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Voice-Actor Friendly Audio Tech: A Conversation With George Whittam – Part 1

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And so he told me all about this he showed me the facility that they have at the school which was small but very state-of-the-art digital audio recording technology for 1993 It was very state-of-the-art And I was like Ooh this is cool And so I started realizing this is where I should be I should be in the recording department But they didn t have one They had a music school That means I have to audition and get into music school if I want to study recording — George Whittam nbsp This week s guest has served the technical needs of voiceover artists since 2005 In 2017 he launched GeorgeThe Tech offering VO tech support training studio design and audio processing templates He s the co-host of the Pro Audio Suite Podcast and co-host with Dan Lenard of Voice Over Body Shop at VOBS TV His name is George Whittam and if you have a question about audio he s the guy to ask We ll be talking about what drew him to audio technology acoustics interfaces and sound challenges I always learn a ton of new things every time I speak to him and I m sure you will too As always if you have questions for my guest you re welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes nbsp If you have questions for me visit www audiobrandingpodcast com where you ll find a lot of ways to get in touch Plus subscribing to the newsletter will let you know when the new podcasts are available And if you re getting some value from listening feel free to spread that around and share it with a friend along with leaving an honest review Both those things really help and I d love to feature your review on future podcasts You can leave one either in written or in voice format from the podcast s main page I would so appreciate that nbsp Why Am I Here We start the episode with George s early memories of sound from a terrifying introduction to fireworks when he was a toddler to his childhood tape recordings and family interviews He recalls following his dad s footsteps as an electrical engineer only to discover his passion for sound in college I ll never forget sitting in differential equations class he says shaking my head like why am I here And the guy s saying Most of you guys aren t going to need this but you electrical engineers are going to be using this all the time That s what I thought I was studying And I was like wrong major nbsp Voice-Actor Friendly TechGeorge tells us how his father supported his early career in sound and helped fund his very first and very unconventional recording studio It was an old camper RV called the El Dorado he explains It literally said El Dorado on the front And that s where the name of my first company came from El Dorado Recording Services We talk about how far he s come since those early days and his guiding philosophy as an audio engineer which as he tells us he can sum up in four words I ve come up finally with a slogan he says a four-word slogan which is voice-actor-friendly tech nbsp Should You Upgrade We discuss the challenges of helping voiceover artists and musicians who often aren t the most technically savvy people with some of the more complex decisions when it comes to acoustic design and recording equipment George tells us how the pressure to stay current can sometimes backfire especially when it comes to trying to reinvent a very personalized audio setup You can run for years and years he explains and not upgrade a single solitary thing and have a completely functional great sounding and reliable-to-use studio And that s really what we care about nbsp The Click here to visit this podcast episode

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