VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[kevinpowe]

Listening avidly. This is a huge help. (particularly the point on increased energy during pickups - I've definitely noticed that Mike, and the point of stitching a pickup part way through is a really neat fix!

Thanks for the great tips!

In the hope of adding something useful, for long-form narration or e-learning I keep as much as I can in a single file, edit and process that file, and rely on TwistedWave's split to markers functionality to render individual files. (huge thanks to Jack de Golia for that tip)

And similar to renaming a file for editing, at each step of the edit/process workflow, I'll create a new copy of the file with a sequential addon 02Edit, 03Declick, etc.
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[melissa eX]

I use Sound Forge Pro and I'm in a booth now so I don't have the luxury of space I had had. I read from an iPad in the booth and I have a fold-able bluetooth keyboard I can hold in one hand. I have SF set up so I can drop green region markers by clicking R and red markers by clicking M.

If there are set sections to the script the green markered regions will be those sections. Otherwise for a long script I'll make individual paragraphs the regions. That way I can always locate a certain part of the script fairly quickly as there will be exactly the same number of regions as paragraphs.
Then within the region if I flub I'll drop a red marker. If there are multiple flubs for the same spot I'll drop a couple or few quick red markers. That way I'll know to go back farther than the first markered flub. It may sound more complicated than it actually is.

I also work off of an EDIT copy of the file, saving the raw audio. And I work back to front for that first quick edit. I also pick up partway into the previous sentence, so the edit is smooth, but I'll edit between syllables, usually before a P,T G etc. but often within an s or an f.

If I have a ton of very small files that need to be separated out, I'll use Word2Wav and just re-record the file. Easy peasy.
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[verbcrunch]

I record then edit. Usually I edit backwards, since I usually grab the last take if a line was read multiple times. Editing backwards gets to that last take first, quickly confirm that's the one to use, and continue moving to the left.

I'm on ProTools, a Logitech MX Master mouse in the control room, and a Razer Mamba in the booth (they're mirrored so I can edit both in the booth or control). I use Steermouse to assign mouse buttons to specific ProTools edit modes so I can quickly go back and forth between "Shuffle" "Slip" "Trimmer" "Grabber" etc. I find Steermouse works a lot better than the mouse manufacturer's software.

I had no idea anyone else was using a dog training clicker! You guys !
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