Recording to evaluate Reactivation
Hello,
Please review the attached recording completed with my new professional microphone and interface. I would love to start working and auditioning for VoiceBunny again!
Thank you kindly for your review.
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Hi Lauren,
Thanks for your submission, I'm picking some editing pops and a bit of plosives on your recording.
Please make sure that you're using fades between the phrases, that will take care of the editing pops.
For the plosives, you could take a step further from the mic, and maybe place the mic at a slight angle, I'm sure that will help a lot.
Hope this helps.
Thank you Johnatan - Does this mean you can reactivate my account and start sending me auditions?
Very welcome,
Once you send us a new sample, solving the issues previously mentioned, I can forward your sample to the person doing reactivations, this is surely a piece of cake for you.
Really looking forward to a new sample of yours.
Hi Johnatan,
I think you will find this version with your suggestions incorporated.
Please let me know when I am reactivated. Thank you!
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar2VpSANrU6RjVZqn39MDgXnizOi?e=6aNvuP
Hi Lauren, thanks for the new submission.
I just have a few comments for you to work on:
Pretty sure if you fix those things we can move on quickly.
Thanks for the feedback!
I don't hear the pops you describe - can you be more specific? What do you consider a pop?
Also, I used the fade in and out tool for the edit marks as you suggested. How do you keep the level consistent at those fades?
Thanks.
Lauren
I'll try my best here!
Right at the time and after the word that I wrote is where it happens.
It's just a little click, I hope you can get this example, have you ever played vinyl records? You know, when it has a scratch or a bump, the needle kinda jumps and makes a sound, it's almost like that, let me know if now you can hear it.
And regarding the fades, you use them at the beginning and end of each phrase, but they have to be so small that they don't affect the volume of the words, yet long enough to avoid those pops that I just explained to you.
Let me know if that helps
Hello,
I would really love to start doing projects for Voice Bunny. I think I have gone back and forth with editing issues enough for you to know that I am able to take direction and satisfy your requirements.
Please reinstate my status so I can continue to do projects for you.
Also, can you please clarify if you are affiliated with Voices123?
Thank you
Hi Lauren,
Unfortunately, we can't reactivate your account until you provide us with a new sample and we approve it right away.
We do realize that you can receive feedback and comply, but as you know, our goal is to deliver ready-to-use recordings, that's why we keep on giving you feedback to make sure you're able to provide that kind of recordings for our clients.
We're more than happy to listen to a new recording if you want.
Regarding your question about Voices123, no we're not.
Also, you should know, it is called Voice123, singular.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for your response. Do you have any sample copy that I can produce into a voice over for you?
Sure, here you go:
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Looking forward to your recording.
Thank you for the great suggestion. Here is a link to the MP3 I just recorded for you!
Your feedback is appreciated. I really want to start working for you!!
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar2VpSANrU6RjVtoOpbVBmWoQ3HZ?e=K5N0UD
Thank you kindly,
Lauren Carpenter
Hi Lauren, thank you so much for being so eager to work with us, we really appreciate it.
Unfortunately, there are a few things we need to keep working on.
Just like the first sample you sent, this one has some acoustics issues, and also, there's hiss noise, which is new.
I think the best way for me to help you is if you send me some pictures of your recording space and equipment, that way I can see what's going on and have a more accurate idea of what should we do to make it better.
Would you be able to do that?
Hi Jonathan,
I think I have resolved the hissing sound you mentioned. My laptop was overheated yesterday and I think that is where it was coming from.
I re-recorded it today and hopefully have fixed the issues. I have moved away from the mic a little more and I think that has also reduced some of the issues.
Here's a link to the new recording and a photo of my studio. It is my closet actually, with my microphone and interface and laptop.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar2VpSANrU6RjVwhnionqNNIxiVa?e=hIkDK3
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar2VpSANrU6RjV1r_EXa3IuBlove?e=nkEf3d
Thank you for your review and I look forward to resolving all the issue so I can get busy with your work!!
Thanks.
Lauren Carpenter
Hi, you're right, there's no more hiss, which is really good, actually, your recording is much better sounding today.
There's now one more thing to work on, those are fades, to avoid editing pops, each phrase should end smoothly into silence and start smoothly as well, for that, I will leave you with a link to a post which will help you with the use of fades.
Also, I'd recommend not to place your computer over a pillow or a blanket, that way you will avoid it overheating.
https://help.bunnystudio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360006728219-Why-should-I-use-fades-?page=1
Let me know what you think, looking forward to a new recording of yours.
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you again for staying with me on improving my editing skills!
