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Comment by Herb Merriweather on March 28, 2009 at 2:32am

Hey, Joe...
Finally getting around to visiting -and commenting. You say you are singing and reading in character. That's great! I don't do it as often as I should. I'm reminded of the classic-and hilarious version of "Blue Christmas" performed by Porky Pig. What a hoot! However, I can't imagine the Sun King singing"Little Drummer Boy".

Comment by Joe J Thomas on March 14, 2009 at 12:41pm

A big "HOWDY" to all the new members!

Feel free to post new topics for discussion above...

MJ - I like it. That's a great way to play thru the day.

I've taken to singing songs as a given charcater (or in an accent).
Also, reading out loud as the character, recording, and playback are fun.

While I'm driving, I'll try to voice-match whatever is on the radio.
(yeah, you may wanna drive somewhere far away from me!)

Happy Saturday,
Joe

Comment by Traci Odom on March 10, 2009 at 2:56am

Hello there,
I'm getting my feet wet in the industry and looking forward to sharing successes with everybody! I reviewed some of the threads and this group looks awesome! Yee-haw!
:)

Comment by milly ozaki fukushima on March 9, 2009 at 11:52pm

Working as a VO character would be amazing!! This is the most fun field to work, I would think.
I want to learn everything I can to be in this field. :D

Comment by M J Lallo on March 9, 2009 at 1:39pm

got characters!!!???? I practice getting up in the morning as one of my many characters and going through the day as that character---too bad one of em invested in the stock market!!!:)))--Animation is too fun!

Comment by Tim Simmons on February 23, 2009 at 9:28pm

The Mackie is a small mixer. I only use one channel just to get my mic signal from the mic to the DAT (digital audio tape) machine and then to the PC. Just how I do it since I don't want to upgrade and get some preamp with SPDIF or other thing built in, etc.

So, I use WaveLab for editing. I use Acid for creating the final production if it needs music/sfx/mult voices.

I used to have an emu e64 sampler. awesome samplers. but... it's gone. $ you know. hehehe

That's about it.

Comment by Luis Acevedo on February 23, 2009 at 9:09pm

Wow...that is amazing T. Well let me tell you what I have...As I said I have an Emu1616m mic preamp which goes into the Emu card in the back of my computer. That was around $279. The computer I built myself and it is just for VO stuff. I have an Intel Core2 Duo processor with XP. Great computer. All that came out to around $380. I am using Audacity as the software. I know my system has the DAT but I don't know it well enough yet to make sure I am doing it right.

Are you familiar with Emu1616m? It is pretty powerful (if you know how to use it).

Now your Mackie, is it just for the pre-amp or do you really need the 8 channels?

Once I get the Mic (just shipped today) I will take some pictures of the set up and send it to you. I use a good size walk in closet in one of the spare rooms of the house.

Comment by Tim Simmons on February 23, 2009 at 8:03pm

Oh wait, I lied. A few demos I made using a $50 headset mic (I know the Icons of Rap was the headset mic). But most are the AT10.

Tim

Comment by Tim Simmons on February 23, 2009 at 8:01pm

thanks. I recorded it all with the AT10 in a bedroom studio. I put foam on the walls but took it down a while back then added it again once I started doing the vo. hehehe They always said I'd end up in a padded room.

I run the mic into a Mackie board (the small 8 channel one for like $300) then into a DAT which converts to SPDIF and that goes into my sound card. I snag SmartSound music if I need music and SFX from where ever I can find them. Usually I just snag some free.

Yeah, as for the ads, I don't mind an email or note from someone once in a while. This is still a cool site because you get to actually see some big names in vo. I am too new to vo to really have the "OH MY GOD IT'S [fill in the idol of your choice]" feeling.

well, good luck and post back when you get your new mic.

Also, feel free to critique my demos, too!

Tim

Comment by Luis Acevedo on February 23, 2009 at 7:32pm

Well, I didn't mean like spam but everyone wants you to buy their book or their CD etc. Not a big deal it's just funny.

I have heard a lot of good things about the Rode and for the price I think it's just right. I always get my stuff from ZZounds. They seem to have the best prices around with no shipping charges and way fast delivery. Your stuff sounds great though. Did you mix everything yourself or did you get a demo done at a studio. That is somehting I really need to do but don't want to over pay...But again, who does?...

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