Just Ask Jim VO Studio Podcast
by Jim Edgar - JustAskJimVO.studio
I’m a full-time working voice actor, and along the way to that, realized those hours (and hours!) spent messing around in recording and computer music studios paid off nicely when it came time to set up my own VO recording setup. Now I work with other voice actors, setting up studios, simplifying workflows and letting them lock down their recording tech so they can worry about being brilliant behind the microphone.
Episodes
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What Happens in the Booth...
Following up the last two episodes which were focused upon setting up your input chain, we take a step back and see just what kind of mess we've made. Questions this week: "Should I update my OS? Should I update my DAW?", "How can I guard against losing my recordings?" and "What exactly are...
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Setting Up Your Set Up Part 2 - Getting Sound Into Your Computer
Part 2 of "Setting Up Your Set Up" - In this week's episode, I go through how sound gets into your computer - one of those things everyone thinks they understand... until they think about it. What steps have to happen to get from your words to those waves in your recording software. And just why...
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Setting Up Your Set Up - Input Chain Part 1
In this week's episode, I cover three basic tenets of your input recording chain. The stuff you want to get right before you begin connecting microphones to preamps and setting up your voiceover studio. Questions this week: "Why is there an echo in my headphones?" and "Where the HECK did all this...
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The Trapping Effect of Effects
JustAskJimVO.studio Episode 2 Though it's tempting to try to fix recording issues by using the latest whiz-bang Effects, that practice can definitely take you down the wrong path, obscuring core issues in your voiceover recording quality. Questions covered this week include how to identify issues...
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The Myth of the Microphone
Getting things rolling with some thoughts about "classic" microphones and whether those matter for voice actors or voiceover in general. Plus answers to your VO Tech questions. And, I like words, but order and meaning are important too...
About this show
I’m a full-time working voice actor, and along the way to that, realized those hours (and hours!) spent messing around in recording and computer music studios paid off nicely when it came time to set up my own VO recording setup. Now I work with other voice actors, setting up studios, simplifying workflows and letting them lock down their recording tech so they can worry about being brilliant behind the microphone.
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Jim Edgar - JustAskJimVO.studio
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