci-fi, noir that can be best described as what Raymond Chandler might write if he happened to be a Neal Stephenson fan, Strictly Analog follows...
Since it’s National Tell a Story Day, I thought I could share one of my favorite audiobook projects with you — Hallways in the Night by R.C. O’Leary.
A police procedural/courtroom drama in the tradition of Law & Order, Hallways in the Night follows an Atlanta police officer in the wake of th...
Up until very recently, all of my voiceover work was recorded on a CAD E100S. Then, I got a chance to hear one of Michael Joly’s custom microphones, and everything changed…
Let me start by saying, I loved my CAD E100S. Flat response, low self-noise, and tight pick up pattern, what’s not to love?...
Something has changed. You bought a new mic? A new pre-amp? You added some new sound treatment? Or, your set-up is the same, but the room its in is different? Any variation in your recording space means that you really should go through all of your settings again. Don’t be afraid. There is no reason...
Whether we’re trying to deal with mouth noises, a persistent rumble from a furnace, a truck driving by, or the neighbor’s snow blower, there are times that we’d all like to remove an unintended noise from an otherwise perfect take. In short form work, the best thing that can be done is re-record. Bu...
Tell us a little about yourself.
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, and began my professional life on New York’s Theatre Row. In addition to acting, i have also written, produced, designed, and directed both staged plays and internet radio dramas. I’ve studied acting and writing with people includ...
Not quite an audio drama, not quite an audiobook, and not your typical holiday story. Join me, as Detective Jackson, on a murder case this holiday season…
An augmented audio book written and produced by N J Rainford.
Steven Jay Cohen as DI Jack Jackson
Rebecca Thomas as Caroline Didwell
Scot...
Hello Steven, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Thank you Susan. I’ve been really looking forward to it.
Looking at your website, I can see that you have been in the sound, theatre and acting career all your life. I notice that you also are a writer and director, can you tell our reade...
Just like my scripts that add this functionality to both TwistedWave and Audacity, it is possible to get Audition to do a basic Punch & Roll.
My script is written for Mac OSX, it should be possible to implement a similar script on Windows using a program called Auto HotKey.
1. On your M...
Accents are often used as a kind of character shorthand. Though accents can help differentiate who is speaking, they should never be the totality of a characterization. They are a simple place to begin, to shape your journey as an actor.
Changing the “shape” of your voice can bring different phy...
Chapter 2 introduces Erica, a recently murdered teenaged cheerleader. In this book, being murdered does not necessarily end your storyline. Depending upon the circumstances of your death, you might come back — either as an agent of the Dark or the Light.
Below, for your enjoyment, I give you a pie...
