Many people find this difficult as books are long productions and calculating the time required can be tricky. However, we have been involved with a good number of audio book productions and have a pretty simple way of looking at this. Cost per produced hour This seems to be the standard that many have adopted, however, I find this more difficult to workout and opt for a … [Read more...]
Why You Should Never Record Your Voice-over as MP3 and Convert to WAVE
When working with voice overs I always request wave (at least 16bit 44.1kHz) but quite often get a file that started life as an mp3. This is because some voice overs record in mp3 format and then convert into wave. I have had this conversation many times over the years and I am still surprised at the number of voice overs that don't understand the perils of recording in mp3 … [Read more...]
Removing breaths from voice over audio… Why bother?
A big part of voice over work is the editing after the recording. The voice over or audio producer will remove each and every breath from the raw audio file. This is time consuming and can only be done manually (if it is to be done properly). When it comes to large narrations, such as audiobooks, the amount of editing required is huge and removing the breaths alone can take … [Read more...]
Christmas Audiobook with all of the Trimmings!
Christmas is a time of year for magic and wonderment for many children and families around the world. This year we are really proud of being involved in a special Christmas audio book production of the Treebobs children's stories. In this audiobook there are many magical characters voiced by the talented Lindsay Abbott, and also an appearance of Santa, played by Anthony … [Read more...]
New Voice Talent on Media Music Now [August 2012]
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We would like to welcome new voice overs to our roster of corporate, on-hold and audio book voices . Corporate Voice Overs UK Corporate Voices Dennis Howard US Corporate Voices Crystal Jim Scott On-Hold Voices UK On Hold Voices Amy Claire Kaz Rebecca Trisha Zoe Andy Dennis Steve US On Hold Voices Jason R Scott Audio Book … [Read more...]