Vocal Mic
Vocal Mic
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 Shure SM58 Dynamic Vocal Microphone w Mic clip $51.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 1h 12m |
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Nady MPF-6 6-Inch Clamp On Microphone Pop Filter List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $12.99 Used From: $18.11  |
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Mic Pop Filter With Boom |
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Sennheiser e835 Dynamic Vocal Microphone (3 Pack) with (3) Boom Stands and (3) Sonic Sense 20 Ft Mic Cables Sale Price: $252.99 |
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Sonic Sense package includes (3) Sennheiser e835 Vocal Microphones, (3) Mic Boom Stands, and (3) Sonic Sense 20' Mic Cables. The Sennheiser e835 Dynamic Vocal Microphone; A top selling mic for lead vocals... |
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Blue Microphones Yeti Pro USB Condenser Microphone, Multipattern. List Price: $249.00 Sale Price: Too low to display |
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The Yeti Pro is the world’s first USB microphone combining 24 bit/192 kHz digital recording resolution with analog XLR output.Featuring three custom condenser capsules and four different pattern settings, the Yeti Pro can capture digital audio with up to fourtimes the clarity found on CDs... |
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GLS Audio 25ft Mic Cable Patch Cords - XLR Male to XLR Female Black Microphone Cables - 25' Balanced Mike Snake Cord - SINGLE List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $14.99 Used From: $13.94 |
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Professional Series Noise Free Mic Cables. They have a thick, high quality, flexible rubber jacket. They are heavy duty Noise Free "True Balanced LO-Z" and have 3 pin XLR connectors on each end. These cables have dual insulated copper conductors plus they are shielded... |
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NADY SP-4C Dynamic Microphone List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $14.75 Used From: $5.65 |
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The models in the Starpower Series represent today's excellent cutting edge in price/performance value for vocal and instrument dynamic microphones. All of the models offer high-quality rugged construction and excellent reliability, and superior performance to that of some of the best known, most popular classic microphones and at a fraction of their cost. |
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Sennheiser e835 Dynamic Vocal Microphone (3 Pack) List Price: $349.95 Sale Price: $228.94 |
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BONUS 3 PACK! Get three microphones for the price of two! Pro microphone with optimized response for close vocal work. Powerful sound with a presence boost for improved projection. Cardiod pickup pattern resists feedback... |
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Shure PG48-XLR Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone with XLR-to-XLR Cable List Price: $49.00 Sale Price: $32.99 Used From: $20.00 |
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Tailored for performers of every level, the Shure PG48 vocal microphone is an excellent performance microphone for spoken word applications--and it's also a great choice for karaoke singing. This PG48-XLR model includes a 15-foot XLR-to-XLR cable, microphone clip, 5/8" to 3/8" thread adapter, and a storage bag... |
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GLS Audio Professional Microphone ES-57 & Mic Clip List Price: $69.99 Sale Price: $29.99 Used From: $27.89 |
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The ES-57 Professional Microphones were designed to sound just like the standard in the industry, the Shure SM57. If you like the Shure SM-57, you will LOVE these GLS Audio ES-57 mics. |
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Shure SM58S Vocal Microphone (with On Off Switch) List Price: $196.00 Sale Price: $104.00 |
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Designed for professional vocal use in live performance, sound reinforcement, and studio recording, Shure's SM58 unidirectional (cardioid) dynamic vocal microphone has a tailored vocal response for a sound, which is a world standard for singing or speech... |
Voice-Over Is Not The Same As Talking
Voice-over is Not the Same as Talking
By Vicki Amorose
Advice for those interested in improving voice-over casting and performance
Voice-over is not the same as talking… this statement may strike you as obvious, or something you never before considered. When my ears are punished by mediocre voice-overs on commercials and narration pieces, I feel the need to clarify the distinction between the art of voice-over and merely talking.
Voice-over is a performance in front of a microphone. Take the simple part first, there must be a microphone involved. The voice-over artist knows how to ‘work the mic’ to make their voice sound great. Now for the performance part of the equation, this is what truly separates the talkers from the actors. If someone says to me, ’I have a nice voice and I read well, do you think I can do voice-over?’ it is very similar to asking ‘I am fit and flexible, do you think I can dance?’ The element that must be developed is the ability to perform.
In animation, it becomes crystal clear that voice-over is voice acting. Yet similar voice acting abilities apply to commercial and narration voice-over of all types. The best commercial voice-overs reach right out of the TV or radio and engage the listener immediately. The voice talent takes a simple (sometimes dull) script and brings it to life. Their job is to capture and maintain the listener’s attention. They do not simply read the script, they perform the script. Reading a script out loud, making no mistakes, and hitting the allotted time is the elementary school of voice-over. That might make a fine news broadcast, or in-store announcement, but it leaves out the connection with the audience. It leaves out the art. The question must always be, ‘How can I deliver this script so that the listener enjoys what they’re hearing and remembers it?’ or ‘How do I connect with my audience?’
Narration has further demands, accentuated by the length of the performance. Think of your favorite narrator of a film or video. If that narrator sounded as if they were reading to you rather than speaking directly to you, you’d quickly lose interest in the story. No producer wants that to happen. Producers want the voice to carry the viewer along in the storytelling, yet they do not want the voice to intrude on the story. In a sense, that means the voice needs to step back and blend as just one element of the entire production. If the listener is suddenly made aware of the voice-over, the flow of the piece is interrupted and the attention goes to the voice-over rather than to the narrative. There are several ways the voice can disrupt the flow of the story, as obvious to the listener as hearing a burp. The voice can start to sound disconnected, lose energy, fail to enunciate a critical word, lapse into reading rather than performing, pronounce a word with a regional dialect or--most annoying—deliver lines as if they were in love with the sound of their own voice. When a voice talent focuses more attention on how they sound than how they are connecting, the audience can hear the difference. (I call that ‘talking to the mirror.’) All of these mistakes distract from the quality of the over-all production.
How important is casting voice-over? The human voice has been called the most versatile instrument on earth, so find good players. Remember that the influence of the human voice is so strong, we respond to it before we are born. We can all recognize and identify the subtleties of hundreds of different voices. Just like music, the sound of a voice affects our mood. Voices convey complex emotions and communicate so much more than mere words.
Sure, anyone can talk. But can anyone convince, entertain, amuse, soothe, persuade, engage and sustain the listener’s attention? Can anyone do voice-over? Of course not, because as we all know-- voice-over is not the same as talking.
Vicki Amorose is an award-winning voice-over professional and copywriter. Find her at www.voiceofvicki.com
Copyright 2009
About the Author
Vicki Amorose is an award winning voice talent and copywriter.