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Sample or Sampling Rate - The rate at which the audio is sampled by the recording device.

Some of you are going to have to excuse my methods of explaining some things in this article because it was meant to help newbies understand some of the basic principals of digital audio recording and effects processing. In an effort to foster this understanding I have used references and terms or words that don’t [...]

Its time to get that big fat head off your shoulders – Looking inward by Michael Minetree.

The other day, talking to one of my students about how he had the right attitude for success, reminded me of just how far I have come from my not so humble beginnings in this business. When I first started, my ego wasn’t in check, I thought I was much better than I actually was, [...]

The “Getting Started in Voice Over” checklist – these are the things you will need to get going.

The voice bone is connected to the microphone-bone,
The microphone-bone is connected to the mixer-bone,
The mixer-bone is connected to the audio interface-bone,
And that’s how your paid for your voice.
The audio interface-bone is connected to the computer-bone,
The computer-bone is loaded with the editing software-bone,
The editing software-bone is connected to the mp3 encoder-bone,
And that’s how your paid for [...]

UPDATE: Online Voice Over Lessons less than they have ever been.

At the urging of one of the members of the MineWurx voice over community, we are now offering a Workshop Lesson: a more abbreviated, less expensive version of our full online voice over lessons. Click title for further details.
Our normal online voice over lessons last 1 ½ hours and cost $100.
Because the lessons are long [...]

Internet Voice Over Evaluations - How do they work?

It all starts with an evaluation. One that should be free.
I have gotten two calls in the last week that reminded me why voice over evaluations should be free. In both calls, neither one of the curious information seekers really had much of an idea of what VO work really was or how to get [...]

The Transformation of a Voice Over Talent:

A real world example of how one voice over talent completely modified his sound at MineWurx Studio - from 300 miles away.
When I got a call from James, he was looking for advice on how to improve his sound. He had asked me to listen to his demos which I did, and then I offered [...]

The importance of quality sound as applied to ISDN, including comments by Joe Cipriano

I had a session scheduled yesterday with a large national client (MTV/Viacom). The session was one of those “maybe Monday or Tuesday” type bookings and when the client is of that nature, you make both days available to them. Comes with the territory. Anyway, it should have been as simple as: client sends copy, dials [...]