tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52112973634106848232024-03-12T21:57:29.259-04:00VOMicTestThis blog is the supplement to the Test Site: VO Mic Tests.
Some Mics Tested:
Blue Snowball, MXL V88, Heil PR-40, Rode NTG-1, Kel HM-7Ui, AT 4047 SV, Senn MKH-416, Neumann TLM 103, MCA SP-1 Modified, Shure SM58, Gefell M930, ADK A51 type V, Heil PR-20, Peluso 2247, CAD GXL2400, Heil PR-22, AKG 414 BXLS, CAD M177, EV Raven, CharterOak SA538, Kel HM-2D, Senn MD421, SE Titan, SE 2200a, EV RE-20, AK-47, Blue Bluebird, Shure SM7b, Neumann U87ai,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-90067597977921898992012-06-15T13:26:00.000-04:002012-06-15T13:26:53.455-04:00GERM-Y MICS...again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Get that thing away from your mouth--you don't know <strong>where</strong> it's been!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all these years of exposure to germs of all description, shouldn't we be resistant to all?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if so, why won't we be the surviving species--like cockroaches?</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-23846356695006331142011-11-24T22:42:00.000-05:002011-11-24T22:42:19.328-05:00Mics for Broadcast?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWtrJMJptIw/Ts8DHFsFIfI/AAAAAAAAALQ/QSK3FULf0oI/s1600/WTOB+Willie+Edwards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWtrJMJptIw/Ts8DHFsFIfI/AAAAAAAAALQ/QSK3FULf0oI/s320/WTOB+Willie+Edwards.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quite a few new mics have come on the scene in the last several years that resemble or ask us to compare to the standard broadcast mics we have used for years. Usually these are end-address large diameter dynamics. Included are new mics from Rode, Blue, Charter, Heil and now--the new ones from MXL. Even the the long standard bearer--Electro-voice has new choices to the RE20.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mics for broadcast have to meet many various demands. Have some of the demands, or styles, changed? You bet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The picture above is me on-air in 1969. Yes, that is a Neumann U87. The company had just replaced all on-air mics with this new mic that was supposed to make every announcer sound like.... well, you know...ballsy or something.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The problem for me was the fact that I was a Rock & Roll screamer--Wild Willie Edwards. I knew how to work the dynamics and adjust levels to where my voice was easily part of the music and other programing. But the new U87s were condensers. It could pick up a fly-fart on the other side of the room. I had to change the way I worked the mic drastically.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, radio was changing around that time. FM was coming on strong. The "Hey-man" style of progressive FM allowed for a natural presentation perfect for the right condenser mics.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been lucky enough to work with a lot of various mics. In broadcast, I have even been blessed to hear myself on RCA Dx77s and 44s (ribbons). The mic we used on-air and in production before the U87s were Sennheiser MD421s. I became a voice-over star on the Shure SM7. (And the model before that looked like a football.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But enough history...back to the new mics. There are a few condensers mixed in with these new end-address mics. Does that mean they are not really for broadcast? Well, not necessarily. It's back to the "right tool for the right job in the hands of a skilled craftsman."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really look forward to <b>sharing some new test</b> of these new broadcast type mics. I will even let on to some existing studio mics that I feel are fantastic "On-air" mics. You may be surprised.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-50811304367469619552011-11-03T11:42:00.001-04:002011-11-03T11:48:27.478-04:00New "Broadcast/Voiceover" Mic from MXL?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O3HkMHmsA0o/TrK3XBgteAI/AAAAAAAAALI/sTAL6oz0trE/s1600/BCC-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O3HkMHmsA0o/TrK3XBgteAI/AAAAAAAAALI/sTAL6oz0trE/s320/BCC-1.jpg" width="134" /></a></div>Very interesting. I understood MXL had been looking at this type of mic for a while.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Has anyone tried or heard this new mic?</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mxlmics.com/products/Studio_mics/BCC-1/bcc-1.html">MXL End address studio mic--BCC-1</a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Again...Very interesting. I really would like to hear and compare.</div><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us know what you discover.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-62595135854735917512011-10-10T10:49:00.000-04:002011-10-10T10:49:50.750-04:00Mic Makers Offer Fall Discounts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>From Broadcast Engineering</i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With the turn of the season to autumn, the major microphone manufacturers have announced rebate incentives for select wireless and/or microphone products. These rebate programs from Shure, Sennheiser and Audio-Technica all apply to purchases made on or after Oct. 1 and run through the end of 2011.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Audio-Technica is offering rebates on its professional wireless systems, including the 4000 Series, 3000 Series and 2000 Series. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Shure’s rebates apply to the classic SM58 and SM57 dynamic microphones, along with cash back on the purchase of its PGX wireless system and a rebate on its new PGX Digital wireless systems. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sennheiser’s rebate program covers its 2000 Series professional wireless systems, plus the full range of its Evolution G3 wireless series. The G3 rebates include the LE Sets, ew100 range, ew300 systems and ew500 G3 wireless.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For full details on the products involved, visit the respective manufacturer websites. All require submission of the original UPC code from product packaging, along with the associated sales receipt. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://broadcastengineering.com/news/audio-technica-sennheiser-shure-mic/"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Link to BE article</span></i></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What's with the striped shirt and tie? I forgot R&R had a little class, although mine was mostly "low."