Reactivate me, please?
A few years ago, I had to drop out of the voiceover business for a while due to health problems, and other issues. I have been back in business full time for about 6 months with many of my previous clients, and would like to have my VoiceBunny account reactivated. And link to an audio excerpt from a recent approved contract job has been provided.
Best regards,
Tom M.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dWuMYYWmSXFu2IcR2ov9WHC8qpkueGQS/view?usp=sharing
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Hi Tom!
Thanks for sharing the recording! Happy to know you'd like to come back.
I am checking the recording and it sounds too loud and boomy. More likely, you're recording with excess gain and too near to the mic's capsule. I can also hint some hiss noise but I believe it's caused due to the excess gain.
Would you mind letting me know which equipment you're using to record? Also, I'd suggest you reset your gain and ensure you're recording with healthy levels. It's usually not recommended to add gain over 12 o'clock on your knob.
My mic is old school. I've been using an RE20 for the past 15 years, and am getting ready to retire it in favor of a shotgun mic. In the interim, I may try using my AKG C414 UBL. My interface is a simple (older) Tascam USB interface, which I am in the process of upgrading to a TASCAM US-1200. (I could also use my Behringer XR18 as a mic pre / USB interface). I don't use any effects in the signal chain, and go unprocessed into Adobe Audition for editing.
I hope this helps.
Tom M.
Thanks Mitchell!
I believe both mics you mention are really good. I'd suggest you try the C414 as it's much more sensitive and should work with less gain than the RE20. This could improve the overall loudness and boominess of the recording.
Also, if you'd like to review interfaces, I wrote an article on some great options you can try. I'm not a big fan of TASCAM as the ones I've used and/or listened to are quite noisy. I suggest you give a try to Focusrite, Presonus, MOTU and RME. They definitely have amazing preamplifiers and are not as expensive as, say, Apogee or UAD. You can read my article here: https://help.bunnyinc.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/203362904-Tip-4-Choose-a-good-interface-for-your-needs-
Hope it helps :)