How to set up your Home Voiceover Studio

Voice-over services are often offered by freelance artists. This is because of the all encompassing nature of the art. It forms a part of the entertainment industry and can be carried on by professionals who are engaged in many different fields. Many actors also treat it like a segue into the film industry and that is why they offer their services independently. Voice over services can be offered by people through online forums and their portfolios judged in the same way. The problem arises when the client asks you if you can deliver the project from your home. If not, then you would’ve be required to incur the travel expenses on your own. For the benefits that it has, many artists resort to setting up their own mini s recording studio at home and we have laid down the steps on how to do it.

1.       Create a work station- Voice over recording requires a certain worn station that you dedicate to it alone. This would have the necessary equipment which we will further discuss and also which can be made sound proof. You need to segment a section of your house and make it sound proof for your recording to be immaculate. The last thing you would want is for your work to be rejected because the chirping of the birds makes it unusable.

2.       Get the necessary equipment- The reason why setting up a recording studio at home is easy is because of the small number of devices you would need for the same. All you need is a mic, headphones to listen to your recording later, a recording device which is now available with a laptop and a software to edit. The rest depends entirely upon the voice over talent. This is however the bare minimum that you need. You can always add a few devices to enhance the quality and so on. But using these three things is also enough.

3.       Get some professional help- There are many small professionals and agencies who would help you set all these devices up. They have to be maintained in a certain way and even though you can get much of the information online, the set up can be done with help from a professional. They will adjust the levels of the mic and the recorded according to your height and also teach you some basic tips and tricks about how to modulate it.

4.       Post recording process- Voice over is just not about recording. You would be doing a certain number of recordings and re-doing certain bits in order to perfect it. You would also be required to tweak your recording at a few places in order to enhance it. For all these things you will need some editing to be done which can be managed with certain software. You should use your studio to listen to it and then make the changes. This can also be managed on your laptop.

Voice-over Grid also has a voice over studio which can use if you find the set up complicated. Their charges are minimal and the quality is top notch.