Rejected for Room Echo
Hi again,
I have another concern regarding a rejection. I just submitted my work for a project that was accepted without issue. The next one I submitted after that was rejected for "room echo" by Hiroshi. The only rejection I have received from QC in over 130 projects in the last month was removed from my stats, as it should have been accepted. So once again, I'm a bit confused. I don't hear any room echo, and have not done anything different to receive this rejection without a chance at a revision. I enjoy working with Voicebunny, but its quality control has been very confusing lately. If a Bunny Manager could review my submission, I would once again greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
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Hi Hiroshi,
Thanks for your reply. I've attached both the rejected and approved recordings via Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uviemBMX1rLJYA71WZ_PXd7WLla_OKBL/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gcKsEbVT5EWml38RlhdbB4LvJ989xuT1/view?usp=sharing
On a side note, I've done over 130 projects on Voicebunny in the last month, and have not been rejected by QC, especially for room echo. And if there is a problem with my recording for whatever reason, I'm always given the option to revise, which I was not given in this case.
Hi Hiro,
Thanks for getting back to me. I recorded the Grand Island voice over immediately after the one that was accepted, and didn't do anything different. In all the 130 projects that I've done this past month with VB, QC hasn't had a problem with room echo, so it's a bit concerning to me that there's room echo in this take. Unfortunately, I still don't hear the difference between the two. I appreciate your help and don't want to get rejected for this problem again, so would you mind pointing out where you hear room echo? And is it mild or a lot of room echo? Do you think the client would hear it? I want to deliver my best work, so I appreciate your input.
Also, thanks for including this video. I actually already watched this video a while back, and followed the steps to sound-treating my room. So that's another reason why I'm a bit concerned about room echo.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks!
-Juliane
The second recording has slightly more room "echo." (Not sure why Voice Bunny calls it "echo" when that's not the technical term audio engineers use, but whatever.) Never the less, both of them have more room echo than my recording does which was rejected for room echo. A total joke. I think these reviewers are voice talent themselves who are trying to reject everything they can from their potential competition. I've been an audio engineer for 15 years and my audio quality is better than just about anyone else's I've ever heard. I'm completely addicted to having zero reverb, plosives, sibilance, mouth noises, and other distractions. I've never met any other vocal audio engineers who are more obsessive about this than me, so when my recordings got rejected for "room echo" it was a total joke. It's clear that the reviewers are voice talent themselves and are trying to eliminate any decent competition they feel threatened by.