</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-21378378810257172572011-08-18T19:33:00.000-04:002011-08-18T19:33:00.208-04:00Blue Mics "Reactor" Looks Different, But How Does It Sound?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/N_haWchafic/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N_haWchafic&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N_haWchafic&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Interesting. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I would love hear the Reactor on various Voice-over tests.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-80290099182662851742011-08-01T21:41:00.000-04:002011-08-01T21:41:48.751-04:00Malo Shares a Discovery. Tell Us What You Think<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I would like to ask you to check out the OSP STM-1300C Studio Condenser Microphone. The maker did a mic test on youtube and a shootout where it was compared to the Neumann u87. I was skeptical, but I purchased it and I must say it sounds AMAZING, especially at the price of $149.99. Check out the video, and I can make samples if needed. Thanks!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">I was wondering if you could post this test. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Audio Technica 835b versus the Sennheiser MKH 416<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/malospam/416835bledge"><span style="color: #123cb9;">http://soundcloud.com/malospam/416835bledge</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sennheiser mkh 416, a hollywood standard VO mic and boom mic ($1000) versus an OSP STM1300 (250$). Both plugged into a zoom H4n, no pop filter used sorry about that, 6 inches away from my mouth, no processing. Is it worth the price difference for this application? I also have a test from 12" that I will upload soon. Let us know your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/malospam/mkh416vsosp-stm1300-6inches"><span style="color: #123cb9;">http://soundcloud.com/malospam/mkh416vsosp-stm1300-6inches</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thanks </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px;">Malo</span></div><!--EndFragment--></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-28270036376298237102011-06-24T09:13:00.001-04:002011-06-24T09:15:38.339-04:00What Are We Buying From Sennheiser?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notice the smallest sales groups.. one of which is <i>Georg Neumann</i>. Does the profit margin make up for smaller numbers?</span><br />
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Wedemark, Germany (June 24, 2011)—Sennheiser has released its financial statement for the business year 2010, reporting an increased turnover of 468.2 million Euros--an increase of 20.1 percent and the largest in the company's history. The company’s 2009 turnover was 389.9 million Euros last year. Profit increased from 3.8 million Euros (in 2009) to 22.6 million Euros.<br />
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"All product groups and all markets have contributed to this positive result," said Volker Bartels, Spokesperson of Sennheiser's Executive Management Board. "One of the important factors that contributed to this result was the revival of the professional side of our business and the highly positive growth at the end of the year, particularly in the consumer segment. Now we have to stabilize this dynamic growth and further expand our business.” On average in the year 2010, the Sennheiser Group employed 2,117 people, 1,153 of them in Germany.<br />
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The largest part of the company's turnover came from headphone sales, which contributed 34.9 percent of total turnover. Following this was wireless microphone sales (25.5 percent), then Sennheiser communications products (8.1 percent) and then wired microphones (7.4 percent). Audiology products made up 6.6 percent of the total turnover and professional headsets made up 4.5 percent. Georg Neumann GmbH contributed 3.6 percent of the total turnover with studio microphones and studio monitors. The conference and information systems sector contributed 3.3 percent.<br />
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Despite a global shortage of electronic components, Sennheiser was able to increase production in 2010, by its own reckoning, thereby able to overcome the immediate effects of the global economic and financial crisis.<br />
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Sennheiser managed to reach double-digit figures for its growth rate in all sales regions in 2010. In particular, Asia influenced growth in the elecronics industry. In the the "Asia and Australia" region, turnover increased from 44 million Euros in 2009 to 59.7 million in 2010, an increase of 35.6 percent. "This positive development shows us that using our own sales subsidiaries on the ground was the right strategic decision," affirmed Volker Bartels. The audio specialist also grew in the Americas. Turnover increased by 26.5 percent compared to last year, up to a total of 125.6 million Euros. There was a notecibly reversed trend in the "EMEA" region. In this previously decreasing market (-2.8 percent in 2009), Sennheiser achieved an increase of 14.7 percent. In the sub-regional breakdown, Central Europe contributed excellent growth of 17.9 percent. Generally speaking, sales outside Germany continues to be extremely important for Sennheiser. In 2010, the company's export ratio was about 83 percent.<br />
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Research and Development (R&D) is a central component of Sennheiser's business strategy. Spending on R&D in 2010 was 6.1 percent of turnover - i.e. 28.6 million Euros. To recognize future trends and opportunities, Sennheiser runs a company-owned research facility: the Sennheiser Innovation AG in Zurich, Switzerland. Here, Sennheiser analyzes future trends that may have an impact on Sennheiser’s business and on the audio specialist’s product development. "We need to be able to react quickly to changes in the market,” Bartels said. “This is why we focus on consumer needs in the long-term and try to recognize important developments as soon as possible."<br />
