How to Do Voice Overs Everything You Need to Know

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How To Do Voice Overs Everything You Need To Know
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• Wonder how to make catchy voiceover recordings?
  Here is a step-by-step guide how to do it
  correctly. Sit back and relax youre going to
  enjoy it.

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• Before you start recording, make sure you have
  the right equipment. Without a microphone,
  computer, special software, as well as headphones
  and speakers there is no chance youll get your
  video voice overs. So preparing high-quality
  tools and equipment is where you should start.

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• Next step finding a nice room. Actually, its a
  big deal too large room makes a sound of
  recording unclear and hard to understand. Not
  great, isnt it?

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• At the same time, tiny rooms have a louder echo.
  Just perform a little experiment go to your
  bathroom and clap your hands. An awful sound with
  a huge echo! So your voice recording will be.
  Found a middle-sized room with plenty of soft
  furnishings? Nicely done!

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• Test the room you picked clap, talk loudly
  there, scream a bit. Is there any echo or
  reverberation? Does your voice sound clear or
  mushy? You know what will help? Mattresses,
  duvets, and pillows! Didnt expect? They are soft
  and work amazingly in lessening the effect of the
  hard surfaces.

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• Lets see whats next. Its about time you set
  your tools and all essential equipment. Make sure
  microphone is working fine and find its best
  position.

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• Move away for 5 inches from the mic and talk. How
  does it sound? If not right, come closer until
  you find the most advantageous distance.

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• Boy, youd like the next step. Make everyone
  quiet. You cant be distracted! Turn off your
  phone or any other electrical appliances, make a
  sigh Dont disturb or something like that and
  put it on the door, prepare your notes, make a
  few sips of water to clear your throat. The most
  important - calm down youre 100 ready.

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• Action! Press record and just do it! Messed it up
  at the first time? Dont worry at all as you can
  get a perfect voiceover at the second time or
  at 102 tries! (even the very best voice over
  talent and actors have all been there).

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• Recording the same piece over and over again is
  absolutely normal. Your task is to make the
  perfect sound, right? For this, you need to
  practice a lot! Just dont give up.

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• After youve done, take a break and let your ears
  to relax. Treat yourself to a latte, coffee or
  something stronger (you get the idea). You
  definitely deserve it!

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• Oh, youre almost there. Now its time to listen
  to your recording. How does your voice sound? Are
  there any background noises? Too bass heavy? Need
  more warmth? Is so, start editing and cutting all
  mistakes.

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• Its time for deleting long silences, balancing
  the volume of your voice over. If some part
  sounds too loud, turn it down and vice versa.
  Polish your recording it should be consistent
  and pleasant to listen. Got this? Nice!

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• Next stage adapting the tone of your recording
  with an equalizer. Here you need to be highly
  accurate subtlety is your friend. A reliable
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• Dont you dare to cut more than 5 decibels
  because you can ruin the whole voice over online
  within a few seconds. 3 decibels is more than
  enough. Simply, get rid of the bad sounds and
  exaggerate the excellent once.

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• Take an advantage of compressor it adjusts the
  loudest sections with the rest of recording. The
  overall volume will be more balanced exactly
  what you needed.

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• But be careful here dont overuse compression as
  it will make sounds unnatural. Again, subtlety is
  your friend and key to a nicely recorded voice
  over and on hold music for business.

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• The final step is exporting your track. Experts
  say its the safest way to export in the WAV
  format. Cant agree more.
• Congrats! Youve done it? Need more info? Take a
  look at this Google book.

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