Now Hear This! - 2009, January (and the beat goes on)

[Chrisrice]

Originally Posted by Mike Sommer

For your read: I would think about who the audience is and who you are addressing, preferably one person in their late teens early twenties, considering going to college. Your job now is to motivate that kid to go to Jacksonevill. Not a "Raw Raw" Knute Rockney, just upbeat, with a little energy behind it, and maybe just a touch faster- Think Keith Jackson.

Actually, you're incorrect on that assumption... I responded to the same lead and the audience for this piece seems to be area businesspeople. And when they specified the kind of delivery they wanted they mentioned Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, and Morgan Freeman. I think Mike's tone was right on the money.

[JoeActor]

Eric's on fire!!!

Seems like we get a lot of the same leads, man...

Your tone and *slight* accent are great - I can picture you landing a nice range of gigs.

One critique: I sometimes find your delivery a bit to "staccato". It can give an air of being a bit too precise, IMHO.

2 cents away!,
Joe J Thomas
www.JoeActor.com
www.SoundsGoodToYou.com

[Emorgan_Voiceovers]

Noted Joe. I appreciate the input and will try to be a little less precise with my reads. It is kind of the effect of getting stuck between trying to be conversational, yet still clean and clear. It is a tough balance for me, I may have been overdoing it this time around because I am trying to compensate for this head cold. I sound congested to myself, and try to overdo things to take some of that effect out.

[JoeActor]

Hey Eric - yeah, colds are a bear... the Achillies Nose, so to speak ;-)

I do a nasal rinse daily. Nielmed works best for me.
Seems to reduce the frequency and severity of any nasal ailments.

(or nasalments as I call them),
Joe

[PierceVoice]

A couple that have already popped up here... these are what I sent.

[JoeActor]

Chad: I liked the "Trimble" one better... seems more conversational than the Auto Zone spot...

Ok, been a while, so here's one from Voices that asked for a bit of poetry:

Have at thee!,
Joe J Thomas
www.JoeActor.com
www.SoundsGoodToYou.com

[Lee Gordon]

Originally Posted by Mike Sommer

What was your recipe for the sound?

Partially held my nose while reading the copy, then used Transform>>Filters>>FFT Filter>>Get Off the Phone in Cool Edit 2000. I don't know if that filter continued to exist in Adobe Audition but I imagine there is something similar. It basically cuts off everything below 440Hz and everything above 3520Hz.

[Mike Sommer]

Originally Posted by Chrisrice

Actually, you're incorrect on that assumption... I responded to the same lead and the audience for this piece seems to be area businesspeople. And when they specified the kind of delivery they wanted they mentioned Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, and Morgan Freeman. I think Mike's tone was right on the money.

When I speak of tone I'm referring to resonance of the voice, instead of speaking from the diaphragm speak through your eyes, as Daws Butler would say. When you speak in that manner you will naturally bring a lift to the voice, and the resonance will still come trough.
Don't get me wrong it's a great ready --if you're selling Rice-A-Ronie or Smuckers Jam-- but a college calls for energy, vitality, yet sincerity.
If they give you more then one person then they don't know what they want. So let's pick Morgan Freeman, here's the "tempo and alertness" I would use for the copy given:

VISA OLYMPICS: COME TOGETHER

[Mike Sommer]

Originally Posted by Lee Gordon

Partially held my nose while reading the copy, then used Transform>>Filters>>FFT Filter>>Get Off the Phone in Cool Edit 2000. I don't know if that filter continued to exist in Adobe Audition but I imagine there is something similar. It basically cuts off everything below 440Hz and everything above 3520Hz.

That filter is doing something else there, but it comes very close to a carbon mic.
Here is a prime example of carbon mic used in Zelig.

Woody Allen - Zelig

If one does use a carbon or crystal mic the recipe for a home brew would be to: "Distort! Saturate! Overdrive tubes and/or transistors to the point of "splatter", "fuzz", and "growl" - before running through EQ and limiter circuits. If the announcer was meant to have been recorded on a soundstage or broadcast booth, make sure to have acoustical reverberation and "slap" clearly audible. ...and DO NOT strip away the lower-midrange to upper-bass frequencies to caricature those commonly misperceived "tinny" aspects of antiquated film audio; rather, accentuate thick center-midrange tone aggressively - to harden and boost chest and nasal resonances to a solid wood block consistency." From the Corey Burton school of fine audio.

[Colin Campbell]

Audition 3 has EFFECTS->FILTER AND EQ->FFT FILTER->TELEPOHONE-RECEIVER and TELEPHONE-VOICE MAIL. Don't know if they're the same or not. The VOICE MAIL one looks sort of simillar.