Monday 11 February 2013

Tips For Effective Voice Over Production

By Lenore Nealey


Project studios have witnessed a rise in voice over production opportunities. This is in contrary to the DIY voice box that has taken the music industry by a storm. Furthermore, big studios continually receive a new freelance copy writer who desire v/o talent and other related v/o services. It is for this reason that there has been a high demand for producers with vast knowledge of interactive voice response systems in any audio production company. This is as a result of the fact that music recording and v/o production are not the same at all.

There are several factors that you should consider to create a top, excellent v/o sound production. First of all, speech over files should be done in booths which are acoustically, fairly, neutral, and have no insights. Before making any production, you should achieve no reflections from all areas in your by either carpeting or protecting with a dense rug. Protecting reflective areas also enhances other soundproofing systems.

The most daunting task in audio recording is to remove normal disturbance in the unit. This is considered to be immensely difficult even though you protect all indicative areas. This is why you are advised to acquire disturbance minimizing application to remove the disturbance from your information after producing them. Some of the application include Digidesign DINR used for professional resources and Audio Suite plug in for disturbance termination.

After guaranteeing that the audio in your unit is of top excellence, you are required to acquire some extra items for your performers. The unit should always have a stop-watch and water. A stop-watch is critical for specialist to determine how time efficient their activities are, before the actual performance. 70 degrees water is advisable for the vocal cords of the performers. If you provide these requirements, you will observe a significant reduction of the producing time.

Mouth noise is considered to be a deterrent to voice over recording. You can eliminate the problem of mouth noise by eliminating them during production or taking another try. The factor that determines how you will deal with mouth noise is whether it occurs between words or syllables.

Mouth noise emanates from several behavioral characteristics of your clients. Intake of caffeine and dairy products in large quantities is the most notorious agent of mouth noise. Therefore, despite of the common myth that tea sooths a person's vocal cord, you should advise your artists to stay away from caffeine and dairy products during production.

In any audio recording, including voice over production, artists express themselves while standing. Being on their feet aids them to breathe swiftly. Nonetheless, if you project to do long recordings, it is advisable to install a quiet chair in the booth.




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