Episode Details

Episode 159, September 29, 2014

Guest: Marc Cashman and his new book V-Oh!

George answers fan questions

Dan shows his clicker editing

0:01:49  They begin!

0:03:35  If you have questions for George or Dan, write to ewabshop@gmail.com

0:04:20  Q: What’s the best material for a VO floor?  A: Carpeting.  

0:05:16  Dan adds that wooden flooring will absorb sound some, George adds that floor reflection generally go back into your mic.  

0:06:25  Joe Cipriano is looking for better internet connection.  George helped him and found California Internet http://cainternet.net/.  They provide “the last mile” to Joe’s house with microwave.  The downside is you need line of sight from the tower with the signal.  Another vendor: Towerstream (http://www.towerstream.com/)

0:09:06  Satellite is another option, but latency (delay) may be an issue.  Microwave has very low latency.  Satellite can add 2 sec. of latency.  This could be an issue with Skype and ipDTL.

0:10:32  Q: What are your opinions on ipDTL?  A: Dan discusses.  A common question is how do you record at your end?  Dan mentions SoundFlower.  http://soundflower.en.softonic.com/mac.  Others: Audio Hijack https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/

0:12:40  This will be a year of transition, George predicts.

0:13:20  Q: Resources for newbies.  

0:13:50  George plays the question.  

0:14:58  George and Dan answer. (The question came via Speakpipe.  To send in a spoken question, go to http://www.ewabs.net/, scroll down to the SEND QUESTION sideways tab you’ll see.)  First, great audio quality!  But, if you don’t have a budget for training, you may not be able to start a VO business.  Lots of coaches work remotely.  

0:16:23  Start at Episode 1 of EWABS.  Or, google “EWABS coach” and you’ll see every issue of EWABS where a coach was on.

0:17:19  Break.  VO Studio Tech.  Larry Davis bumper.

0:18:45  Dan