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Source-Connect, ipDTL or Zoom? Getting Ready for a Remote Session
What Source-Connect, ipDTL and Zoom each do, why a cable beats Wi-Fi, how to record your own backup and what to check before a remote voice session.
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Dynamic or Condenser? Picking a Microphone for Voice Over
A dynamic forgives a rough room, a condenser rewards a quiet one. How to choose a voice over microphone, with phantom power and USB or XLR explained.
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Wired, Sealed and Not Too Loud: Choosing Headphones for Voice Over
Why closed-back headphones keep playback out of your microphone, what to check before you buy a pair, and how to protect your hearing in long sessions.
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Popping Ps and Thumping Bs: Stopping Plosives in Voice Over
What a plosive really is, where the gust of air goes, the pop screen gap that makes it work, why foam doesn't, and what can be fixed after the take.
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Record Quieter Than You Think: Gain and Levels for Voice Over
Where your gain knob should sit, what the meter colours mean, why peaking at minus six beats chasing zero, and what to do with a take that clipped.
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Punch and Roll: Fix the Fluff Without Losing Your Flow
Tripped on a line? Punch and roll lets you back up, read along and carry on in one clean take. How to set it up and make the joins disappear.
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Too Much Sizzle: Taming Sibilance in Voice Over
Harsh S sounds in your recordings? Fix sibilance at the mouth, then the mic, then the edit, in that order, and never end up with a lisp.
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48k, 24-Bit, Mono: The Audio Specs Behind Every Voice Over File
Sample rate, bit depth, WAV or MP3, peaks and LUFS: what a voice over spec sheet means, and the safe settings to send when the client gives none.
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Clicks, Smacks and Sticky Saliva: Stopping Mouth Noise in Voice Over
Why mouth clicks happen, when to start drinking water, what dries you out, where to sit at the mic, and how to clean up the clicks that still get through.
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A Hand’s Width and a Slight Angle: Mic Technique for Voice Over
How far from the mic to sit, why distance changes the room sound and your bass, which way to aim, and a ten-minute test to find your own sweet spot.