Demo of the day thread 4/16 - 4/22

James Henderson · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 03:32 (GMT) Post subject:

Sure do....All you got to do to get alot of practice is sell them for $5.99.

James

Anthony Williams · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 03:37 (GMT) Post subject: slates

Hey guys,

Trying some different slates . take a listen at this one. It might be a little long but i think it works. i'll shorten the music portion later

tell me

Colin Campbell · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 03:41 (GMT) Post subject:

Tony! That sounds GREAT! Love the chick. Good contrast from your voice to hers. Nice job!

James Henderson · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 03:42 (GMT) Post subject:

Nice Anthony! What bit rate does everybody here use when saving files? Just curious.

James

Robert Jadah · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 03:59 (GMT) Post subject:

Works for me, Tony..only I like Thom's deal with the closing slate. If the listener's stuck around that long, there's a pretty good chance they'll be interested in the "Who".
Maybe "Introducing the poetic voice.." at the beginning and the full "Tony Williams" with web address at the close.
Just a thought...

Voice On!

Colin Campbell · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 04:03 (GMT) Post subject:

Opinion on that varies. I'd say the minimum is mp3, 128k, 44.1, 16 bit. If you submit auditions to V123 it is my understanding that they down sample it to 64k. They certainly do something to it.

Freddie... can you tell us once and for all what V123 does to our auditions as far as compression and sample rate are concerned?

James Henderson · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 04:09 (GMT) Post subject:

To me, If I save at 128, it is too whishy washy (that is probably just to my ears) so I try to save everything at 256. 64 is "RIGHT OUT". But good enough for a little sample. I am working on full production of the psa script with sxf, will post when complete.

James

Colin Campbell · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 04:45 (GMT) Post subject:

I do 192 for anything more important than an audition.

Anthony Williams · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 04:55 (GMT) Post subject: Thanks

Colin, James, Robert,

Thanks Guys, Glad you liked it!

I was trying for the contrast with my voice. It seems to work!

Robert ,

the web address thing, Good Idea! Idea

Lisa Zachary-Kent · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 05:05 (GMT) Post subject:

Tony...sounds great, man! 2 daumen hoch

Thom Wilkins · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 10:38 (GMT) Post subject: Slates on custom demos

Scott Pollak · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 12:30 (GMT) Post subject:

James, it's a good start and it's great to hear your first demo posted here on the forum. You have a nice voice and based on what I heard from your demo link on ebay we'll just have to ease a lot of that southern accent out of you and get a bit more conversationality into your delivery. But you definitely have the foundation for doing this. Looking forward to hearing much more from you! Also, if you haven't seen my response to you over on the OTHER thread you started under the "Demo of the Day" category, be sure to go give it a look-see.
As far as bit rate, since Voice123.com downsamples every demo to 64k there's not much reason for doing your demos at much above that anyway unless there's a chance the client will end up using the actual DEMO as the final piece, which has actually happened to me twice here! And I only do my demos at 96k! But the clients didn't complain. As voice geeks we might put a bit too much emphasis - SOMETIMES - on bit rate. I mean, if it's going on the web as part of a Flash presentation, then 96 or 128 is more than good enough. If it's going onto video or broadcast, then obviously it needs to be as high as possible.

Anthony... I think for demos that fit your typical vocal range that slate works well. You'll need to keep it as short as possible. Colin did some bang-up slates for me, but I had to trim 'em down. I found that being given only :60 per audition, I needed every second I could to make an impression on the client. I love the music, though. My kind of jazz!

Thom: GREAT point about the slate! Never thought of that and may very well start tail-slating mine as well.

James Henderson · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 13:34 (GMT) Post subject:

Scott Pollak · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 13:52 (GMT) Post subject:

[quote="James Henderson"]

Yeah...sorry about the new thread I started. That was why it never did show up over here.

Scott, I don't think that I will ever be able to get the southern accent out of me. To me, it's just normal.

Freddie Molina · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007, 14:09 (GMT) Post subject:

To continue to the topic´s new thread, use this link:

http://voiceoversavvy.com/ftopic1500.html