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...
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...
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...
