Another thing we discussed recently in class was sending good clean tracks to a studio who would do the finish work. I do want to remind you that this is to be done ONLY when your have progressed to a point in your voiceover growth where you KNOW that the tracks are up to snuff – ready for prime time – ready to compete.
Just got an email from EDGE Studio announcing this very service. Here are the details. I rearranged the wording just a bit because their last paragraph is very important. Read bullet two – this is one of the reasons I like the work Edge Studio does. They won’t create something that isn’t really marketable.
Read this: What you need to know:
- We are considerate of casting professionals who will hire you, and so we create industry standard, marketable demos, which accurately demonstrate your abilities (rather than relying on digital software to make you sound different). This way, when you market your demo, your clients will hear an honest representation of what you’ll give them.
- If we believe the recordings you send us will not produce a marketable demo, we’ll summarize why and will refund you* – we will not create demos that we believe will waste your time and money. (*You will be refunded the full amount minus a $35 office expense fee.)
- Turnaround time will depend on demand; expect 1-3 weeks.
YOU’VE DONE THE WORK, WE’LL MAKE IT A DEMO
Send us your recordings, and we’ll professionally mix them with music and sound effects, we’ll edit and remove mouth clicks and breaths, we’ll process your files with EQ and compression, and we’ll sequence it into an industry standard, professional voice over demo.
It’s a great way to get a professionally mixed demo for $250.
What we need from you:
- 6 or fewer voice-over segments totaling 90 seconds or less (for audio book demos 4 minutes or less)
- Recordings can be dry or mixed with music/SFX
- Recordings can be in a .mp3, .wav, or .aif format
- Any instructions you may want us to follow (optional). Otherwise, we’ll do what we feel is most marketable.
- Any music or sound effect files you want used (optional). Otherwise, we’ll add what we feel makes each segment most marketable.
What we’ll do:
- Remove breaths, mouth clicks, pops, etc.
- Select the most marketable passages and equalize, edit, and compress them.
- Add music, sound effects, sequence it, and master it.
What you’ll get:
- An industry standard .mp3 demo
If you want our help turning your recordings into a VO demo
When you get to the point of looking for a mic that costs more than a couple hundred bucks, you really need to think about what kind of mic will work best with your voice and your room.
