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Pocket SoundBooth Audio Samples

April 12, 2011 By CourVO 3 Comments

The response to my blog on the Pocket Soundbooth (a tip from VO friend Erik Sheppard) was surprisingly energetic.

Not that everyone thought it was a viable solution…indeed, I think only one person mentioned they thought it was worth the $50, and Dan Lenard (the EWABS Studio Master) said it reminded him of the padding you get on the inside a shipping box.

But in case you missed it… yesterday, Xavier Case chimed in, and actually provided links to a coupe of example soundfiles utilizing the Pocket SoundBooth. Here’s his comment:

“ There are some example recordings on the web site http://www.pocketsoundbooth.com

This one compares a reflexion filter to the Pocket Soundbooth and it seems to do more than a reflexion filter does, particularly for the size. 10bB reduction above 2500Hz, according to the specs.

http://www.panamax35.com/pocketsoundbooth/samples/samples/comparing_%20omni_mic_with_reflection%20filter_vs_PSB.mp3 You can really tell the difference on headphones.”

I still haven’t personally tried this product, and am staying neutral on the issue.

CourVO

Filed Under: Equipment, Home studio Tagged With: Dan Lenard, Erik Sheppard, Pocket Soundbooth, pocketsoundbooth.com, VO, voice acting, voice actor, voice over, voice talent, voiceover

A Dab of EWABS

March 28, 2011 By CourVO Leave a Comment

Appropriately, I was busy gutting my own home studio when the second EWABS show aired Sunday on U-Stream. I’d just decided my converted walk-in closet had too many add-on, jury-rigged tweaks for even ME to bear, so I took everything out….threw away a bunch of stuff, dusted, vacuumed, re-wired, repositioned, and 7 hours later, I had…like…a new studio!

But apparently because of my absence, the show exceeded all expectations, and with the expert duo of George Whittam and Dan Lenard, that’s saying a lot!

For some reason, only the 2nd-half of East West Audio Body Shop is available on U-Stream… but it’s a half-hour of goldedn Q & A by the EWABS Ewoks…be sure to take a listen.

Or if you want to revisit the inaugural EWABS show from the 20th…it’s in segments…just type in EWABS on the U-Stream home-page, and you’ll see all the pertinent links.

My previous blog articles on EWABS:

http://www.courvo.biz/2011/03/the-ewoks-of-ewabs.html

http://www.courvo.biz/2011/03/ewabs-launch-success.html

CourVO

Filed Under: Home studio, Webinar Tagged With: Dan Lenard, EWABS, George Whittam, VO, voice acting, voice actor, voice artist, voice over, voice talent, voiceover, VoiceOverXtra

ION Studio

May 18, 2010 By CourVO Leave a Comment

Over the last coupla years, I’ve forged a pretty good relationship with the guys at Rain Recording. (ed. note: now Rain Computers)

While I’ve never been lucky enough to have purchased any of their custom-designed audio hardware packages, I’m just wowed by the fact that they designed, configured, installed, and consult on the audio system for one of the Cirque shows here in Vegas.

I have written some articles for them. You can see those and other posts HERE.

RainRecording’s equipment is always rock-solid, and they’ll hold your hand on any set-up or troubleshooting you might run across.

Check out their latest ION Studio offering. It’s gotta be top-notch…it’s from RainRecording.

CourVO

Filed Under: Hardware, Home studio Tagged With: RainRecording, voice, voice actor, voice artist, voice over, voice talent, voiceover, voiceover talent

Workspace Excellence

October 11, 2009 By CourVO Leave a Comment

We all like to pride ourselves on having a comfortable, workable, utilitarian workspace for doing our voice acting, but what if it could be uncluttered….even esthetically nice to look at too?