Create your first Voiceover Demo Reel with Audioblocks
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Am I the only one that has not recorded my voice a single time and really have no reason for watching this except how charismatic this man is and how he somehow makes booths and microphones interesting? I know so much about audio-recording and booth creation now and I have NO USE FOR ANY OF IT.
hahaha i'm a VO but i can understand it, he's like that 1 awesome teacher at school that made learning actually interesting
This is why talk radio is so popular. :-)
Haha same, just hit the subscribe button even though I really have no use for this information. But the man is fantastic and fun to listen too.
I'm just here to check out the mic reviews to help with my podcast but I end up just watching all of them. deerstandhill.com
Not the only one. Lol
You, sir, are the wind beneath my voiceover wings. Thank you for sharing your knowledge across the seas.
The Ojibwe spoke about him. He was also the wind beneath Marilyn Monroe. True story.
I voiced hundreds of radio spots in the 70s and 80s. No software involved, lol. Cut the pauses out with razor blades and splicing tape. Good times. I liked to read over the music, ducking the music levels by riding the fader as ai read the copy. Kind of an art. Reading to music imbues your read with a rhythm and energy, and you can hit posts in the music as you read. Makes for a nice smooth effect.
- (NO software involved)
John Slater tfg
I was in radio from 1983-1989. The splicing was horrid. Not to mention the magnetic erase function. The best thing was the soul of vinyl and having the 11 minute version of Tuesday Afternoon by the Moody Blues when you had to use the pisser or relax with a beer and eat your pizza.
I landed my first radio gig in 1988. I miss radio! Yes, spot production in the late 80’s and through the 90’s was challenging, but those were such cool times. It seemed like I was nearly flat broke most of the time, but being an on-air talent was just COOL! Lots of fun...and so many girls, so little time! 😉
I remember a guy cutting down a song from Billy Joel to a 30 second intro. He had it down to the beat. Sounded real. The production room had a turntable, reel to reel, and a cassette deck and board. It helped that he was a musician. He was amazing. The other guy had worked AFRTS in nam. He was almost as good.
While I don't regret spending the $1200 for my first commercial demo (which the engineer I hired did a fantastic job on), I'm glad I know now that I don't need to drop another thousand for any subsequent demo! Really gonna hunker down and teach myself how to produce quality demos.
Seems to me that the process of creating a demo track is about 3% voice acting and 97% sound engineering. Thanks for the info. Will look forward to learning all about sound software now.
Oberon Pan
FYI, Mike has mentioned that he uses and prefers Reaper and he has a series of tutorial videos on setting up and tweaking Reaper for voiceover work.
Most things in life boil down to how you package and present yourself.
@@TokyoXtreme - How true! Some of us took way too long to understand what you so simply said.
No man, it's 50-50.
If your voice "sucks" aka you have no training and you don't know how to VO, then you can do all the audio editing in the world it's still gonna suck
@@vhaleryanadamant1975 Absolutely. I heard one vo's demo and his delivery and cadence were so bad it wouldn't have mattered if Danny Elfman did the music and Billy Porter engineered
Why did the Gods bless you with having a last name with "Audio" in it.
Absolutely love this guy! So genuine and informational. Wish I could train with him. I get such a slimy feeling from the voice over coaches Ive spoken to, so far.
Absolutely!
No doubt. Especially, when you calculate their fees and realize they want to charge you $600/hour!
A comb would change his life.
This is cool. I am 33. In a coma in 03. When I woke up, I was blind for a bit. I would sit there and wonder what I wanted to do. I realized voice actor. haha
This was very good. Lots of information. I have Logic Pro to set my audio up.
The site is a great thing to know about.
Thank you for the information.
23:03 i wanna here the full story about that boy .. oh man it looks like it's a sad one or i believe your voice tune makes it sound sad, you're so professional Mike, i like your voice and the music that you choose .
it's a great video , i wish you make videos every day .
What a great sounding demo Mike, all that and no $$$ spent, just your time and knowledge--- wow! Audio Blocks here I come!!!
Made my head spin watching your editing!!! Great Video Mike, you're so natural doing this --- More please !! between watching you and Earl Hall, I've finished my first Audio book with ACX, so Thank you -- -I'm using the Zoom H5 and Sennheiser 416 too!! but I use Adobe Audition for my editing and waves plugins for compression and noise reduction. You're a great inspiration!!! Thank you!
Any information might help me to have a job. in audio work.
Finding the right music bed is an art in itself. Great stuff Mike, even after 25 years in radio broadcasting, recording and editing is as enjoyable today as it ever was, especially when watching a master at work, thx
I swear I always hear ads that sound like you, that or it is actually you
You're basically my favorite person on YT! Thank you for everything!
