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When part of your work is recording corporate and explainer video voiceovers you can discover quite a range of things  you previously had no idea existed.

For example non slip tennis courts; a special plastic used in photovoltaic cells; an iphone app that controls wood burning stoves; how to decommission wind turbines; a machine that measures human body resonant frequencies; how to turn a conservatory into an extra room; a water distribution and sewerage company in the desert in the UAE and finding out how to drive fancy VW cars over rocky terrain – you name it I’ve done the voice over!.

I hope these blog posts give a flavour of the more interesting voiceover stuff that sometimes comes my way – plus some of the other things I like that I’ve come across in those moments when I’m waiting for the next script to arrive!

Chris Radley – Voice Over

Voice over blog posts


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Aston Spirit 5th Anniversary

Microphone milestone

 June 15, 2022
An Aston anniversary I’ve blogged before about UK mic manufacturer Aston Microphones. I don’t have any relationship with them but I do like the microphones made by them that I have in my studio – currently the Stealth and the Element. When Aston brought out their first microphone – the Origin it was eye catching to look at and garnered great reviews for its sonic performance too – especially at read more

Hammer Audio HA-69 microphone

New microphone from Hammer Audio

 May 31, 2022
Eye catching design of new studio microphone I’m always interested in microphones – and I have more then most voiceovers would need – but this is because I also do work as a recording engineer and audio producer. I’ve written previously about some of the mics I own but here I want to talk about one that I currently don’t. I have recently had my attention drawn to a new read more

Lewis Hamilton

New commercial voice over on-line

 April 12, 2022
Voice over for TVC I recorded the voice over for an on-line commercial and also an information video towards the end of last year. The information video has recently surfaced on-line.  As the voice over I’m in the illustrious company of Lewis Hamilton no less.  My bit starts at around 18 secs in.  The video is promoting the qualities of Petronas Syntium Cool Tech Technology and how it can improve read more

Voice Coach Nancy Wolfson

Advice for voice overs – relax!

 April 4, 2022
Tips for improving VO performance There is a huge amount of information and advice on line on how to be a voice over artist. One of my favourite sources of information and entertainment for all things voice related are the various free training videos posted by voice coach Nancy Wolfson. I rediscovered one this week that I had first seen a couple of years ago.  Despite being a few years read more

Her Day Opera Poster detail

Recording and studio project

 March 18, 2022
Recording a new opera in unlikely surroundings Over the last week I’ve been involved with a recording project that has nothing to do with voiceovers! With my audio producer’s hat on I’ve been working on an interesting project that was partly funded by Coventry City of Culture. I’ll probably post about it in more technical detail on my studio blog but in brief I was asked to record a live read more

AT4033 microphone with pop shield. Photo by Louis Radley

Studio art?

 February 25, 2022
An unusual visual image I was checking Linked In while I was waiting for a delayed voice over script to arrive and this image was posted by someone on my news feed. It appealed to me as, in addition to voice work, I also do audio production and engineer recording and mixing sessions.  When mixing a large music project you invariably find yourself staring at a page of multi-track wave read more

Aston Element microphone close up Photo by Louis Radley

Voiceover in a directed session

 February 8, 2022
Clear direction can help in a recording session As I’ve said before – Often when people start out in voice over they think all they need is a good or “nice” voice. Actually these days where clients want “authentic” voices almost anyone could be a voice artist – but that’s a subject for another blogpost.  In addition to the voice you have you also need a range of other skills: read more

AT4033 microphone with pop shield. Photo by Louis Radley

Covid isolation over – back to the booth

 January 24, 2022
Infection free and catching up on work I posted last week that I was isolating due to testing positive for Covid.  I detailed the delights of the symptoms in that post so don’t need to go over that here. Suffice it to say that isolation took longer than I had hoped to get to the two days of consecutive negative tests.  I had hoped to be free on Sunday but read more

Aston Element microphone and pop shield Photo by Louis Radley

Back to normal? Not quite..

 January 20, 2022
Covid is still causing issues When you work in voice overs, or any kind of voice work throat infections and colds are occupational hazards to be avoided if you can. Most years I seem to get a bad cold every winter – and more than one when my children were young – each new school term would bring a new set of germs home, When I originally started this post read more

Aston Element microphone close up Photo by Louis Radley

Voiceovers – what’s room tone?

 January 14, 2022
The technical standards for professional recording When I began my voice over journey it seemed like having a “nice voice” would take you quite a long way. You also didn’t need to know much about marketing or to have the skills of an audio producer or recording engineer. Back then I did not have my own studio so when I did directed sessions I either went to the studio of read more


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