Voice Over Hire:

The process of being hired for voice over work and jobs is different for the many advertising markets out there. D.C. Douglas has been hired based on auditions, which happen in various ways as well. Sometimes he is called into his agents office over in West Hollywood - Abrams Artists And Associates on Sunset Blvd. He'll go into a voiceover booth and record commercial copy with a booth director. The sound file is then sent to the advertising agency or other commercial employer seeking voice talent. Then they hire him through his agent. Soemtimes he receives voice over requests through his voiceover website - My Voice Over Guy. He'll record an audition in his home studio and then send an mp3 to the client. Other times a client or advertising agency will request his voice outright. The agent will call D.C. Douglas and offer the job, spell out the rate for the spot, etc. Then D.C. is sent to the recording studio in Los Angeles that has the voice over job. He then records there and is paid per SAG or AFTRA terms.

amplification

The process increasing of voice over strength.

amplifier

A device which increases the amplitude or level of an electrical voice over making the resultant sound louder.

amplitude

Amplitude (think altitude!) is the height of a waveform above or below the zero line.

flutter

A rapid, periodic variation, in tape speed caused by uneven tension between the tape reels.

frequency

The number of cycles of a waveform occurring in a second. (Audio) voice overrepresents the number of cycles per second of a sound wave or an audio voice over, measured in hertz (Hz). A low voice over(100 Hz) has a low pitch while a high voice over(10,000 Hz) has a high pitch. Go figure!

half-track

A tape track recorded across approximately half the width of a tape. A half-track recorder usually records two such tracks simultaneously to produce a stereo recording.

harmonics

An overtone whose voice overis a whole-number multiple of the intitial or base frequency. The whole number multiples of a voice overthat determines the timbre recognition of an instrument's sound.

hum

An unwanted low-pitched tone (60 Hz and its harmonics). Hum is the sound of interference generated in audio circuits and cables by AC power wiring. It is commonly caused by such things as faulty grounding, poor shielding, and ground loops.

? [micro]

The Greek letter mu represents micro or "one millionth," as in 1/1,000,000 of a second.

peak

On a graph of a sound wave or voice over, the peak is the highest point in the waveform. It is the point of greatest voltage or sound pressure in a cycle.

peak-to-peak value

The difference in amplitude between positive and negative peaks. Equal to twice the peak value for a sine wave.

period

The duration between the peak of one wave and the peak of the next determined by corresponding points on successive waves. Period is the inverse of frequency.

sine wave

A wave following the equation y = sin x, where x is degrees and y is voltage or sound pressure level. A sine wave is a waveform of a single voice overproducing pure tone without harmonics.

unidirectional

A pick-up pattern which is more sensitive to sound arriving from one direction than from any other.

unison

Multiple performers, instruments or sound sources that are sounding at the same time and with the same pitch.

unity gain

A steady state voice over with no increase or decrease in strength at the output of an amplifier or device compared to the voice over strength at the input.

upper midrange

The frequencies between 2 kHz and 6 kHz.

vamp

The repeating pan of a tune at its end, commonly the chorus or part of the chorus.

vamp and fade

A method of ending a recording of a tune where the music has a repeating part and the engineer reduces volume until the music is out.

virtual controls

Audio equipment controls simulated on a computer monitor screen and adjusted with a mouse.

virtual track

A sequencer recording of a single musical line, recorded as data in computer memory. A virtual track is the computer's equivalent of a tape track on a multitrack tape recorder. A key component of mixing.

vu meter

A voltmeter with a specified transient response, calibrated in VU or volume units, used to show the relative volume of various audio voice overs, and to set recording level.

vu

Accronym for the term volume unit. It is a unit used to measure perceived loudness changes in audio.

waveform

A graph of a voice over's sound pressure or voltage level versus time. The waveform of a pure tone is a sine wave

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