Plosives Audible Throughout the Demo
Hi,
I was rejected for the demo below as follows:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yshlrb4qo7r3zd3/Application%20project%20for%20Sean%20O%27Connor.wav?dl=0
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Hello voice actor, Thank you very much for your application to join VoiceBunny. After careful review, we regret to inform you that we cannot approve your application at this time for the following reason(s): Array Hi - the quality of your submission does not meet our standards at this time. I have a Red Scarlett studio with a pop shield, but no booth or anything approaching that. Given that the feedback seems to be purely technical, maybe my voice has something itself, so could I record elsewhere in a more suited environment and try submitting again by any chance? Maybe I was just too close to the mic, but this is the first time I have had that kind of feedback, so it's useful to know. Really appreciated, thanks. Sean. |
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Hi Sean!
Thank you for sharing the comments and the recording. I was listening to the file and, on top of the plosives, I can pick up the following problems:
1. A critical level of room echo and hiss noise. This is more likely 100% caused by the acoustic treatment of your space which is not well adequated for professional voice over. I invite you to review how you're treating your room and maybe consider adding some extra absorptive materials to it in relevant areas where the reflections are being created.
2.Background noises such as mouse clicks and chair movements. These note that you may not be recording in an acoustically treated space and that the take wasn't edited properly. It's normal for some of these to be picked up by a microphone when it's quite sensitive, however, it's important to always edit and clean the recordings before sending them. It's also important to ensure you are recording in a booth that is separate from the computer as computers usually produce a lot of noise.
3. Boominess. This is caused by both proximity to the mic's capsule and the acoustic treatment of the space. When you're putting the mic in, for example, a vocal booth and the padding material is too near to the microphone, the low frequencies will tend to be boosted. This is because of their wave length as low frequencies are much longer than higher ones and tend to remain in the space much longer. For this, it's important to review how you're positioning your mic in your space and to step back a bit from it.
Would you mind letting us know how you're recording? Which equipment you're using and how you're treating the space?
Thanks for the feedback, Angela.
My equipment consists of an all in one solution, Scarlett Solo Studio, 2nd Generation:
It's true, my room is not really up to studio standard by any means, so I am actually in the process now of putting up a barrier of sorts around my mic, insulated with foam. I will probably put some kind of insulating material over the top of this. as well as the side walls, to prevent sound escaping.
I am not surprised by the issues you can detect given the current space, but have been doing voice overs for some clients' in this space for the past six months' or so.
The laptop is in close proximity to mic and mixer, yes.
Maybe I'll have a go at re-submitting or at least letting you hear the same script after the changes, which I am hoping will be in place by next week.
I am also now standing further away from the mic, so there is a bigger gap between mic, pop shield and mouth.
Thanks again.
Sean.
Hi Sean!
Thank you for letting me know. We'd be happy to listen to a new recording once you've made some adjustments :)
I have requested reconsideration, but have a new recording (of the old demo) now in my sound-proofed environment. Would feedback be given to that here, Angela, if I were to post it up? Thanks again.
Sean.
Hi Sean!
For sure! We would love to give you feedback on that. Share it and we'll be happy to give you all our comments.
Thanks again Angela, I will post it in the feedback forum.
Amazing, Sean! Will wait patiently :)
Rejected again. Still plosives they said and a background hiss.
I may give up, sadly 😕
Hi Sean
If you want, share with us a new recording so we can check it out and give further comments. It could help you improve!
I'll post it on the feedback thread, thanks.