I’m enjoying this current project so much that I just had to share!
Ted Saves the World is a fun YA/sci-fi adventure where unlikely hero, Ted Finley, gets dumped by his girlfriend and gets super powers all in the same day.
The opening chapter gives us Ted and Natalie just as she’s about to break...
Looking to leverage the real power of recording voiceover in a true DAW (like Reaper or ProTools)? Anthony Gettig put together a great video explaining his template for ProTools. George Whittam thought it was great saying, “[N]ow THIS is what Pro Tools is made for, not just a single mono ...
Over time, audio files in your projects begin to take up an incredible amount of space on your drive. But, not all of these files are needed. Your project directories are probably littered with files referring to old flubs and bad takes that really should be deleted. It’s time to do some spring clea...
We’ve all been there… Recorded the job, got it edited, rendered to MP3, and ready for upload. And then, at the last moment, you realize that your file is a 96 kbps VBR file instead of a 192 kbps CBR file.
Setting up your own custom Render Presets in Reaper can help put a stop to this frustration...
We’ve all done it. We’ve set the play head for a new Punch and Roll take and we just hit record. Later, we notice that there is a small click at the boundary between the old and new takes. And, we want to know what makes that click and how to avoid it.
What we need to do is to remember to make all...
Like most Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), by default, Reaper is configured to produce music. It can be configured for voiceover by following the steps outlined below:
File Management
Reaper creates many files during the course of a session. Let’s set it up so they save with sensible names and...
Usually, when someone is looking for a free software package for Vocieover work, people tend to recommend Audacity. And, for good reason, Audacity is a mature and well-supported opensource project. It gives you access to a wide array of tools. And, it runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux Operating Syst...
As a long time reader of Nethervoice, Paul Strikwerda’s blog, I could not wait to get my copy of his new book, Making Money In Your PJs: Freelancing for voice-overs and other solopreneurs. And, let me tell you right now, the book does not disappoint.
The chapters are the distilled wisdom of a...
Color Your life (Photo credit: Capture Queen ™)
“What color is my voice?” Are you kidding me? At first, it sounded like an absurd question. I mean, I don’t suffer from synesthesia, so how could I possibly–?
At least, that’s what I thought when a coach mentioned it some time ago during a discu...
Yes, I finally have my vocal booth – a prototype of the new StudioBricks One Plus – set up and ready to go!
The delivery process itself was an interesting experience. Shipping a vocal booth is not a UPS, DHL, or FedEx experience. A 600 kg (1300 lbs) crate needs to be shipped the old fashione...
This might come as a shock to you but auditioning for absolutely everything is not a good idea.
So many people out there are taking a sort of shotgun approach to voiceover, but really, the only thing they are doing is shooting themselves in the foot. And, if you’ll allow me to switch my metaph...
If you are using my AppleScript that adds Punch and Roll to TwistedWave and want to assign a Keyboard Shortcut to the script, follow the steps outlined below. Any image that has been reduced in size to fit the page can be enlarged by clicking on it.
1. In your Applications folder, double click o...
Buying a Vocal Isolation booth is a big ticket investment in your voiceover career.
After all, a cheap pre-built booth can still cost more than a Neumann u87, and not many of us use one of those in our home studios. Though I went through my purchasing process pretty thoroughly, I am still gett...
Download the TwistedWave – Punch and Roll script here.
Two months ago, I put together a Punch and Roll script for Audacity. It was a bit clunky, but it worked. I’ve since modified it, and broken it out into separate parts (move audio, run pre-roll, etc), and I have found it much more useful.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1841, a “prudent and efficient” consul. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
SYNOPSIS: A young, handsome traveler arrives in medieval Italy. He meets a beautiful woman, the daughter of an eccentric scientist. The young man doesn’t know that the old scientist has altered his daughter...
