17 episodes
Use Your Voice Alison Pitt
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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A resource for independent voice artists and audio producers. I look at news and topics that come up in my day-to-day, and I share them with you. In return, I hope you'll share some of what you're doing with me.
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What is this "Pod-Fade"?
A London conference tackles women in music production, Gimlet Media is, like, really serious about that HBO of Audio thing, and your favorite AI assistant and mine, Siri, gets a new feature that will read you the news...Kinda.
Association of Independent Musicians (AIM) Women in Music conference Gimlet hires Jenny Wall, former SVP of Hulu, as CMO "Give me the news" for Siri is out of Beta Today's topic for discussion is all about pod-fade, why it happens, and how to get over it, and I want to hear from you about how you've overcome the doldrums. Because, you know, it's *never* happened to me, hashtag winky face.
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Winter Hiatus
This week's Use Your Voice is a quick note to explain that I am putting the show on hiatus until 17 January 2018. In the meantime, please go and follow me on Twitter @alison_pitt. You can also continue to hear me weekly on Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast.
And don't forget to subscribe to this show so you can pick up right where you left off!
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Working with Waves DeBreath
As you’re listening to this show, I’m actually travelling. It’s the week after Thanksgiving here in the States, and I’ve got places to be. You know, important stuff. For grown-ups.
Because of that, I’m skipping the news, and we’ll pick up on that again next week, but I do still want to talk to you about the DeBreath plugin, as I promised, and before I get to that, there’s one other hot topic I want to address – Net Neutrality.
FCC Plans to repeal Obama-era Net Neutrality rules Net Neutrality guidelines, 2015 COMMENT NOW: Official FCC comments website for net neutrality
Waves DeBreath plugin
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Loudness, RMS, and Peak, Oh My!
It’s a podcast-palooza this holiday week: “Super-listeners” are the next big thing, Shortcut is a new open-source web app for sharing clips of podcasts on social media, and SoundCloud introduces a new metric for their platform, that measures algorithmically-driven plays.
The Rise of the “Super-Listener” Shortcut web app lets listeners clip and share audio from podcasts Soundcloud Introduces new stats to monitor algorithmic discovery This week’s topic for discussion is all about the difference between loudness, RMS, and peak amplitude, and to what levels you should be mastering your audio.
Further reading:
ITU-R BS.1770-4 Loudness Normalization for Radio: Guidelines and Practice The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM) “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll Special offer this week: Adobe Creative Suite 20% off, was $49.99/mo, now $39.99/mo -
If You Want an Editor, Prepare to Pay
The Recording Academy publishes guidelines for producing hi-res audio, and a mysterious music production course has turned up on the web at a stunning 96% off…but where did it come from? I’m bringing you a few of the highlights from the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences awards last weekend, and sound engineers are experimenting with how object-based audio and personalization can help improve the listener experience, both at home, and at major events like the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea.
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineering Wing issues new high-resolution recommendations for audio recording The Ultimate Music Production Bundle…but where does it come from? (via Mashable, The Daily Dot, and Geeky Gadgets) Highlights from the Society of Voice Arts & Sciences Awards 2017 Orpheus project aims to improve lister experience by combining object-based audio and personalization How South Korea is gearing up to broadcast using immersive audio for the next Winter Olympics This week’s topic for discussion is why you should prepare to pay for a good editor, and if you’re a podcaster, what you can do instead, if you can’t afford one.
Special offer this week: Adobe Creative Suite 20% off, was $49.99/mo, now $39.99/mo
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How I Got Started in Voiceover
IBM tries – and fails – to put voice actors out of jobs, Google is bringing 3D audio to mobile devices, and Disney announces some powerhouses as the voices behind its upcoming Lion King remake. In podcasting news, Al Jazeera is experimenting with using Facebook Watch as a marketing tool, and as promised, I’m reviewing the latest update to Adobe Audition.
IBM developing Virtual Voice Creator Google developing spatial audio toolkit for apps Lion King announces voiceover cast for live/CGI remake Al Jazeera’s new podcast network launches; pushed Facebook Watch as new medium Opinion: update on Adobe Audition This week’s topic is all about how I got started on this crazy train of voice and audio work, and the spotlight is just a bit of fun from me.
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Customer Reviews
Engaging and Interesting
This podcast is really great. Alison starts with interesting news, and it's not the kind of news that makes you want to move to an empty island. It's timely and relevant to the audio world. Her next segment is a specific topic that is always helpful. She's very engaging and her voice is a pleasure to listen to. She's also very supportive of other people in her field and features them on the show. #ladypodsquad
The Voices Are Not Just In Your Head…
If you hear words spoken on a podcast, on the radio, on TV, or even in video games, there’s a better than good chance that someone spoke those words. How did they do that? What businesses drive that? What tools do they use? Use Your Voice covers such topics. Great resource for news and information of interest for people who - wait for it - use their voices (or who want to). Short, consistent, and well produced - Use Your Voice earns a five-star rating (even if the host thinks such ratings should be abolished).
Great Wisdom, Thoughtful Insight
Helpful insight for people doing voice over, narration, voice acting, podcasting, audiobooks...the works! Highly recommended for anyone in, or looking to break in.