Archive for the ‘Studio Gear’ Category

A Check List For Traveling Voice Actors

Like many voice over folks, I have my “traveling voice-over rig.”В  Besides the Sennheiser 416,В  MicPort Pro, cables, collapsible booth and all,В  I have the Source Connect software on the laptop.
Source Connect allows you to connect to another studio that also has the software or to a bridging service that facilitates a hookup to an [...]

September 1, 2010   Posted in: ISDN, Studio Gear, Techniques  No Comments

New Music Director for Musicam?

I’ve got a Musicam Prima LT for my ISDN sessions. Sure, it’s entry level but it talks to most of the other boxes out there. (“hardware codecs” for the inner geek.)
A cool feature is that you can compel the purple box to connect with the mother ship in New Jersey to make sure your long [...]

November 12, 2009   Posted in: ISDN, Studio Gear  No Comments

Can a Sennheiser MKH 416 Bring Down a Plane?

That’s what the TSA at the little airport in Roswell, New Mexico wanted to know.В  I guess it looked like a pipe bomb to them.
I was returning from few wonderful days in the nearby mountain village of Ruidoso, having met up with the wife’s family, and had brought along the traveling voice-over rig.В  The Sennheiser [...]

August 12, 2009   Posted in: General, Studio Gear  6 Comments

“Oh ISDN, You Left Me Just When I Needed You Most”

Since I don’t have promo or imaging clients the ISDN in the home studio gets sporadic use. Those ISDN sessions I do have usually come with a nice stack of US dollars which more than pays for having that tool in the studio. Sometimes much more. So it stays.
But I learned a lesson the hard [...]

July 25, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: ISDN, Studio Gear  3 Comments

Using Source Connect with Pro Tools

George Whittam of El Dorado Recording Services has produced a most excellent video tutorial for voice actors who use Pro Tools and need help setting up a Source Connect session.
You can also find session templates and written guides on the Source-Elements website, but I found that George’s video takes you through the steps quickly with [...]

June 25, 2009   Posted in: General, Studio Gear, Video  No Comments

We’re Liking the MicPort Pro

When working out of your private studio, you want noise in your session files like you want geese in your jet engines.В  Delivering consistently noisy voice over tracks can bring down a career.
The acoustics of my room are pretty good.В  Room within a room with thick walls, dead space between them, double doors, non-parallel walls, [...]

March 17, 2009   Posted in: Getting Started, ISDN, Studio Gear  4 Comments

Laptop Tips for Voice Over Recording

Atlanta based voice actor Lance Blair has some tips for fine-tuning the Windows based laptop computer for voice over recording.В  Thanks Lance!

March 5, 2009   Posted in: General, Studio Gear  No Comments

The Bridge to Somewhere

What a pleasant surprise. The other day I was perched on my studio stool watching my Prima LT ISDN box light up with connection indicators, when who in my wondering ears should appear, but Dave Immer.В  Mr. ISDN himself.
I was doing a voice over session for BBDO Detroit and hooking up with Ringside Creative who [...]

February 26, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: ISDN, Studio Gear  No Comments

Putting the Sennheiser 416 to work

Here is a video I voiced for my friend Cy Leland and Trident Media Services. I think Cy’s editor Sammy did an amazing job considering this project went from paper to finished video in 36 hours. I think you’ll hear how the Sennheiser 416 helps the voice cut through a pretty dramatic score.

February 12, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Studio Gear, Video  No Comments

Sennheiser 416 Microphone

I’ve actually had the Sennheiser 416 short shotgun microphone in the home studio for about a month now. I recorded a couple of political spots with it in late October. And yeah, I like it. At least for commercials and promos.
It has an upfront “in your face” sound to it that seems to adds some [...]

November 21, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Studio Gear  No Comments


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