VO Studio Tech

Search and read the duc.digidesign.com users forum. Mac users, follow this guide to be sure your computer is setup properly for Pro Tools (yes, really). Windows users, ...

There are several simple audio applications for the Mac OS that give a similar feel to Sound Forge. Try Twisted Wave , Sound Studio , or Amadeus Pro .

A: Yes, you can get most of the benefits of ISDN without the expensive purchase of the codec hardware with Source Connect. There’s a company that sells it and provides free ...

Totally overkill for VO talent, but that is the common thought among new VO people. It is much more elaborate than necessary. I like Twisted Wave for Mac, or Sony Soundforge ...

Free Pro Tools plugins are the hardest to come by since they generally use an iLok USB key. I like software that supports VST or AU format plug-ins, since they are ...

Read up on vo-bb.com and look online, there are a lot of forums that discuss this stuff. One great source for plugins on Mac is http://www.macmusic.org

Basically, that’s correct. Although it is not as easy as Skype to setup if you’ve never used an iLok.

Yes

Source Connect Standard sells for $395. Source Connect Pro is sometimes as low as $1395.

No, it’s the tweak-ability. If you have network issues while traveling, you have much better chances at working out Firewall blocks and poor bandwidth situations. Generally not a major thing while ...

Yes, and yes. Once you get that client that pays so well that ISDN is easily justifiable, you'll know it.

Yes, Joe uses SC while he is traveling. He’s even known to have used it from the back of a rental car! There are at least 2000 users, and many studios ...

Not anymore. You can use it with any multitrack recording software that supports VST or Audio Units (AU) plug-ins. Source Elements supplies their own simple VST application called “Source Elements Desktop” ...

You need to have a stable, wired Internet connection providing 300 kbps Up/Down. Test your connect at speedtest.net. You’ll need to get an iLok and create an iLok account, and a ...

It’s still very new technology and not widely supported, but maybe someday we’ll all use it. It is useless when you are bridging to an ISDN client, however.

Audio HiJack is a great application for the Mac, and probably your best choice. However, in PC land you have a few more options, and one of them completely free. In ...

Hooooboy, this is a dusie! ERS has clients who use Source Connect or AudioTX Communicator, and some even have both. Coming from someone who supports both technologies and designed outofhear.com's bridging ...

FTP means File Transfer Protocol. FTP is how you send files to servers on the Internet, either through a web portal or via an FTP client (application). Most web ...