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For Sennheiser and its employees, 2011 will be focused on implementing the new company structure. Since the first of January, Sennheiser has been organized into three business divisions, helping provide greater market and customer focus in each respective business area. "We have developed a divisional strategy over the last few years and this is now also being reflected in our organizational structure,” Bartels said. “The company's new divisional organization will allow us to perfectly adapt our products, services, processes and especially our way of thinking to our customer's needs. This is another reason why we look at the future with optimism.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.sennheiser.com/" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.sennheiser.com</a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-71801037507668899832011-05-08T17:52:00.000-04:002011-05-08T17:52:27.572-04:00Mics for Video<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Microphone use for video is a little more of a different animal. We tell new videographers that if the lighting is close (we can see the eyes) and the audio is spot on, the viewer will forgive a lot of visual mistakes. Actually, the quote is often attributed to Cecil B. DeMille.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been meaning to write on this subject outside of the manual we have for our teams, but the folks at <i>HDVideo Pro</i> have done a good job:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hdvideopro.com/gear/audio/the-microphone-grab-bag.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HDVPeNewsMay_050711">Microphone Grab Bag</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-26147739121797348482011-03-23T21:37:00.000-04:002011-03-23T21:37:08.506-04:00Have you seen the "Pocket Sound-booth?"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eLdT9G5eQ2I/TYqgE_ReW1I/AAAAAAAAAJo/hp8kDkh5_OU/s1600/main_banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eLdT9G5eQ2I/TYqgE_ReW1I/AAAAAAAAAJo/hp8kDkh5_OU/s320/main_banner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<h3 style="color: #446699; font-size: 1.5em;">Description</h3>The Pocket Sound Booth™ reduces ambient sound received by a microphone; placing special high acoustic loss materials and structures between unwanted sound sources and your microphone. Basically, it alters and tightens the polar pattern of a microphone while making minimal changes to the near field on axis response.<br />
The Pocket Sound Booth™ fits over your side-address studio microphone or axial (hand held) microphone and doesn't require any expensive hardware to do its job. Other products such as reflection filters cost around ten times as much as the Pocket Sound Booth™ and they block less than half of the ambient sound that the Pocket Sound Booth™ does.<br />
The Pocket Sound Booth™ uses a quarter wave trap to reduce wavelengths that are 4 times the largest dimension of the Pocket Sound Booth™. The quarter wave trap allows open acoustic passage for the microphone being used in the Pocket Sound Booth™ to have minimal coloration.<br />
Pop Filter and Wind Screen<br />
The Pocket Sound Booth™ includes two variations of front filters if you need them. One filter is an extremely acoustically transparent and very effective turbulence filter (pop filter) and the other is a more conventional windscreen.<br />
The system supports microphones of all polar patterns, some square type microphones are supported and other types can be fitted to with a few minor adjustments. The model PSB448 is 4" x 4" X 8". Voiceovers with a ribbon microphone and a Pocket Sound Booth™… big, smooth, silky and quiet!<br />
An XLR extender might be needed for some shorter axial microphones. An XLR extender and Proximity Touch Up Filter™ (TUF) is also available for shorter microphones. This special microphone filter is passive and compensates for close microphone use (-3dB) without rolling off all of the lower bass. Most low cut filters “cut off” all the low bass (-12dB at 75Hz.).<br />
The Pocket Sound Booth™ is made in America.<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-21472808711259482962011-02-24T23:14:00.000-05:002011-02-24T23:14:40.043-05:00Cloudlifter Adds Gain to Ribbon and Dynamic Mics<div>There are times when I prefer to use a dynamic mic in certain situations. Some large diaphram dynamics need a lot of gain to get the best sound. Here's a solution:</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://someaudioguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/someaudioguy-video-mini-review-cloud.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRamblingsOfSomeAudioGuy+%28The+Ramblings+of+Some+Audio+Guy%29">The Ramblings of Some Audio Guy: SomeAudioGuy Video Mini-Review: Cloud Microphone's Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-44166765917954388622011-02-20T10:27:00.001-05:002011-02-20T10:28:03.121-05:00Is Blue Upping USB Mic Credibility?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3rkBzgmCxWI/TWExKruIn7I/AAAAAAAAAJM/p16q4VKQtoQ/s1600/engimg1506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3rkBzgmCxWI/TWExKruIn7I/AAAAAAAAAJM/p16q4VKQtoQ/s320/engimg1506.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't found a USB Mic that I would use for all voiceover applications, although I have used some pretty good ones. But this review piques my interest.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/18/blue-microphones-yeti-pro-review/">Engadget's Review of the Blue Yeti Pro</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would love to test this new Blue. Maybe I will ask my new found "Apple" buddies to loan me theirs.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-29570485065834175382011-02-19T07:37:00.000-05:002011-02-19T07:37:49.673-05:00About Your Acoustical Environment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Universal Audio published an interesting article on Sound Proofing/Deadening for musicians. Most points can be taken by Voiceover Artists.</span><div><a href="http://www.uaudio.com/blog/studio-acoustics-and-soundproofing-basics/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201103_ZINE&utm_source=eNews&utm_content=%2Fblog%2Fstudio-acoustics-and-soundproofing-basics%2F"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Studio Acoustics and Soundproofing Basics</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the "Build Your Own Sound Deadening Panels" piece we did several years ago:</span></div><div><a href="http://www.vocalimpactmedia.com/DIY.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DIY Sound Absorbing Panels</span></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-35770097655761923392011-01-28T16:02:00.003-05:002011-02-01T18:36:23.000-05:00Would You Take a Class With This Teacher?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-improve-microphone-technique">How to improve microphone technique (for singers but some of the same principles for Voice Over).</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-59832142906549061622011-01-14T13:09:00.000-05:002011-01-14T13:09:10.067-05:00WHOA! A New RE(3)20<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_muhMifmkrLQ/TTCQ76Ij3wI/AAAAAAAAAIw/J2d3bG_b8LU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-14+at+1.02.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_muhMifmkrLQ/TTCQ76Ij3wI/AAAAAAAAAIw/J2d3bG_b8LU/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-14+at+1.02.45+PM.png" width="207" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblContentTop"><br />
