How Clean is Your Space?

2021.10.15 — Leave a comment

I know this isn’t the first time I brought up this point, but IMO it’s really that important.

The quality of your recordings depends more on your space than your mic. Recording in a noisy space? Your mic will pick up everything. Does sound bounce all over your room? Your mic will pick that up, too. If you can hear noise, chances are your mic is picking that up as well.

So before you go out and buy a new microphone, take a moment and think about how good your current recording space is. Maybe you can invest more into that first.

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Soundproofing vs. Sound Treatment

2021.07.14 — 3 Comments

If you’re a voice actor, a podcaster, a streamer, or anyone else who deals with recording audio, the topics of soundproofing and acoustic treatment will probably come up a lot. And some may even use these terms interchangeably. But they’re different things, and I’d like to explain the difference here in the simplest terms I can come up with:

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Hello, World!

2021.06.08 — Leave a comment

I’m Luis, and I’m a voice actor. I’m one half of LC VoiceOver – the other half being my wife, Claire – but I’m likely the only one you’ll hear from here. What, exactly, will be I be posting about? To be honest, I have no idea. The bulk of posts will probably be about voiceover, but I really can’t say for sure.

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