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How a Neumann U87 is manufactured

Bob — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:22:00 +0000

Check out this interesting video to answer your questions about how this wonderful microphone is made.

Microphone Techniques with Rodney Saulsberry

Bob — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:23:44 +0000

SEO and voice actors

Bob — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:49:20 +0000

Jodi Krangle has written an excellent article on search engine optimization for voice actors that Mahmoud Taji has published at his Voice Emporium site.

IF you have an iPhone …

Bob — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:12:23 +0000

And you need to record audio, check out the list of apps at Actors and Crew and in particular the FiRe app by Audiofile Engineering, that’s on their list. My thanks to my friend Mary McKitrick for posting the link on the VO-BB.

Travel mic stand

Bob — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:19:00 +0000

My friend George Whittam has posted this video blog about a very cool idea for a travel microphone stand.

As George mentioned, you can find these items at Amazon.com or through Harlan Hogan’s site VoiceOverEssentials.com And George’s site is VOStudioTech.com.

And my friend Bruce Miles points out on the VO-BB that B&H Photo sells a set of bushings that will convert the video mount to a microphone compatible mount, too.

Voiceover microphone shootout

Bob — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:18:00 +0000

Here’s another microphone shootout for you, this one featuring several condenser microphones. It’s features Aaron Lyon on the Recording Hacks blog.

Tube microphone shootout

Bob — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:10:00 +0000

Matthew McGlynn emails with news about a new video and blog post that features three tube microphones in head to head to head comparison.

The full story is at the Recording Hacks blog. By the way, as part of that blog post, you can download the uncompressed WAV files for each of the microphones to you can hear for yourself the full audio details.

Curious about that Harlan Hogan microphone?

Bob — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:21:00 +0000

Check out what my friend Brian Haymond has to say about his experience with the Harlan Hogan VO-1A.

A tour of Brian’s booth

Bob — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:03:00 +0000

My friend Brian Hart has just about finished building his new voiceover booth and has posted a video tour.

Very cool, Brian.

Now this is what you call a microphone shootout

Bob — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:16:42 +0000

Shure took the mic shootout to the limit.

My thanks to my friends at the VO-BB for the link.

DIY Monitor Stands

Bob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:05:00 +0000

Audio monitors that is. For your audio studio. My friend Brian Hart details his work building said stands on his blog. Great work, Brian. Thanks for posting so we all can see and learn.

Home Studio troubleshooting

Bob — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:54:00 +0000

Dan Lenard, the Home Studio Master, offers solid advice and answers questions at VoiceOverXtra.

Check out the new Porta-Booth

Bob — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:58:00 +0000

Harlan Hogan has announced the Porta-Booth Pro (r). You can see a preview and place a pre-order at this page on Harlan’s site.

How do you connect a phone patch?

Bob — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:51:00 +0000

George Whittam has prepared an excellent post with the scoop on how to connect your phone hybrid/phone patch to your mixer.

How much to build a voiceover studio?

Bob — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:07:00 +0000

David Brower offers some thoughts about the cost of building your own voiceover studio on his blog.

Working on accents?

Bob — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:20:21 +0000

From my friend Andi Arndt comes the following excellent information:

If you can read IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) or have a good ear for accents, you might enjoy practicing dialects of English at http://accent.gmu.edu/ where there are examples from all over the globe! Another great source is Paul Meier’s website at http://www.paulmeier.com/ which has great resources and links to all kinds of accent-related information.

Thank you, Andi. Good stuff.

Vocal warmups with Rodney Saulsberry

Bob — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:15:00 +0000

Rodney Saulsberry encourages us to warm up every day.

If you need gear for your studio

Bob — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:45:07 +0000

You might want to check out the Giant Clearance Sale at BSW.

(edited to fix typo.)

Vocal Warmups with Rodney Saulsberry part 3

Bob — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:51:12 +0000

Rodney Saulsberry has added a third warmup routine on YouTube.

(edited to fix typo)

How do you say?

Bob — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:39 +0000

Ever run into a word in a voiceover script and not know how to pronounce it? With my thanks to my friend Stefania, who posted the link to this site on the VO-BB, here is a site called howjsay.com.