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The RE320’s key features include Electro-Voice’s Variable-D proximity control technology which affects tonal performance; a patented humbucking coil for reputedly noiseless operation; and a high-output neodymium magnet structure capsule.</span></span></span><br />
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Rounding out the feature set is the new “dual personality” switch; one setting of the switch engages a response curve for voice and most instrument miking, while the other switch position activates a response curve designed specifically for kick drums with dips and peaks in traditional spots.<br />
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Regarding the switch, Electro-Voice’s Rick Belt comments, “We’ve known for many years that the RE20 is sought-after for miking kick drums, despite its broadcast vocal ‘original purpose.’ Adding the kick drum curve switch position as a key RE320 feature reinforces its usefulness as a specialty instrument mic, in addition to its outstanding performance on voice and low-mid to upper-register instruments in the alternate switch position.”</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-36337637612177289042011-01-13T12:05:00.001-05:002011-01-13T12:13:05.737-05:00Sennheiser introduces the MK 4 large-diaphragm studio microphone<div style="padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At the NAMM Show in Anaheim, audio specialist Sennheiser is presenting the new MK 4, a large-diaphragm true condenser microphone. This cardioid microphone, which is manufactured in Germany, is Sennheiser’s first large-diaphragm side-address microphone and focuses on giving the best possible sound quality rather than technical extravagance. It provides a powerful yet warm sound that is both direct and tight with fine treble resolution.</span> </div><div align="center" style="color: #1f5b78; font-size: 9px; padding-left: 60px; padding-right: 60px;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.sennheiserusa.com/media/newsImages/01132011_image1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(190, 203, 211); padding: 2px;" width="154" /><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The MK 4 large-diaphragm microphone was developed for project studios, but is also affordable for home recordists and musicians</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;">The MK 4 with its nickel-colored finish was developed for professional users in project studios, but is equally well suited for other recording environments and is tough enough for use on stage. It is also a microphone that is affordable for home recordists and musicians. “In the development of the MK 4, we invested every euro in getting the best possible sound,” explained Product Manager Sebastian Schmitz, “and we focused on the key elements of a good studio microphone to ensure that we can offer the MK 4 to our customers at an attractive price.” The finest sound structures are well resolved, and sound coming from the sides is picked up without coloration and so does not change the overall sound quality. The microphone has a very harmonious presence; it has vivid mids and is also very detailed in the bass range. At the same time, typical cardioid cancellation is relatively frequency-independent. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;">Sturdy large-diaphragm model<br />
The MK 4 has a large 1-inch diaphragm precisely spattered with 24-carat gold. The sturdy metal housing and the elastically mounted capsule make the microphone tough enough for even the most energetic recording situations. The excellent suppression of handling noise offered by the internal capsule mount can be even further improved by the use of an elastic suspension, which is available as an accessory. The open front of the suspension mount enables the MK 4 to be positioned close to the sound source. The microphone has a maximum sound pressure level of 140 dB, and its self-noise of 10 dB(A) is extremely low. “The MK 4 is highly versatile for vocals, acoustic guitars and grand pianos as well as for strings and wind instruments,” Sebastian Schmitz explained. “What is more, in numerous field trials it has proven to be an excellent microphone with guitar amplifiers, drums and percussion. To sum up: it is an unpretentious microphone with outstanding sound.” </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;">The MK 4 will be available after NAMM and comes complete with a microphone clip and a protective pouch. Optional accessories include an elastic suspension, a foam windshield and a popshield. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;">Technical data </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;"><tbody>
<tr><td>Transducer principle:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">externally polarized condenser microphone</td></tr>
<tr><td>Diaphragm diameter:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">25.4 mm (1”)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pick-up pattern:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">cardioid</td></tr>
<tr><td>Frequency response:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">20 – 20,000 Hz</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sensitivity:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">25 mV/Pa</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maximum sound pressure level:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">140 dB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Equivalent noise level:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">10 dB(A) / 20 dB(CCIR)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dynamic range:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">130 dB</td></tr>