I used the same recording and applied a few fades where there were rough cuts.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar2VpSANrU6RjV81s06vGDL4Qxo_?e=OaxV7l
I think it sounds much smoother.
I am using Audacity as my editor. Are you familiar with the method to do a cross fade with this?
I hope you like this!
Hi Lauren,
Thanks again for a new recording, I can tell you used some fades there and that's great. There are some spots that you could improve on:
0:03 'get'
0:13 'easy'
0:14 'ever'
0:32 'stay'
0:35 background noise
The first ones with fades and the last one just make sure no mouse click or anything can be heard at the end of your recording.
Regarding crossfades in Audacity, I found this for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5hvMHRk_z4
Let me know what you think.
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you for your feedback and the information on crossfades. I think I am going to have to practice with crossfades a little before I get how to use them with voice. With music it makes more sense to me.
Fade in/out however, makes a lot of sense with editing voice tracks.
I worked on all the suggestions you made except for, :03 'get'. On that one I don't feel a fade is needed. Maybe you can explain.
Please let me know what you think.
I hope I am ready to start doing projects!
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar2VpSANrU6RjWBt2-rKva9AycuO?e=Mlitnx
Hi Lauren, thanks for not giving up, we're almost there!
If you listen to :03 'get' you'll hear that right after you finish that word, there's a little noise there, as if you chopped the audio right in the middle of a breath, that's why it's important to edit that one out, you could do it manually.
Great job with the fade in/out, I can notice you're using them, is there a chance you could make them shorter in milliseconds? Because some of them are standing out and we don't want that, the goal is to make them as smooth as possible.
You're doing great, we're almost there, I'm very excited about this!
Hi Jonathan,
I have worked on shortening the fades as you suggested. Here is the next version with shorter fades.
I think I can see the benefit of fades with voice now. I still have to do more research on the crossfades with voice. As mentioned, it makes sense to me with music but with one actor doing a narration, not sure I get the need for crossfading.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar2VpSANrU6RjWEzerTwKMVaq9EN?e=43DEaQ
I hope this satisfies the exercise and you are ready to start working.
Thank you again for this chance to grow as an editor!
Lauren
Hi Lauren,
Thanks for coming back so quickly.
Let's see if this helps, when it comes to voices, most of voice actors won't nail the recording at the first time, so they will usually record a phrase several times so that in the editing process they have multiple options to chose when it comes to intention, intensity, cadence, and so on... so they will end up with many different parts for just one script, in that case, to avoid editing pops between the phrases or even words, they would use crossfades to even out the transition between the phrases.
Example:
Script: 'Thanks for calling our company, your opinion is very important for us.'
Then the voice actor could record up to 'company', and then the rest, do that several times, and then he realizes that he likes the first take for the first part of the script, but the fourth take for the second part, so he'll stack them side by side, obviously, there will be a difference because of time, intonation, and even background noise, so he'll use a crossfade to transition from one take to the other without the client noticing that.
I really hope this makes it clear for you.
This new audio of yours is better! Let me see what I can do about that reactivation.
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you so much for more explanation of the crossfade. I think what I am concerned about with the example, is that the actor may seem to be talking over himself as a result of the crossfading. Do you set it so that the words do not intersect?
I'm so happy I am progressing and you are going to look into reactivation. I want to continue to develop my editing skills as we are just as much voice artists now as editors! It makes perfect sense to master some of the techniques for our best product.
Thank you.
Lauren Carpenter
Yeah, among other things, that could be one of the reasons, tho, they can just separate the clip manually, sometimes the background noise, the room tone, or even breaths would sound, so to even them out you could use crossfades too. Normally fade in and fade out would go at the beginning and end of the deliverable, and everything in between could go with crossfades.
It is my pleasure to let you know, your account has been reactivated!
Please keep growing, learning, keep looking, searching and asking, all of that will help you improve your skills as a voice actor and as an editor.
Best regards, well done.
Thank you so much Jonathan!
I will start working with some of my old tracks to practice crossfade techniques so when I get my next project I can use the technique for my delivered track.
This is another great reference that I found to explain crossfades in .
https://www.howtogeek.com/57252/how-to-use-crossfade-in-audacity-for-seamless-transitions-between-audio-tracks/
I am looking forward to my first project.
Best regards,
Lauren Carpenter
It was my pleasure.
That's a very good idea, practice as much as you can.
Thanks for sharing, that's a good resource as well.
Have a great weekend, best of luck with those projects.
Jonathan,
I am going to try a few crossfades and send them to you to see what you think if that is ok with you.
I hope you have a great weekend as well!
Best regards,
Lauren
Sure thing Lauren, that is totally fine.
Looking forward to those samples.
Cheers.