Thanks for all this! Such great info... I can't justify paying someone to do my VO demo right now, so this is really helpful!
First and foremost I would like to thank you for your time, efforts and energy for this video. My question is, where can I get scripts to create slates for my demo?
A slate is the: 'my name is yada yada, and I'm auditioning for yada yada' part. The scripts are different than a slate.
You are one of the few people who actually teaches something and is very technical and specific and precise. Most other channels just discuss the big picture, which doesn't help in execution. Probably the most informative person I have found when it comes to tutorials. Your voice is great and you're charismatic, which really helps get through the technical stuff. Some of the answers to the hard questions I haven't found anywhere else you are demonstrating step-by-step. So thank you. Much appreciated
Have you ever had vocal training. My pronounciation doesn't always work on my recordings, and I don't sound professional at all
Flawless in every possible way and this is exactly how I know that I will not be working as a voice talent ;) YOU, however, belong in the industry... hands down!
Really useful. Thanks for doing this. Even the references to what software you use is very helpful. Most of us fumble our way through this process, falling into work when we can. A tour of your booth and equipment would be great too. Many thanks I will try out Audio Blocks too.
Lol, do you charge an extra surcharge for promotion in your videos since your VO is better than most televised work?
I have been using Audacity for a while now to adjust my sound settings; however, I've always felt like my volume was too low. I now understand why. I love the combo of normalize, compress, and limiter. I paused when you showed your settings, went to Audacity, and created a chain to mimic your settings. When I ran it on some raw audio I had from one of my older videos, it was amazing how it turned out with such little touching up from me. The only thing I had to do other than your 3 suggested effects was noise reduction...because my room wasn't treated-one of the things you preach all the time. Thank you for your help!
Thanks Booth Junkie. I started last October and didn't work until January and just began making money in April. Took me a minute.
I use Reaper, like you. Followed your instructions on some older videos. And now, I'm ready for the info in this video.
Nobody else is offering this sort of help to the new people. I will be putting all of this to work for me in the next few days.
I really, really appreciate it. Thank you! Thank you, thank you!
Hi there. which Mic is it you use here? did you use noise gate, I can hardly hear you breathing :-) nice voice by the way, from VOT from Israel
he uses the sennheiser MKH-416 condenser shotgun microphone (supercardioid)
A compressor also turns the loud parts up, so if you have noise in your recording, it's going to make that more obvious. If you just want to manage audio peaks, you can use a limiter. If you want to make the entire recording more present and professional sounding, use soft to medium compression, but only if your audio is clean. Otherwise it's going to get messy.
Thanks for this video Mike. I'm literally in the infancy stages of taking my voice over career seriously, and I don't want to go out and spend hundreds or thousands of dollars yet. Needless to say, the program that you used to create your demo, was that "AudioBlocks?" If not, what's the name of the program? I'm almost certain it began with an "R." Sounding close to "river," but not quite. I appreciate it.
It's a DAW program called Reaper, and it's very reasonably priced. A free, open source one available is Audacity. www.reaper.fm/index.php, www.audacityteam.org/
Would you normalize items before you start editing and adding gate, eq, comp etc.?
I find that if I normalize later, the stuff I added in terms of gate and comp will just have to be redone
I have learnt more about audio editing in 25 mins than I have in 1 year. You, sir, are what humanity needs.
I was just wondering, where can you find mockup scripts to read for these demo reels? Can you just use existing ones I'm guessing?
Will Champlin, great question! You can write your own or even modify an existing on that makes sense with your sound.
ooooh, now you've done it. You've gone against the "mainstream". Telling somebody to produce their own demo is just asking to be excommunicated from voiceover by the rank professionals that are busy telling all the newbies what they need to do to get started so that said "pros" can benefit from it. In all seriousness, great video. I've produced several "entry level" demos for people using Audioblocks and it's a great resource.
Fake it till you make it! Apparently actors were the first ppl on the moon :p
I keep in in mind that a couple of those "pro" demo producers have also told people to go buy the Kaotica Eyeball... so... meh..
Sereno Mirado i'm curious to know what you don't like about the Kaotica Eyeball. Mind sharing? Mine's been working pretty well for me.
That's the point... You never will get truly efficient acoustics by practically wrapping your mic in foam.
Condenser mics need that room to 'breathe', when you limit that you're basically cutting into the frequency response, much like cutting a groove from end to end, through your waveform. It will, to the trained ear, sound enclosed and introduce harmonic artifacts.
