- Role of the Home Studio in the voiceover process
- Available audio formats
- Why in a professional studio and not on my Personal Computer?
- What can be done with the audio voice file?
- Role of the Home Studio in the voiceover process
The home studio comes with a trained sound engineer
whose work is to make sure that the recording of the voice is done in the best
possible way and with best possible quality sonic wise. The studio offers an
acoustically controlled environment which allows a recording free of any sonic
parasites (noise from the street, from the neighbours…). The sound engineer
will be able to detect any mispronunciations (nevertheless, the presence of a
quality checker is advised), or any necessary change in the tone of the
artist’s voice. Any problem in the quality of the on-going recording will be
spotted and can be addressed straight away by the Sound Engineer.
- Available audio formats.
At Deseye'N Record Studio we use Protools 10. Protools
is the industry standard audio recording software. We can deliver recordings in
different audio formats like WAV, AIFF, AIFC, mp3, WMA, and SDII and QuickTime
video files.
- Why in a professional studio and not on my personal computer?
The equipment available in a professional recording
studio cannot be compared to a simple recording system of a personal computer.
Signal chain in a professional recording studio:
MicrophoneàMicrophone
pre-ampàEQàCompressionàProtools
All the cables and connectors (1/4 inch jacks, XLR’s)
used in the recording studio are told to be balanced ones. This type of
connection is very important in sound recording and production because it
allows for the use of numerous and long cables while reducing vulnerability to
external noise.
With your personal computer you would plug your mic
directly into the sound card, using an unbalanced 3.5mm jack, and record
directly into a cheap (or free of charge) recording software. Technically you
would get a recorded voice, but the quality would be very low, presenting noise
parasites, humming, etc, which would not be acceptable for professional use.
- What can be done with the voice audio file?
Once your clean and parasites-free recording is finished,
you can choose to do different things with it:
Sync
to picture or ADR (Automated Dialog Replacement)
Technique generally used when the dialogs are recorded
by an actor of the movie while looking at the scenes. Indeed, it helps to synchronize
the voice and the pictures.
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The voiceover artist reads a pre-written speech praising
the qualities of such or such product and why you should buy it.
Narration
The voice over artist narrates a story and sometimes
comments on the action.
Description
or Education
Television news is often presented as a series of
video clips of newsworthy events, with voice-over by the reporters describing
the significance of the scenes being presented; these are interspersed with
straight video of the news anchors describing stories for which video is not
shown. It can also be used for documentaries like in National Geographic Park.
Finally, the sound engineer can also apply some
effects, also known as FX, on the voice, like Delay, Echo, Flanger, Reverb and
many more effects for more complete results.
If you wish to contact the Studio for more details, please send an email to: deseyenrecordstudio@gmail.com
