I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
Voice Actor, Studio Engineer
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
Studied with James Alburger and Penny Abshire at the Art of VoiceActing Workshop at the Voice Acting Academy.
Class from Bob Puthoff at VoicesForAll.
RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS
Just beginning
LANGUAGES
English - American (AmE)
VOICE DESCRIPTION
Male - Balanced, Comforting, Authoritative,
DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions
Non-regional Diction American English
Southern (Georgia)
VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
Senior Male, Middle Age Male
Union Affiliation
Non-affiliated
AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD
FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV
EQUIPMENT
MacBook Pro 15" Retina, 2017 i7 3.1 Ghz Intel Quad Core, 16GB RAM, 2TB Internal SSD
Universal Audio Apollo X4 - Pro Tools LE 8.0.3 / Audacity 2.4.1
2 x LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ 1.5TB FW800
LaCie D2 Big Disk Extreme 1.0TB FW800
OWC 8TB Array USB 3.1 Type 2
2 x DBX 286A Mic Preamp/Processor
Neumann U 87 Ai Mic with EA87 Shockmount
Sennheiser MKH-416 P48 with AT8415 Shockmount
Atlas Sound - 2 x SB36W Studio Boom Stands, 1 DS7 Mic Stand
Sonamp 260
JBL Control 28 Monitors
2 Sony MDR 7506
Digital Delivery of MP3, WAV, AIF, via FTP, YouSendIt, or Overnight CD
Comments
Sorry for the rather long delay in getting back with you. I'm on the road heavy this time of year. 10 states in 6 weeks! Now back to the subject at hand...
Let me preface this by saying this setup is for the MBox 2 Pro. The MBox Mini seems to work fine with setting your Skype properties as Audio Output/Input as the MBox Mini. But for the Pro I had to do a little work around.
For the MBox Pro - Set the output as the MBox Pro in Skype. The input will be your computer's Line In (microphone jack).
Get a 1/8" to 1/4" cable, something like this should do just fine http://www.fullcompass.com/product/269679.html. Put the small end 1/8" into the Line In (microphone jack) on your computer. Plug the 1/4" end into the back of the Pro in one of the Line Out sends (in my case I used #1). Open up PT and Skype. You have to have a session in PT ready to record or recording to hear yourself and for the audio to be picked up in Skype. Do a test call and you should be up and running!
Although this is the only way I could get the studio mic into Skype, it did give one added feature. You now have an extra control on your levels through Skype. Which means your studio levels can be set properly for recording, and you can control the volume separately for the call. Saaaaaweeeeeet!
If you wanna jump on Skype sometime and test it with a human let me know and I'll shoot ya my info!
good luck with your VO career!
I appreciate the 'friending'.
-Joe
I just noticed your message regarding my Telos One setup. My system is running through a Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro Mixer so I think that is a little different setup than you have. Rather than even try to give you any technical guidance...because I am in no way qualified to do so...I don't even understand my own setup...my advice is to do what I did. I called Telos in Cleveland and they were wonderful in guiding me step-by-step through setting up my Telos One. They even helped me test it when the installation was complete. Nice guys at Telos. I wish you all the best. -Tom
Hope that helps a little - let me know if you have questions.
Good question. Truth be told, I've sort of gone away from my JK AutoHybrid because it's passive. Meaning there's no gain control to adjust the output volume for your listeners. It needs to run through a board, or something to boost the signal (or at least control it). Before, the chain was - Mic-Pre-MBox-Mackie Board-JK. So in a sense, I split the signal so I could control volume for record, and control volume for my listeners.
I've actually been experimenting with using Skype as a phone patch and I have to say it's worked WONDERS! Especially when on the road (and I travel quite a bit). Because of PT being proprietary you have to have a session open for Skype to read the interface. Then you set Skype as your interface for both I/O. Instant phone patch!
I can't speak to how the Telos One is (since I've never used it), but I imagine you could take one of the Line Outs from the MBox Pro.
Hope that helps!
- T