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VO demos

Replied Jul. 14, 2008

HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE: I started in radio in 1969 and have been in the voice over business since the early 80's. I operate fulltime from my home studio in East Tennessee and spend the bulk of my time voicing for e-Learning projects. I'm also actively voicing for radio, television, in-store and voice mail systems.

EQUIPMENT: Microtech Gefell MT71s mic into a GML 2032 mic preamp with Purple MC77 Compressor/Limiter straight into a Lynx L22 soundcard.
My "road" system includes a Microtech Gefell MT71s mic into a Sound Devices USBPre into a Dell laptop.
Shure SM5b mic as a second mic.

At 6:45pm on February 7, 2009, John Weeks said…: Hey guys,
Sorry I'm a month late, but thanks for the Happy Birthdays!!!!
I hope y'all are having a good '09 so far.

At 12:08pm on January 24, 2009, Fizz said…: wat part of east TN u from i live in Johnson City

At 6:21am on January 13, 2009, Mike Wittman said…: Happy Birthday John from former Chattanoogan.

At 1:02am on January 13, 2009, Paul Seidel said…: Happy birthday from the other side of the pond John :)

At 5:37pm on January 3, 2009, Jamee T. Perkins said…: Hi John. I heard your faux-dition for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon contest. Best of luck. Who knows, we could be in the top ten! I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

At 6:17pm on October 27, 2008, Matt Speirs said…: Hi John,

Always nice to make friends with a fellow techie!

Matt

At 10:33pm on October 24, 2008, John Weeks said…: Michael,
On the demos I'm using a GML 2032. For the long form work I do, I get copy changes sometimes a year or longer after the initial recording, so I wanted something that wouldn't drift (sound wise) like tubes tend to do. Make no mistake, I really liked the Voxbox too, but for what I do I'm happier with the George Massenburg unit.

At 10:23pm on October 24, 2008, Michael Hancock said…: Thanks for the input, John. If you don't mind me asking... what are you moving to and why are you moving away from the Manley Voxbox? I've heard good things about it.

At 9:58pm on October 24, 2008, John Weeks said…: Hi Michael,
Thanks for the compliment. I don't know much about the dbx 376. What I can tell you about tube equipment in the price range you're looking at is that the weakest part of those units are the tubes themselves. So if you decide on a DBX, Presonus, ART etc., the way to make them sound better is to replace the stock tube with a better one. There are several discusions about that subject on some of the voice over boards. Also, you might try for a better answer about the DBX from the Gear Heads group. There are some guys that belong to the group that can give you a better idea of how that unit will work for you. By the way, my chain is 100% solid state. I had a Manley Voxbox, but it's for sale at the moment.
Take care,
John

At 7:49pm on October 24, 2008, Michael Hancock said…: Hey John. Thanks for the add. Your reels really have a good sound. I'm trying to find a reasonably cost-effective way to give my VOs that rich warm tube sound. I'm considering adding a dbx 376 channel strip. Do you think that will do the trick?