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Aston Stealth – good for VO? Mic review
Aston Stealth V Neumann U87 shootout I’ve recently been trying out the Aston Stealth microphone in my voice over studio It’s an unusual dynamic microphone – that can be phantom powered – and is designed for a wide range of studio duties having 4 different voicings. I’ll refer to read more
Voice Over with ISDN? Not any longer…
After 18 years – the end of the ISDN Line About a decade ago I wrote a post about the importance of having ISDN if you were serious about your voice over career. I took the view 10 years ago that the serious professional voice over artist could be read more
Boom Radio – another thought
More thoughts on the new radio station Before becoming a full time male voice over in 2010 I used to be a radio presenter at the same time as a VO. I mentioned in a recent post that two of my erstwhile bosses – Phil Riley and David Lloyd read more
Boom Radio
New developments in radio Two of my former bosses have launched a new radio station. Boom Radio is targeted at the Boomer generation (born 1945 to 1964) and has been set up by Phil Riley and David Lloyd. They were my bosses when Mercia was part of the Orion read more
Famous voice crosses the finish line
Murray Walker remembered A very select number of people get to be THE voice of something. For example the Geordie tones of Marcus Bentley: for very many years the sound of TV’s Big Brother. Or Dirvla Kirwan who was the original voice on the M&S “This not just food…” read more
Voice Over studio adds new mics
New Aston microphones for dVoiceBox studio I have recently taken delivery of 2 new microphones for my voice over studio. In recent years I have taken an interest in the British microphone manufacturer Aston. They first appeared on the scene about 4 or 5 years ago with the quirky read more
Explainer VO for app for builders
Voice over for explainer video A few months ago I recorded the voice overs for a series of explainer videos for a new app for people working in the construction/trade or fenestration industry. I’ve recently recorded a load of updates to the videos designed to make this new app read more
Free Press Unlimited voiceover
Voice over for conference launch video A video I recorded a voice over for a few weeks ago is now on-line. I was asked to provide a voice over for a video to be shown at the launch of the annual conference in The Netherlands which hopes to raise read more
VO work as lockdown eases
A return to work as restrictions lifted Although I was able to keep working, recording voice overs, through the lockdown the volume of work was not surprisingly much reduced. Now as the Government tries to encourage people to go back to working in offices the rate of voice over read more
Voices from a radio archive
A radio treat When I’m busy with voice over work I don’t get a chance to listen to the radio as much as I would like. However I recently caught up with a Radio 4 programme I had not heard before presented by Greg James. It’s a show (as read more