Hi all,

long time no see! wow many changes here :)

today I have a question for you: which mic would you suggest (with a budget up to 300$) to get the best results from the voice of a male voice actor? (I'll add spider stand + pop filter by default)

many thanks

We record a lot of voice overs at ALT Recording Studios in Brighton. I've been unable to find much advice on the web about recording the human voice.

I've given an overview of what we do but would love to hear any tips or techniques used.

Hello everyone,

I’m hoping you'll have opinions/insights regarding the two computers (likely a desktop and a laptop) I’m considering for the following, slightly irregular voice-over circumstance.

Hey everyone - first time poster here!

So, the short story is that my new job wants me to trouble shoot a problem with their voice over studio. I have some experience as I have a very nice home studio and record a lot, but I am not a pro, and don't know all that much about voice over work.

Here goes:

Hi,
I am trying to set up a home voice-over recording studio and am looking for opinions and advice on the equipment. My budget for hardware is about $1000.00, the rest will be used for sound treatment etc. what are your thoughts on the following?
Mic AT4040
Monitors – M-Audio B5xa or KRK Rokit RP5 or ?
Interface – Mbox Mini or Edirol UA-25 or ?

I hope some of your opinions will help me decide on some upgrades to the voice-over DAW where I work (media production and post). We have 5 nice MacPros, but the VO machine is a G4. It should be enough for the audio we need to do. The interface is an older MOTU 828 (not mk).

Hello all. I just found this great forum while trying to help a friend that wants to build a voice-over studio. I work at a post house and have higher end gear and I'm not too knowledgeable of the gear he is aiming for in his budget ($5K to $8K) Basically he wants to have a simple but professional sounding setup that can record 2 microphones at a time max.

Hello,
I have never used Coole Edit Pro, only Pro Tools. I was wondering if using Cool Edit Pro for Voice Over work was decent/possible. Also does CE have any good compression, EQ, etc.? I just need to set up a basic VO studio. Thanks

What type of preamp should I be looking for for RE20 when doing VO for radio. I am looking for something that is going to get me the best out of the mic for a relatively decent type of price.

I mean I am not looking to go super elaborate here, just something to bring the best out of the mic.

Any suggestions would be great, thank you.

I am currently using an AT-3035 for my voice-over work for radio promos/imaging. I am running my mic through an Alesis Multi-Mix 6 mixer, into a PC with X-fi sound card.

The Problem: The condensor mic gives me an alright sound but WAY too much "room" sound, and I read that the RE-20 is the best at blocking most of that out.