Plug your microphone cable into digital recording interface, which is a little box that amplifies and processes signal from mic. Plug interface into your computer's sound card. Plug your headphones into interface. Load recording/editing software. A couple of adjustments to volume in and out and you're ready to record. Voice copy. Clean it up with an edit or two. Then convert it voiceover sound file to an .mp3 file, attach it to an email, and send it off to client via Internet. To learn more about equipment listed above, search web or visit online pro audio dealers. A few good ones are: Full Compass; Sweetwater; B&H Pro Audio; Boynton Pro Audio; BSW.

This simple studio set up is serviceable, but it has its limits. If a client wants to direct you via phone, then you'll have to either hold phone to your ear while you record, or get a hands-free headset. You could also buy a gizmo call a phone hybrid that allows you to speak through your mic down phone line to your client as you listen to client's direction through your headphones.

Learning More

As with any investment, you'll need to research equipment you'll need for your studio, and how to install and use it. See if you can locate a voice talent in your area that may let you visit his or her studio. Visit Mix Magzine or EQ Magazine and check their archives for articles on home studios. Local production houses may be willing to make suggestions, but, remember, by setting up your own studio, you're indicating to clients that they can cut out production house by working directly with you. That may not sit well with some production house owners, because home voiceover explosion has had a detrimental impact on many commercial recording facilities.

That's a basic home voiceover studio in a nutshell. If you can operate a home stereo and have experience in front of a computer screen, then you can put together and operate a home voiceover studio. With a little practice recording and editing, and some promotion of your home studio, you can quickly recover cost of your studio and add to begin to add to your bottom line.

Happy voicing!

©Peter Drew

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