Episode Details

Episode 143, May 12, 2014

Guests: Harlan Hogan of Voiceover Essentials and David McRell of CEntrance, introducing MixerFace.

George on the role of webcams in home studios.

Dan on what you call your “home studio.”

0:02:18 Opening of the show with Dan and George.

0:04:38  George talks about using webcams in your own studio to go back to face-to-face contact.  Why aren’t we using video more?  George urges to use your webcams and Skype to improve the connection you have with clients.  

0:08:13  Dan weighs in on the topic.  Sometimes bandwidth issues interfere.  He uses his iPhone or iPad to do the video.  Clients watch him, but he doesn’t watch them.  Dan and George talk about whether it’s a distraction.  George proposes we explore the idea.

0:11:52  Break

0:13:09  They’re back.

0:13:39  Dan talks about Studio Suit.  People are raving!  http://www.vostudiosuit.com/

Studio Suit comes in 8’x5’ pieces.

0:15:45  Tip of the Week:  At WoVOCon the idea came up of not using the term “home studio.”  Dan thinks we should change the name of “home studio” to “personal VO studios” for client consumption.  No one needs to see how the sausage gets made!  He lists pros and cons of studios at home.  The only thing that matters is how does your audio sound.  PPVOS: A personal, professional voice-over studio.

0:19:01  Back to the show.  Dan continues the discussion.  “Home studio” has a negative connotation.  

0:20:54  Dan shows two business cards—two VO actors, but identically designed cards from Vista Print.  

0:21:23 George likes the idea of losing the word “home” from a branding standpoint.  Then he asks about how “professional” gets overused.  

0:22:40  Dan and George fields a question about TwistedWave vs. ProTools.  A TW user has created a keyboard shortcut for inserting silence to “punch and roll,” and the question was is that possible in ProTools.  George wasn’t aware o