Ever considered recording your own audiobook? In the last year or so we have noticed a steady increase in audiobook production enquiries from authors. Traditionally, our main audio book enquiries came from publishers or businesses creating an audiobook for sale to their clients. However, there seem to be more self-penned authors around nowadays and many […]
How to Record Meditation and Hypnosis Audio Products from Home
Learn how to do this and avoid the cost of using a recording studio Presuming that you offer therapy products that can be delivered in an audio format, all you need is a relatively small cash investment and the time to invest in learning some basic recording techniques. New lower priced technology makes this all […]
Video Soundtracks on a Budget – Blog Series Roundup
Are you new to creating videos? Having trouble with audio clarity, background noise or loudness? If so, you will find this 9 part series invaluable for learning the basics of creating great video soundtracks. Part 1 – Introduction When clients use one of our audio services for their video production, whether that be a voice […]
Video Soundtracks on a Budget – Part 2: Lapel Microphones
To aid in producing this blog series I am going to team up with a friend from Nature Talks and Walks to create some video footage for his business. Through the process I will explain the audio production and show you the result. Firstly, I need a low cost way of recording his voice outdoors. […]
Audio Book Production on the Cheap
We are often contacted by students interested in creating audio versions of their course material for study purposes. Also, many independent authors are attracted to the idea of creating an audio version of their book. However, creating an audio book product to a high standard requires a decent budget. If you are interested in having […]
Voice Overs Bypass that Noisy Sound Card
The following post may be controversial to some as I know opinion runs strong about such matters in voice over circles, however, this is useful advice for some, so here we go. In my years involved in audio production there are times when something comes along that really impresses me. In recent years it has […]
Neumann U87 microphone being Made
Following on from yesterday’s post, I found this really interesting video about the Neumann U87 microphone. Pretty expensive but definitely a classic mic.
Microphones! The voice overs’ friend.
As a Royal National Theatre trained sound technician, I spent many years listening to all sorts of mics from rifles to condensers, hyper cardiods to lavaliers and reckon I know a thing or two about decent sound quality. As well as live sound reinforcement, studio work was also a large part of my job and […]
Microphone Comparison Tests for Podcast / Voice recording
I have produced these microphone comparison tests to illustrate the difference in quality between various microphones types. If you have read my previous posts on this you will know that I recommend using a professional condenser mic for podcast and vocal recordings. Here you can hear why. All tests have been recorded using audacity and […]
Professional Podcast Recording & Production – #3 Microphone Connectivity with your PC / Recorder
Hopefully by now you have had chance to read my previous post in this series and are considering a condenser microphone type to produce quality recordings. With this in mind this article covers connectivity and the means of actually getting your microphone to work with various equipment. The Audio Chain It is important to understand […]
