The Perfect Timing While Christmas is still a little way off, it’s the perfect time for businesses to plan their Christmas on-hold messages and IVR needs. The holiday rush hasn’t begun yet, and everyone is back from their summer breaks, fully focused on work. As Christmas approaches, voiceovers tend to get inundated with last-minute scripts, […]
5 Things You Need to Consider When Choosing a Voice Over
As a business owner, it is important to create a positive impression through all marketing efforts, including corporate videos, on-hold messages, TV commercials, and other forms of media. One effective way to achieve this is by using professional voiceovers to engage and inform your potential customers while projecting a positive brand image. Here are a […]
Get Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Say Whatever You Like!
Well, almost! Clearly, this is not actually possible as our new Prime Minister will be very careful with his words. And he won’t be voicing for Media Music Now any time soon – unless being PM goes really bad. However, we have the next best thing… a talented impressionist on our voice roster… have a […]
How to Quote Accurately for an Audiobook Production
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, […]
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 […]
Removing breaths from voice over audio… Why bother?
A big part of voiceover 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 […]
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 […]
New Voice Talent on Media Music Now [August 2012]
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 […]
Demystifying Corporate Voice Over Rates
Corporate voice over services, like many things, have the majority of its history in the offline world. If you were growing up in the 80’s like me computers were game machines and the internet was not accessible to anyone. Thankfully, computers and the internet are now an integral part of our lives. However, some business […]
New Audiobook Narrators [Apr 2012]
New voice talent added to our audiobook narration section on Media Music Now. Welcome to the following audio book voice overs: – UK Female Voices Amy Claire Rebecca Zoe UK Male Voices Dave W Mike N Pete E We will be adding new voice talent to our other voice over services very soon. If you’re […]