<tr><td>Power supply:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">48 V phantom power (P48)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Current consumption:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">3.1 mA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Diameter:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">57 mm (maximum)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Length:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">6.3 in. (160 mm)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:</td><td style="padding-left: 5px;">17.1 oz. (485 g)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;">Optional accessories: MKW 4 windshield MZP 40 popshield MKS 40 elastic suspension </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; padding-left: 13px; padding-right: 13px;"><i>This is interesting. Doesn't Sennheiser own Neumann? Will there be a MK series for voice studio? Or will they leave that to Neumann? </i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-4914646879535946992010-12-16T17:54:00.000-05:002010-12-16T17:54:42.022-05:00Microtech Gefell M1030<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;">The studio condenser microphone M 1030 combines modern large diaphragm capsule technology with the latest in semiconductor circuit topology. The size of the microphone housing is optimized with regard to the expectations of a large diaphragm microphone for studio applications.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_muhMifmkrLQ/TQqYfERAK2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/T_FXoLxe6NU/s1600/MicrotechGefellM1030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_muhMifmkrLQ/TQqYfERAK2I/AAAAAAAAAIk/T_FXoLxe6NU/s320/MicrotechGefellM1030.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;">The microphone is specifically designed to meet the needs of professional and semi-professional users who demand the highest performance. The microphones are ideally suited for universal miking applications in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">broadcast</b> and sound studios. Applications include vocalists, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">announcers</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">dialog pickup</b> and as spot microphones for recording guitars, keyboard, percussion, wind and string instruments.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;">The pick-up pattern is perpendicular to the direction of the microphone axis (side addressed). The model number and pick-up pattern symbol mark the front of the microphone. The green light emitting diode (LED) inside the protection grid operates as optical ready indicator.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;">The condenser capsule exhibits a smooth frequency response with a slight presence boost in the 8 to 14 kHz range. The polar response exhibits an exceptionally high degree of rejection for sounds impinging from the rear (cardioid) or sides (super-cardioid) of the microphone. The electronic impedance converter uses a newly perfected circuit topology. This design reduces the noise floor to an extremely low level while also raising the maximum output capability. As a result, this microphone has a clean, distortion free sound over an extremely wide dynamic range. RFI susceptibility is very low.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;">The microphone capsule and electronics are elastically suspended inside the compact metal housing. This reduces the sensitivity to mechanical impact and structure born noise.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;">The microphone is finished in satin matt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;">(Looks like $1,800 to $2,000)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;"><a href="http://www.microtechgefell.de/dmdocuments/M%201030%20eng.pdf">Click HERE for more details</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to the public beta release of Adobe® Audition® for Mac. Adobe Audition for Mac brings modern audio post-production to the Mac platform. Familiar tools for audio editing, multitrack mixing and recording meet improved performance, greater workflow flexibility, and new features such as native 5.1 surround support and new effects. Plus, the best-of-breed audio sweetening and restoration tools in Audition make it easy to clean up production audio. With essential tools you can rely on for quick-completion projects, Audition for the Mac brings a fresh face to audio post-production.<br />
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Download Audition for Mac<br />
Discuss Audition for Mac<br />
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Adobe Audition for Mac offers:<br />
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Fast start-up, high performance multi-threaded processing, and parallel workflows<br />
Powerful audio editing and multitrack mixing views<br />
Superior noise reduction capabilities<br />
Native 5.1 Surround support and multi-channel effects, plus other new effects<br />
Optimized audio post-production workflows</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/audition/"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Download Here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/audition/</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-88938747443087359322010-10-23T16:04:00.001-04:002010-10-23T16:06:31.937-04:00FUTURE TECH--"..Junior Pooted."<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>On a local Kids TV show in the late Fifty's, several children stopped dancing and started laughing. "What's so funny?' the lady host asked. "Junior pooted," came the reply. Is this new cutting edge tech taking us over the line? I don't want to hear Junior poot on the basketball court. Willie</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">New microphone can hear any sound at outdoor sports venues<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Oct 22, 2010 3:54 PM, By Michael Grotticelli<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #245189; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">An operator uses the AudioScope control station to remotely zoom in on the sound.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The large yellow circle attached to the bottom of the Los Angeles Lakers Jumbotron is a new super microphone that can hear anyone on the basketball court with perfect clarity — even players chewing bubble gum.