Besides, Mike here has already proven that even a shower can be made acoustically sound by using very few sound panels, so long as you locate them in the right spot.
Mind you, I'm talking about not using it for voiceover, it may be just fine for singing, that in spite of the similarities, is an entirely different type of recording.
You mentioned a link to "Kenny Joices" compression video. I don't see it. Please send it to: spanishvoiceover@gmail.com
Thank you ! .. Extremely useful information and excellent presentation .. Am I alone in feeling the audio ducking that the music does under the voice seems 'blippy' (if that makes any sense??) almost too sensitive, creating volume changes that become noticeable in the final file?
You're a lean-mean-voice-acting machine... truly inspirational to see how you've physically transformed throughout your vids while developing your craft. Rock solid!
Excellent video. Quite a lot of information for those looking to start out. Any chance on doing one that covers how to eliminate lip and gum smacking? I've tried so many things but it always comes back and it stands out like gunshots on narrative recording. Maddening! Any chance on some info on that subject?
@DJ NitreBlue Did you ever find a solution?
Drinking water and staying hydrated will help get rid of sticky mouth sounds. Always bring water into the studio!!!!
I work in audiobooks - some tips I've picked up from various people in the business along the way and from working as an editor. Don't drink coffee either before working or during. It really dries up the mouth and creates lots of clicks. Eating bites of green apple every now and then is hands-down the best way to control mouth clicks. Apple juice works also but not as well as a fresh green apple. Water helps with clicks but not as good as eating bites of apple. But you should drink water also to keep vocal cords hydrated.
And read this, scroll down to question 3 "What do you need in the studio to function" www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20070101/404-scott-brick-narrator-of-the-year.html I've edited Scott Brick three or four times and he is always pretty much click-free so I reckon his tips for mouth noise are top notch and work
@@bigdoghat3827 Great info thank you!!
What does a person that is just starting out and doesn’t have a variety of jobs under their belt do?
also epidemicsound.com is like the same thing but free!
Hey Booth Junky! I record my videos with a Shure SM7B and a Focusrite Scarlet Solo. And my voice doesn't sound crispy like yours. How can I make my voice sound more like yours?
Thanks for giving me the confidence to finally make a true demo reel!
You are a wonderful man. You just solved all my problems :-) Thank you
Plus, so excited by the information, I can't but think you are an adorable man. *off to make a demo*
Thank you for generously sharing your knowledge, sir. Much appreciated!
If I’m making my own demo reel for commercials, where would I find some commercial copies to read from and use for my demo reel?
Voices.com has a whole section of available demo scripts.
Alex Haralson THANK YOU! 🙏
Great video again Mike. So, I saw another video advising to use the side-chain compression, but the auditions' I do (haven't landed a job yet, but been shortlisted several times, so I am thinking it's more technical and not my voice Lol)are vocal track only. So do I not need to use side-chain if it's music-free? Thanks again.
Thank you soooo much for this! I produced 2 commercials today (on audacity) using the "auto-duck" plug-in, which is essentially the same thing as the side chain you used, but the audio I got from the daw wasn't the same I got on the .mp3 playback. Is it just me? Or how do you fix that?
Is it like audio ducking for radio broadcasting?
I don't even do voice over work, just considering doing VO on TH-cam video (which is how I found you) and just keep watching more and more of your vids - I just find it fascinating! Thanks for so much great info!
Hey mate I'm putting together a feature length motion comic of Batman RIP and I need a Doctor Hurt would you be interested?
I am! www.voice123.com/DavidWalker
Thank you so much I am thinking making one a demo sense got a decent set up and have alot of foam in my room, so with these tips could help me out
I also made all of my demos using music samples from various sites. Only I did it all in Garageband so there were less toys to play with!
very useful. exactly my problem as I had a voice bed with heavy metal music and it was crashing my voice and didnt know what to do about it. now i do. BTW - what mic dod you use to record this video?
Great video, cant wait to start building my first demo. Have you found a place that has good scripts? I've found a couple places, but the scripts are awful lol.
Write your own.
May I recommend recent auditions. Sometimes you don't get the part not because it was bad but because you just weren't the "right" voice. Ask an objective ear, however, in case it actually was a bad audition before you add it to your demo!
Great explainer Mike. Where would I go for a compete tutorial on how to use Audioblocks?
