Where am I?
Actors ask themselves a lot of questions when they’re preparing for a role:Who am I? Who am I talking to? What’s the backstory? How do I feel? And what am I trying to say as this character? If you read …
Stellar Home Studio: Absorption, Diffusion, and Noise Floor
In the first blog post in this series, we discussed the importance, location, and sound isolation of a home voice-over studio. Now that you have found a convenient space for your studio and are effectively keeping outside noise from coming …
Stellar Home Studio: Location, Location & Isolation
Having a high quality home studio has always been important as a voice actor. But these days, home studios are no longer just for auditioning or for certain types of work. Home studios are absolutely essential if you want to …
Working Wednesday: Home Studio Upgrades!
When the Covid pandemic started, many people were scrambling to keep up with all the changes that hit the voice-over industry. In Los Angeles, many actors rely on professional studios for voice-over jobs and have studio engineers who handle all …
Nailing A Directed Remote Session
There is no doubt that a remote recording session can be intimidating, particularly if you’ve never done one before.. The pressure of having to perform under the direction from someone on the other end and really making it happen can …
Talent Spotlight: Leah Brown
Leah Brown started her voice-over journey with SAV several years ago, and since then has done e-learning, audiobook, and commercial VO work! Oh, and she wrote and published a novel this year. No big deal! Let’s check in and see …
Building Your Audio Chain Link by Link: Audio Interfaces, Mic Preamps, and More!
In the first installment of this two-part series, the focus was on selecting a microphone for your voice-over business. This time, we’ll take a look at selecting the gizmo(s) you need to get your voice from the microphone into the …
The Voice Actor’s Introduction to Plugins
Your home studio is quiet, your microphone sounds excellent going through your digital interface, and now your voice has transformed from an electrical signal in your brain, into a physical sound, back into electricity, in the form of digital information, …
Building Your Audio Chain Link by Link: Microphones
Pieces of audio gear can be a bit like people: each has their own personality. It’s the same for the audio device called the microphone – the first link in your home voice-over studio’s “audio chain”. Some mics are warm …
When the Mic Goes Off
You’ve got to be good with a script to be a voice actor, but what may be less obvious is how good you have to be without one in a session. Now, if you stop listening right here I’ll be …
Talent Spotlight: Amy Deuchler
Amy started with Such A Voice towards the end of 2016, and between then and now, has made herself into a full-time audiobook narrator! Let’s get an update from Amy to see how she got here. What were you doing …
Productivity via Task Batching
Cue any random day in the first year of my voice-over business. I settled into my studio with a zest for life and a mind set on knocking out my daily “to-do list.” Because I’m a responsible, mature business owner …