This is a directed voice over session that I recorded recently. The client was directing from New York and I was recording in my home studio in Minneapolis. If you’re new to the voice over industry, you should find this entertaining and educational.
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LOVED IT….these are always so fun to watch.
Thanks Brian!
I love hearing your sessions. Very cool insight into your day. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Mia! I appreciate that.
Terry–what an excellent session! That was cool to hear how you work that magic of yours!
Thanks for sharing it! I learned a lot!!
Anthony Piselli
Thanks Anthony! I appreciate that!
Thanks for sharing this session with everyone. Having done hour long ISDN sessions myself it helps to hear someone else doing a long session. It definitely requires mental, pnysical and vocal stamina. Ideally it would be nice to take a short break about half way through but “Time is money” as the saying goes.
Chris Fadala
Brilliant. Great example of how to interpret what the client thinks he wants, but doesn’t know quite how to explain.
Hey Terry, thanks for the insight! It is so gracious of you to share this with aspiring, new VO talent like me. It helps us appreciate the value of having ISDN capability in the home studio. More importantly, it displays your sense of customer focus and the great attitude you maintain throughout the session. Thanks for being a great example and role model for all of us!
Thanks Greg!
Awesome session, Terry. The session took a little over an hour; I was just wondering how long the audio clean-up took you, to get an idea of the total amount of time you spent on this project. Also, what’s the nature of this job? I’m picturing animation, but where and when will it be broadcast?
Hey Terry,
Great session – enjoyed it! The classic times of trying to interpret what the client has in their head! Nailed it though, really nice stuff. :o)
Hey Terry,
Loved how you took direction, interpreted what the cliend was saying, made the client feel at ease giving direction and then giving your own creative suggestions all while making it a fun session for you both. It was also fun to listen to.
I wish I could afford ISDN. Do you have any thoughts on usiing SKYPE as a low budget solution to ISDN?
Great work amigo!
Paul Hernandez
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Hey Paul!
I don’t have ISDN but my mixer is USB powered so I am able to record conversations in Adobe Audition. :)
Terry, thanks for sharing! I enjoyed listening to this session and your interaction with your client.
Do you Skype those sessions? And if they client makes noise, will it get on your recording? How in the world do you remember which takes to use when you edit it all together?? Thank you SO MUCH for this example of a real-world session.
Hi Terry, Hope you had a nice weekend. I know that you have a 10 channel mixer and I was wondering how you set up the phone patch. Do you have another piece of equipment that you plug your phone in, and that piece of equipment is then plugged into the mixer? Right now I just have a usb mike pre that I plug my AT-2020 in to and the USB is connected to my laptop.
Thanks for sharing your recording session with us. It was very insightful and professional.
Gene Dixon
Hi Gene!
I use skype for phone patch sessions and coaching. Works like a charm and I can record everything. Because the mixer is USB powered, I am able to record anything that comes off the computer. :)
Hi Terry,
Thanks! I have skype but I don’t have a mixer yet (ordered one yesterday :) ). I have a mic pre and I currently can’t record my voice and the audio from my PC. It’s either or at this point. The mixer provides multiple inputs that can then be sent through the PC where I could then record both the Audio from skype and the audio from my mic. Guessing here since I have not played with an external audio mixer. I’m still looking forward to working with you, as I need the help! :)
Thank you Terry,
Even though I have been in the VO biz for years. You always bring something “new” to the table. I enjoy you and your guest, keep them coming.
Bill Johnson
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Here in the UK we do not work in this way, most of us would go mad , with this picky drawn out way of working a script.
We tend to read the whole script in one , with perhaps a repeat on one of the lines , and about five complete takes is quite normal to do the job.
After the time spent on this job , which is amazing to me , I would be chewing the carpet ,
and I have say the voice guy featured , has the patience of a saint.
Hi Chris,
I appreciate the comments. Very interesting.
This was a regular client who I really enjoy working with, so I didn’t mind investing the time. Directed sessions can also save a lot of time from going back and forth with retakes.
Thanks for sharing the insider view of working back and forth with a client. Great to hear examples of how a client tells you they want it heard and changed. But hey, I make more money than my husband… and he doesn’t mind that I “support” him! ;)
Very interesting to hear a session. I am new to the VO biz so everything is helpful to me. Jolly Good Terry – appreciate you sharing this. I am a bit surprised it took so long though.
You’re a generous VO force to be reckoned with, Terry!
Appreciating You, Debby Barnes
Terry…..very insightful and entertaining. Thanks for sharing….Randy Gray
Terry- It’s interesting to hear sessions of other vo peeps. One thing that works for me is to pre-read with the client before the session. This reduces the number of script errors and phonetic issues. Since I’ve gone green and using a tablet, I use an app that allows me to edit in the booth. I almost made the mistake of writing on my iPad and would have been very sad had I actually connected my pencil to the screen. Ugh!
Thanks for sharing your time. I trekked over to Constant Link and watched the final animation. Nice! :)
J.