I was going to include something about this in the previous article where I discussed why you would use a professional voice recording service. However rather than risk bringing in too many concepts there I thought perhaps a complimentary article would offer more clarity, mostly because it has some particularly unique pitfalls and I want to offer some anecdotal evidence, this is perhaps more of a personal view but I think it will serve as informative. It is highly likely you already own a computer of some sort, be it a laptop, a tower, macbook or even an ipad that can conceivably record high quality audio. With some software tools and applications, a microphone and an interface, it could pr
Recording a voice is on one level a relatively simple task and many folks these days may offer a service that can seem very similar on the surface. You can for example buy an inexpensive microphone, some software, install it on a laptop and call yourself a recording studio, lots of people have done this and it is understandably tempting to use such a service, especially when they seem able to deliver a competitive sound for cheaper. However, I dispute that recording a voice is simple. In fact I would argue that in some ways the 'simpler' i.e. the fewer tracks a session has as is typical of a voice reel, can be more challenging than that of a full band session. Full band recording sessions wh
