Curtis Judd 6/24/24 Curtis Judd 6/24/24

Sound for Video Session: Voice Over with James Younger

In this session, James Younger joins us to talk about voice over gear, acoustic treatment, and technique.

You can learn more from James here, as well as on YouTube.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.

Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Mackie DLZ Creator XS adaptive audio mixer — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — B&H, Amazon

- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Allen & Heath SQ5 digital mixing board — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sound Devices 888 field recorder/mixer with Dante — B&H, Sweetwater

- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon

- Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright — B&H

- Canon C200 Camera - B&H

- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon

- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon

- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H

- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.

Curtis Judd 7/3/23 Curtis Judd 7/3/23

Voice Over & Voice Acting with Lili Wexu

In this week's session, we're joined by Lili Wexu.

You’ve heard her announce at the Olympics, she’s done voices for the Assassin’s Creed II video game, she’s appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, and in Alien Vs Predator. She’s done promos on NBC, on FOX, and on the Cartoon Network. She’s currently the commercial voice of AT&T Business.

She’s also an author and wrote a series of books called Get Clever About Voice Acting, and she’s also a voice acting coach. She helps voice actors find their niche and dominate it.

Learn more about voice over and voice acting from Lili here.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.

Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- AUDIX PDX720 Signature Edition dynamic microphone — B&H, Sweetwater

- Mackie DLZ Creator — B&H, Amazon

- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon

- Canon C200 Camera - B&H

- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon

- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon

- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H

- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself.

Curtis Judd 10/10/22 Curtis Judd 10/10/22

Sound for Video Session — Voice over processing demo & Q&A

In this week's session, we'll demonstrate how I process a voice over clip. Then we'll answer your sound for video questions.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.

- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater

- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon

- Canon C200 Camera - B&H

- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon

- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon

- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H

The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself:

Curtis Judd 5/10/20 Curtis Judd 5/10/20

Voice Over Microphones - Samples and Thoughts on Choosing One Which Fits Your Voice

In today’s episode we talk about voice over microphones, give you audio samples of several with both male and female voices, and then talk about how to find a voice over mic which works well for your voice.

You can find Neumann Microphones's article on the difference between small and large diaphragm condenser microphones here.

You can hear the original wav audio files for each microphone over here.

Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, Pictureline or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

RODE NT1 microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

RODE NT1A microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

AKG C414 XLR microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon

Lewitt LCT-440-Pure microphone - B&H, Amazon

TechZone Audio Products Stellar X2 microphone - Amazon

TechZone Audio Products Stellar X2 Vintage microphone

Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro live-streaming USB capture device and switcher used to record the talking head part of this video - B&H, Amazon

Canon C200 camera used as the main talking camera here - B&H, Pictureline

Panasonic GH5 used as the overhead camera here - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens for GH5 - B&H, Amazon

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens for C200 - B&H, Pictureline, Amazon