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The microphone is called an AudioScope and could radically transform sound for sporting events. Developed accidentally when two former University of Oslo physicists — Morgan Kjølerbakken and Vibeke Jahr — were working on sonar technology, the new device is a circular array of 315 microphones and a wide-angle camera that hangs above sporting venues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">It can be used to capture audio from any chosen sound source, like a zoom lens on a camera. With sophisticated signal processing algorithms and so many individual microphones, the AudioScope can isolate sounds and make them clear — even in a noisy environment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Viewers can hear a player's voice as he scores during a football match on television. Or one could hear every question at a news conference without the use of handheld or shotgun microphones. Such a breakthrough in sound quality could intensify the action of the game and add an entire new dimension for the viewer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Based on the same principle as sonar, the AudioScope microphone can be zoomed in to listen to any individual who happens to be playing, coaching or refereeing. Because the camera is also fixed, it can be calibrated to zoom in to any location within its range. In addition to the Lakers, the system is currently being tested out in some basketball and soccer arenas around the world.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The system's software determines where the desired sound is originating from and then calculates how long it should take that sound to reach each individual mic overhead. It then synchronizes the conversation, making any spot audible even in a crowded stadium.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">"If we correct the audio arriving at three microphones then we have a signal that is three times as strong," Kjølerbakken said. Doing the same thing with 300 microphones can make a single conversation audible even in a stadium full of sports fans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">An operator uses the AudioScope control station to remotely zoom in on the sound. He monitors the picture on a screen and moves the cursor to any audio source. The trackball is used to follow moving objects, and the jog wheel is used to rewind the tape for replays. The system supports multiple output channels, and the operator can select up to five audio sources simultaneously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Kjølerbakken and Jahr have now patented the device and founded a company, Squarehead Technology, based in Oslo, Norway, to develop their idea. The most obvious application is in televised sports, and the company has been working with basketball and soccer teams to test it out. The response has been good, Kjølerbakken said, although some players aren't pleased by the idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The new microphone is also envisioned as an addition to video teleconferencing equipment. Squarehead recently announced that a system is now installed in a 175-seat auditorium at the Max Planck Institute in Munich.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">A video demo can be seen at </span><a href="http://www.squarehead.no/video.html/"><span style="color: #245189; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">www.squarehead.no/video.html</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">.</span></span></div></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-22934863545655996052010-10-14T21:16:00.001-04:002010-10-14T21:20:50.008-04:00Does Quality Equal Money?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Pro Sound Review of large diaphragm condenser mics.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<b>Brauner VMA</b> $9,719</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>J</b><b>Z Black Hole BH-1</b> $2,295</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Violet Flamingo ME</b> $6,990</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
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I did some commercial spots with male voiceover artist Charles Curcio and found something likable about all five of our mics. Ultimately, we chose the Neumann TLM 67 for its smooth, yet articulate top end, with minimized sibilance problems. Low frequencies were flattering without any undue girth while plosives were never an issue, even at really loud levels.<br />
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The Brauner VMA in classic mode was our second choice for this VO session; it was wonderfully detailed and natural, if ever so slightly strident on hard consonants. The Berliner U77 was nearly as likable as the TLM 67, except for a little missing "chestiness." I must say, however, that the U77 would be my "best-all-around" choice if I could buy only one mic for all VO work. The Flamingo ME was very warm and supple; I would prefer it with female voice artists. The Black Hole BH-1 had the most top end of any mic tested here — great for definition on deeper voices, but too sensitive to plosives in cardioid. Even with two pop screens employed, we had to switch to omni to get suitable results. </span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-2201868611100076832010-10-08T13:21:00.000-04:002010-10-08T13:21:38.676-04:00Unveiling "That's Voiceover"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em>Prosoundnews Blogs</em></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em>Ask engineers how to get the most out of a vocalist, and they’ll start talking gear and psychology. Ask them how to do the same with a voiceover artist, however, and they may come up blank. As a result, when</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pro Sound News</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">was invited by lead event sponsor <a href="http://neumannusa.com/" style="color: #0051a7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Neumann USA</a> to cover </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://thatsvoiceover.com/" style="color: #0051a7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">That’s Voiceover</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">—a career symposium for voiceover talents—we sent Keith Cousin, an emerging voiceover artist, to capture the scene from the performer’s perspective. The result is a peek into the minds behind the mics.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Voice talent from across the country gathered to discuss the industry from not only behind the microphone, but behind the scenes as well at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">That’s Voiceover</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">. Held at The Times Center in New York City, the event was co-hosted by Alan Kalter (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Late Show with David Letterman</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">) and Joan Baker (voiceover artist and author of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Secrets of Voiceover Success</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">), whose message was loud and clear: Voiceovers are far much more than meets the eye—or ear for that matter.