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Narration Voice Over
How Many Hours a Day Can You Record Voice Over?
What working narrators do, what voice research says about tired voices, how to build breaks into a long recording day, and the signs it's time to stop.
Voice over tips Practical voice over tips you can use today, from the booth to the audition to the invoice.
Narration Voice Over
Pickups Nobody Can Hear: Matching Your Sound Weeks Later
How to record audiobook and voice over pickups that match the original: setup notes, mic position, time of day, listening first and checking the join.
Voice Over Studio
Sit or Stand to Record? Your Lungs and Your Neck Both Get a Vote
Standing gives your lungs more room, but your head position matters more. What the research says about posture and how to set up your booth.
Voice Over Coaching
Milk, Coffee or a Green Apple? Eating Before a Voice Over Session
Does milk make mucus? Is coffee bad for your voice? What the research says about food and drink on recording day, and what to keep by the mic.
Voice Over Coaching
Can You Make Your Voice Deeper? Yes, Within Reason
Pitch, resonance, pace and mic distance all shape how deep you sound. Here's how voice actors get lower and warmer without straining.
Voice Over Studio
That Hum Under Your Voice: Hunting Down Background Noise
Find the hum, hiss and rumble in your home recordings, measure your noise floor, and fix the leaks, appliances and settings that cause them.
Voice acting
Sneezing, Stuffy, Hoarse: Allergy Season for Voice Actors
How hay fever and other allergies change your voice, why some allergy tablets dry it out, and a simple plan for recording through a bad week.
Voice Over Studio
Audio Interfaces for Voice Over: The Box Between Mic and Laptop
What an audio interface does for your voice, the gain figure that matters most, phantom power, direct monitoring, and the features you can skip.
Voice Over Studio
Which Recording Software Should a Voice Actor Use?
Audacity, REAPER, Audition, GarageBand and more, compared for voice work: what each costs, why punch and roll matters, and which one suits you.
Voice acting
Screams, Grunts and Death Cries: Keeping Your Voice in One Piece
Screams, efforts and battle cries without the damage: what counts as vocally stressful work, how to plan a loud session, and when to see a doctor.