I liked this video but as a beginner it was like a foreign language to me. HELP!! :(
You should check out his How to set up Reaper first then. This is much more advance. Mike does a great job explaining how to understand reaper on his playlist and it should give you some more help :)
If any of these setting's Mike is using in the Master Edit are confusing go to his Video on Reaper presets.
can u do this in garageband
The only gripe I have is that it seems the Attack and Decay of the Compressor seems to be a bit sharp which does distract a bit from the voice over itself. I understand this is just an example, but something that if I were a Voice Over artist, I would address to had some fluidity between the transitions.
I've always wanted to take a crack at Voice Over, but a l lot like the old saying of "I have the face for Radio", I personally have the Voice for a Silent Movie. lol
Very much this. The sidechain is a little severe.
The opening "spot" - Mitsubishi ELECTRIC is missing its first C - I'd clean that up - otherwise nice work - btw, you do have a pleasant timbre to your voice, a rare commodity these days.
Do you just use the stock normalize that really does not let you set the level? I have the free SWS extensions that have a normalize that lets you set the level??
Hmmm... I could extract vo demos out of videos I worked on, got all music sound fx and mastering already done...
For some genres like audiobooks and instructional voice may be all that's needed... true or false?
im aitting like L from death note
Hello. I was wondering, why is your sample rate 44100Hz and WAV bit depth 24bit PCM? I'm new to this and had the understanding that 48khz and 32bit were sort of the standard. Any help would be welcomed. Thanks and cheers.
do you do voice coaching?
Arcy Stem you don't know what coaching means do you? This is not coaching, he is helping us with a demo reel, not coaching.
This was very informational, this video has inspired me to create my very own demo. I returned to the video to ask for some advice. th-cam.com/video/sSRRDjp8sX8/w-d-xo.html
could you possibly telll me what i am missing
BUTTERVIBE Productions should you not be sending this to booth junkie?
BUTTERVIBE Productions first off I notice your reel is 1:45 that's way too long your reel should only be about 1 minute.
BUTTERVIBE Productions also I would take out that funny singing voice, that way you can make your demo reel more of a commercial feel, I didn't get the point of that character, over all good reel, I think some might complain that the background music is a bit too loud for their liking, I could of barely hear your voice over the music, did you normalize by 3db?
How would you suggest a person starting out scripting a demo? Should a beginner use existing commercial scripts or would there be copyright concerns with that?
I already know how to record, and the tech stuff of that. My question is and maybe you said it in the video since I kind of moved around from studio stuff and I use Reaper also!! Question, do you create text for your commercials or are you using recordings from jobs you already were hired and did? Another way to ask, create what would be a commercial or does it have to be from a job you already did? I just did voice overs for a possible video editing job. Now I’m considering making a VO demo. Thanks for the video and nice job on your explaining, and your video editing and voice recording for this video!! Love your screenshots and fast forward parts!!
This is the first time I've come across this channel and I had to stop the video within a minute or two just because I hadn't heard one piece of advice yet, everything was just about his sponsor.. and it seems that you can't do anything he's doing without purchasing the product, when I'm looking for advice without having to necessarily purchase something or be locked into one product. We already go through ads, and sure one plugs their sponsor, I mean you're plugging your sponsor just by using their product the entire video, I don't see why you also have to make the content of your video a plug in its entirety.. but of course I wouldn't know if that's what this person does because I didn't go through the whole video, so please understand I'm just saying my initial thoughts and hoping to get some comments. I'm just starting to look into the world of voiceover work and other things I can do with my voice (extremely unique, somewhat deep and raspy... told dozens of times: "Phone sex voice".. whatever that means, with the ability to make it sound a bunch of different ways, as well as a very powerful singing voice... Listing specifics hoping it gets me more specific feedback!) other than sing with a band or at a karaoke bar (lol).
If this is a good resource and I just got a bad impression, will one of you guys let me know? I'm not looking for channels that basically just try to sell you sh*t, so they can make more money through their sponsors. I'm looking for channels that give solid advice, real tips, and sure still probably have sponsors that they shamelessly (I much prefer it that way) plug, but are at least honest about other options and don't just limit the viewers to whoever is paying the content creator.
Feedback on anything I've said would be greatly appreciated! I'm the first to admit that this was my first video of his and I felt like I was wasting my time after less than 2 minutes, so I did not see more than that and clearly making judgments about not even an entire cover of this book... Also the first to admit that I'm brand new to this and literally just started looking into it this evening when it was recommended to me. I have experience in leaving comments that can be a little controversial, they get comments and feedback and that's exactly what I need right now! Best wishes to all and I promise to give you more than just one chance Mike Delgadio!
Thank you for your amazing videos!!!
Would you be willing to re-make this or update it with your new knowledge and how you would now make this different than 7 years ago?