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Raise awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Have an informative discussion and Q&A with two distinguished panels about the voiceover industry;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Conduct an</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">American Idol</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-style audition between six amateur finalists to see which would win the opportunity to be represented by voiceover agency TGMD Talent.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kalter got the ball rolling by discussing a subject very close to his heart—Alzheimer’s disease, which has affected his mother, a long-time sufferer. Using his appearance to raise both awareness and funds for continued research, Kalter spoke movingly on the topic. Then, with the serious goal of educating complete, it was time for the fun stuff.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Panelists included Jeffrey Weinstock (VP & Creative Director, ABC Family); Liz Lewis, CSA (Founder, Liz Lewis Casting Partners); Tor Myhren (CCO, Grey Group and the original voice of the E-Trade Baby commercials--how cool is that?!); Vanessa Gilbert (President, TGMD Agency); Miranda Patterson (Creative Director, NBC News Marketing); and Rudy Gaskins (CCO, Push Creative Advertising).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">All the experts provided unusual insights and intriguing tips. Gilbert explained that honesty is the most important quality of a good agent, while Myhren suggested that a good voice doesn’t mean an “announcer” type, but more of a conversational tone. Even an awkward pause, a strong sense of timing, and the capacity for improvisation may be more valuable than a typical voice to a creative director.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lewis concurred, and added that she likes to hear new, fresh voices or “a voice no one has heard before, creative and natural.” She also emphasized that an artist should treat every audition like gold. Her biggest pet-peeve is seeing artists chit-chatting in the waiting room, as opposed to studying the lines of the script. “Read the copy and be prepared,” Lewis implored.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Weinstock suggested that every new talent take at least one acting class, thus training the talent to be malleable and receive instruction (whether you have acting aspirations or not). Patterson hinted that perhaps the era of the celebrity voiceover might be over thanks to the internet, and Gaskins agreed, stressing that celebrities can have a negative impact on a brand, and that scale talent in general is more flexible and coachable.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The second panel, featuring noted voiceover artists included Tor Myhren; Joan Baker; Rodd Houston (voice of Verizon Wireless, NFL); Joe Cipriano (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Deal or No Deal</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">); Valerie Smaldone (Voice of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Broadway on Broadway</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">); Cedering Fox (Voiceover Actor / Artistic Director of WorldTheatre); and Bill Ratner (film trailers, Discovery Channel).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Smaldone stressed that an artist needs a strong and committed “internal pilot light.” She explained that rejection is sometimes difficult to swallow, but with a strong support system, a belief in one’s self and a passion to succeed, anything is possible.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Houston said, “Don’t be afraid; there’s no set way to do it, just be fearless.” Baker agreed, believing a performer should “be uninhibited…understand your barriers and try to push beyond them.” Fox believes it is the voice, not the eyes, that is the mirror to one’s soul and expressing yourself through voiceovers is the most challenging and Zen of any artform.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cipriano compared voiceovers to a golf swing. He explained that a person can receive endless instruction, but eventually one must step up and swing the club: “Just swing, go with your instincts and just swing!”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ratner offered that if you sit and listen to numerous ads and think, “Hey, I can do that”--and know it with confidence-- voiceovers just might be for you. Another useful piece of advice from Ratner: “Put yourself in what I like to call voiceover adjacent occupations. Work as an intern at a station. Sooner or later, you’ll have an opportunity to get on the air.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A Tribute To The “Voice Of God”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At the conclusion of the second panel, there was a touching 5-minute video tribute of the life and career of legendary voiceover artist Don LaFontaine, aka “The King of Voiceovers”, who, among other things, coined the term “In a World” on a seemingly endless number of movie trailers. LaFontaine passed away on September 1, 2008 at the age of 68.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The final event of the day involved finding the winner of the voiceover contest from six finalists. After all competitors had two takes to read a script, Rachel Logan, who had flown all the way from Atlanta, GA to compete, came away with a voiceover job and a contract to be represented by TGMD Talent. Congratulations, Rachel.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Those on-stage auditions were heard by all through a TLM 102 microphone, provided for the contest by the evening’s lead sponsor, Neumann USA. Typically the mic streets for about US$700, but in light of the occasion, an on-site</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.daleproaudio.com/" style="color: #0051a7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dale Pro Audio</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">booth offered the item at a notable discount. The six finalists who performed in front of the live audience also each received a gift bag from the microphone company.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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<tr align="center"><td><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dale Pro Audio offered</span><br style="font-family: Arial;" /><span style="font-family: Arial;">voiceover-ready gear,</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br style="font-family: Arial;" /><span style="font-family: Arial;">including a</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Neumann</span></span><br style="font-family: Arial;" /><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> TLM 102 mic.