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Awesome, thanks for sharing. I wonder how it would compare with Logic Pro mastering assistant or included plugins in that software? Thank you!

Always great advice Jay.

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I remember Rocky workshopping some of these characters as far back as the early 00s, lol. It's awesome to see him apply his gift of gab to a new career.

Oh man!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🙏 I am so humbled! Thank you, Jay, for reviewing my demo and sharing your pointers on how to improve my future demos. I took notes and will certainly apply them in my future demos. I think Tony cut off the end of the video feed 😂

What happened to the end of the video? :D

tlm 103 for natural sound, tlm 102 for a more processed sound, ignore the rest

D was clearly my favourite, with A being a close second. B sounded cheap to me, and C was boomy and sibilant. D sounds incredible. I cant believe the u87 is the cheap sounding one. I thought it was my fav mic LOL, I guess it needs extra proximity effect

Love this, thank you. The problem is you have an excellent deep voice 😆 The SM7B sounds great with a voice like yours but on most voices I prefer the RE20 or Ethos.

The microphone B is the best ❤

Your “that’s not a lady!” made me laugh so hard. I just found your channel and am loving the tips you give.

Thank you so much for making this video. I finally understand EQ, thanks to you!! Fantastic explanation! 😀

Hey Mr jay you still got screaming and shouting from the diaphragm on the list ?

cope

One more question Jay 😂. Might be a stupid one. Do you ever find that your monitor produces unwanted sound reflections? As the sound waves can technically bounce off the monitor? Or am I being over cautious?

How are you eq’ing that sm7b on this vid it’s so clear. No way that only a bass roll off 😅

Excellent lessons. I've applied these to my author career and am learning to apply them in my audiobook narration.

Thanks for sharing your wisdom Jay!

How to do Character Voices? Do you have any videos on how to get get started?

Only perfect exists

I am going to buy both for different applications as you've stated in this video (narration, commercial). Im also going to pick up the Audient iD24 audio interface for its superior preamps but I am also looking at the Solid State Logic SSL 2+ audio interface. The noise floor in both audio interfaces is excellent.

Thanks for sharing. Words to live by. To be read aloud.😄😄😄

Wise words!!! thank you Jay

Thanks, Jay. After a 35 year career in stage management I can vouch for everything you've shared here. Onward!!!

Thanks Jay, great video and so true and useful. Many if not all of those points hit home and really are main problems for me.

Spoken like a "brother from another mother" mate, thanks for sharing this.

Thank you Jay, super useful!

needed to hear this now, especially #1. do you have a mental frame or trick that helps you get psyched about a project that doesn’t exactly inspire your enthusiasm?

Wow … ran out of Like buttons to click after the 1st lesson. Thank you JM & Happy Holidays!!!

Thank you so much Jay, I really needed that encouragement!

Absolutely loved this advice. Just what I needed to hear. I heard a while back the expression: "Launch and 80 percent." Essentially the same advice as your "Try before you're ready." If you overthink something, you just get Paralysis by Analysis, and then... you'll never make a move. Prepare within reason. And then... just go for it. Also, regarding "Failures = Opportunities" I heard Tony Robbins say "When we Succeed, We Party. When We Fail, We Ponder." (A personal favorite). I mean Heck, Arnold Schearzenneger's entire life philosophy is learning and growing from failure. Thanks Jay. And Happy Holidays. 😊

What a wise and inspiring vídeo. Thanks for sharing.

Superb advice in vo.great buddy😅

Excellent words of wisdom buddy! Keep em coming!

Great!

Awesome Jay! These are great lessons. Thanks for all you do for the VO community. 😊 I sent in an audition for Voice Over for the Planet - wasn’t able to secure a spot; however, I got some kind words from Kari and she’s keeping me in mind for the future. Extended my best wishes to her and am extending my best wishes to you for an amazing 2025!

This helps. Thanks!

These are great tips. You're highlighting and giving vocabulary to a lot of the things I do naturally. Helpful to think about them critically.

Dear Jay, firstly, thank you so much for your videos! I always get a little excited when I see you‘ve been uploading a new one. I am currently thinking about getting a Studiobricks One Plus and have been visiting a showroom to see how it feels in there. However, I noticed quite pronounced low frequency resonances when talking in there, even though it had a bass trap and full VO edition insulation. Did you find it improves when playing around with mic positioning a bit? Is it easy to EQ out? I‘m a little worried, as I found it to be rather unpleasant. When asking the guy if a second bass trap would help, he said probably not. Do you have any experience on improving sound quality, e. g. different bass traps, mic positioning, EQ etc.? Would really appreciate your advice! Thank you so much, best from Germany, Markus

I super strongly recommend emailing Earthworks and buying the Icon Pro windscreen. It screws right on to the Ethos, and allows for the brighter sound without requiring an external pop filter. Best $50 I’ve spent in a long time!

Hi Jay, do you know by chance the price of the One Plus standard? Thank you...

First off, really appreciated your video and the information you gave. It covered a lot of what I was looking for. As someone who is starting out with VO, has a decent microphone (XLR Mic with interface), but also doesn't have the ability to treat my room do you think downloading a DAW with live noise floor reduction (Like Cakewalk or Tracktion Waveform) is necessary/helpful or recording on Audacity and then removing the noise in post is fine? I really don't want to pay for software's yet given I'm just starting out but I also want I give the best quality I can with what I have.

Thanks for your opon learning thankyou so much brother 😂

I also own U87ai and U89. The In fact the TLM193 have same capsule design as U89 with cardioid only and transformerless circuit. I mostly prefer the U89 as it works on more voices than U87ai. Other competitors to the Neumann from my locker would be the Gefell M930ts and Gefell M71s and cost half price.

Ohh what. Tlm 193 sounds nice! Really preferred it over the u87.

You don't use overall noise reduction, i.e., for ambient background noise? Also, at the end do you simply normalize to -3db ... for Audible, anyway? Do you ever do further processing after that, i.e., expander or EQ? Thanks so much for your tutorials.

Superb sir good job thank you

I practice my Standard American accent with your videos, as well as interviews of Kevin Conroy as my references!

The comment about the wash was brilliant. I heard it but couldn’t language the experience. As always, thanks Jay!!

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