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from the Evangelist (ct, 5/21)
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998
This Tidbit is from: Charlie Glaize, cgvoice@charlieglaize.com
I've had some major Mac breakthroughs recently in my work as a voice talent. Many opportunites have come my way since I framed out a home studio 7 years ago with a Centris 650, an Audiomedia sound card, and the wonderful audio program, Deck II. In fact, while there have been major shifts in the regional marketplace, I've been able to hold my own by being available for commercials and narrations all over the country. The Mac-based studio has enabled me to enlarge my professional universe as well as make me available and flexible to clients' needs. Now, about 50% of my work is from my home studio, including recent voiceovers for Kelloggs and Visa.
These days I use a MAC 8100-AV with dual monitors, a 4-gig external hard drive and a Jazz drive for storing and/or transporting sessons. I also have the capability to do what is known as a phone patch session (client listens while I perform) by ISDN or for recording on DECK II, then editing and dubbing to DAT for mailing.
As though all this isn't cool enough, a couple of recent breakthroughs I want to report are:
1) Using the internet for sending quality Voiceovers. Amazingly, it is now possible to avoid expensive ISDN sessions and still provide same-day delivery of voiceovers. Check out MPEG Layer 3 technology to discover how to send and receive broadcast-quality audio at NO charge! Also, I provide simple Instructions at the DownLoad section of my web page.
2) Providing wav files for PC clients. There are businesses that require voiceovers for multi-media or broadcast who desire wav files. In the past I would have to arrange studio time somewhere or else record into a PC configured to record and store voiceovers in wav files. Now, I arrange for the producer to call at his or her convenience to listen by phone patch while I record from my home studio. I then convert and label sound files from DECK II into wav files, drag them to a PC-formatted Jazz cartridge - and deliver it to my client. I can also post the files at my site or email smaller files as an email attachment.
For further professional advice on these matters, I refer anyone interested to my consultant, Jon Daggett, who also designed my web page.
And, of course, if you'd like a true Mac-head to record your next voiceover... I'm your guy!
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