</span></span></td></tr>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After listening and talking to the artists and insiders for over three hours, the event boiled down to time-worn truths and keen insights:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">• The voiceover industry remains extremely difficult to break into, easily requiring two or more years of complete dedication as one hones skills, finds trustworthy and reliable representation, sends out CDs and links to work, and networks.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">• You don’t necessarily need a great voice, but you do need something different or fresh in your delivery and pitch.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">• Success comes with a strong support system, so make sure those closest to you are completely on board.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">• Rejection comes much more often than success, but it’s the one piece of success that can take you where you want to go.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">• Be fearless in your expression behind the mic.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em>Keith Cousin</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">[</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://voice123.com/keithcousin" style="color: #0051a7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://voice123.com/keithcousin</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">]</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em>is a freelance voiceover artist whose experience includes billboard reads for ESPN's FIFA World Cup; Smirnoff Ice radio ads; play-by-play sports announcing for PlayPusher.com; and more.</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211297363410684823.post-41319399251898544592010-09-23T15:41:00.000-04:002010-09-23T15:41:48.640-04:00Name the Mic Contest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_muhMifmkrLQ/TJutFi6sjII/AAAAAAAAAIY/bEbNT42BEr0/s1600/web+tfunk%281%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_muhMifmkrLQ/TJutFi6sjII/AAAAAAAAAIY/bEbNT42BEr0/s320/web+tfunk%281%29.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblContentTop" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">South Windsor, CT (September 23, 2010)--<b>Telefunken Elektroakustik</b> is </span><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblContentTop" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">holding a contest to name a new microphone that will debut at AES 2010 in San Francisco.<br />
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The unnamed mic is the company’s newest large diaphragm condenser microphone. In development for 18 months, the newest product in the company's R-F-T line was designed by the company's in-house engineering team, with outside consultation from amplifier designers.<br />
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The microphone will be based around a circuit that features a New Old Stock (NOS) Telefunken vacuum tube, custom audio transformer and a fixed cardioid large diaphragm capsule. Sonically, the microphone is said to carry similar characteristics found in its R-F-T line counterparts, the AR-51 and the AK-47 MkII.<br />
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"We always like to be responsive to our friends and supporters," explained company founder Toni Fishman. "So for this very cool new mic design, we thought we'd reach out to our fans and have a contest to name the new microphone."<br />
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Traditionally, the microphones in Telefunken's R-F-T line have been based on famous powerful munitions, such as the AK-47 and the M16. "But we're not limited in that respect," added Fishman. "I thought of the 'Bolt,' which refers to the company's lightning bolt logo. Let's see what the public comes up with."<br />
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Featuring a custom antique copper finish, the new microphone is aimed for vocals, byt the company has tested it on other signal sources including acoustic guitars, amps and percussion.<br />
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Starting September 23, participants will be able to submit suggested names for the new microphone via the Telefunken website. Then, on October 11th the top ten names will be chosen and posted on an online voting pole. The contest ends at 18:00 (EDT) October 21. The winning name will be announced at Noon (EDT) on October 22nd. The person who suggested the winning name will be rewarded with a pair of the R-F-T mics in a custom flight case. The 2nd and 3rd place names will win an M80 Dynamic microphone.<br />
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Telefunken<br />
<a href="http://www.telefunken-elektroakustik.com/" target="_blank">www.telefunken-elektroakustik.com</a></span> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblContentTop">New York (September 17, 2010)--Neumann will co-sponsor <em>That’s Voiceover</em>, a one-day voiceover seminar event in New York City, on September 22.<br />
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The event will feature presentations from voiceover pros Joan Baker, Joe Cipriano and Alan Kalter (voice of <em>Late Show with David Letterman</em>) and others. In addition to covering voiceover acting, the seminar will also cover associated careers in voiceover, including writing, producing, directing and other roles. A portion of proceeds from the event will be donated to The Alzheimer's Association.<br />
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<em>That's Voiceover </em>will be held Wednesday, September 22, 6:00 p.m., at The Times Center, 242 West 41st St., New York, NY 10018</span></span><br />
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The seminar will feature audience interaction, including targeted Q&As and 'real-life' audition scenarios. Additionally, Push Creative will present The Audition Spotlight, providing a chance for attendees to book an actual voiceover job. In conjunction with Dale Pro Audio, Neumann will be offering each person who attends the event a special discount on its latest studio microphone, the TLM 102.<div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>That’s Voiceover</em><br />
<a href="http://www.thatsvoiceover.com/" style="color: #0051a7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.thatsvoiceover.com</a><br />
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Sennheiser<br />
<a href="http://www.sennheiserusa.com/" style="color: #0051a7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.sennheiserusa.com</a></div></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0