Your voice sounds great but it’s shuper shibbolint , try a quality de-Esser or a different mic setting, the cheap de-Essers don’t work right at all SPL is the best I’ve tried btw, thanks for tips!
so would you recommend just reading some adverts from a magazine to use? or just make something up?
I'd make something up, you can't use currently existing adverts.
If you tweak it enough, replace the brand name and basically use it just as a template, there's no harm in that :)
Mike has an AMAZING voice and he uses it extremely well. IMO, he has the best voice for radio and voiceover that I've ever heard!
ducking....NOOOOOOOO! I saw it coming..i feared it was coming...then it reared it's ugly head...
Normalizing doesn’t make your track nice and loud, it prevents the volume from exceeding a certain level. You might still have volume that is too low.
Your voice is golden. Thanks. So much.
What I don’t understand about voice acting is that, everyone says to NOT sound like your selling something, to be natural. But this was not natural by any means.
Ok this might seem like a very obvious question but have you done any voiceovers that have been on TV or Radio ect?
Well, this is belated but do you still have a relationship with Audioblocks? If I do pull the trigger, I would want you to get the credit.
So Slates are not necessary in a reel, right? It didn't seem to make much sense to me, these days, everything is online, they'll know my name and what reel they're listening to anyway...
Mike, have you worked on the NoSleep Podcast? Your name sounds familiar.
Hi! thank you for the video! Do you have any recommendations for more detailed reaper tips and tricks for voice over work?
They're "story" blocks now. What I'd like to know is how he lost so much weight. He used to be twice the size he is in this video.
Another great video Mike! Been looking to create a demo! Thanks!
Your obviously in the music engineering field somewhat .your not Just some regular dude new to this
Question would you recommend using a hard limiter instead of normalizing?
Nice!
These videos you make are really informative and appreciated.
I thought Audioblocks was free. 👎🏻
Do you have to worry about copyright and where you source your scripts for demo reels?
You absolutely rock. Loved that vid you did where you built a voice over booth in your shower stall!!! HILARIOUS and BRILLIANT. Thank you! Keep em coming!
Oh my gosh, I like you and your videos so much! Thank you for helping me choose a Lewitt recently (used your code/affiliate thingy). It's arriving on Monday...EEEEEEEEEE! It sounded like Pac-Man when you were in speed mode.
So I'm wondering, why would some people want to pay for a demo, if you have a home studio and have editing skills like this, wouldn't that be enough? :) Like what exactly are you paying for, I mean.
I will just go on fivver and find a engineer to mix and do this!
When making a demo voice reel how many clips should i have an are the 10-12 seconds? I also would like to know how long the demo has to be in general cause i hear different things. i will be making up my own lines, will be doing character, commercial & corporate reels. I will use Reaper instead of Audacity or check it out I also have Adobe audition as well, don't like it as much and have to refresh myself on it.
Oh my God you're not using Pro Tools! You'll never get a job in the industry!
Mr.Wetdream I hope you’re joking
darkmew64. I once went to a private college in San Jose where I was instructed by a man named Julius Dobos. Every other day I would hear "if you don't use Pro Tools you'll never get a job in the industry" I only lasted two semesters because that place was rinky-dink and they only cared about my money, also Julius was a one hit wonder and he acted like he was the total shit, (egotistical bastard needs to go back to his country)
Since then it's become a joke to me.
Mr.Wetdream Sorry man. True. All these pros recommend “pro” software.
My VO coach and many others always say to train and wait before producing a professional demo, and to let the pros do it. However, I'm 4 months into training and am comfortable with editing. Why not just go for it just have one? Like you said, we need a demo to earn enough money to have a real demo.
I’ve been meandering through numerous voiceover tutorial videos but I did not expect to run across Mike DelGaudio. I’ve listened to so much of The NoSleep Podcast, so hearing your voice was such a rush of flashbacks. Thanks for the tutorial and the many sleepless nights, both of the past and to come with future seasons
I’m going to have to pay someone cause I don’t nothing about engineering
i just clicked it and it's called storyblock now
What is the best resource for collecting copy to use for a VO demo? I’m brand new to the VO business so I am trying to figure out where to start. Thanks!
Anyone buy that Mitsubishi zone comfort solution?
so for submitting demos for actual job postings are you actually supposed to link all of them together?i was told that they only should be under a minute long . or am i missing somethin xD
really nice to see and hear you do your thing, your really talented and know your stuff, fun to see an expert at work, thanks
What happens if we don't have the deep voice like you have? I worry that there won't be work for someone that doesn't have the deep bass sound for voice work.