Sound for Interaction Voice Recording

Project 2 - Radio Commercial

PreProcess

write 30 second commerial or PSA

The copy should be printed on a single sheet of paper and be easily readable. Please practice and time your reading so that you are sure it's about 30 seconds long

Process

1. Record 3 takes of 30 Second Commercial
   1. Have talent practice Reading
   2. Set Level (~-8db)
   3. Record
   4. careful annunciation and consistent voice
   5. Save file to folder
2. Edit
   1. Edit for Quality
      1. Best parts of the three takes or fix trouble spots
      2. Remove unwanted noise
      3. Balance Volume
      4. Normalize - optional
3. Time and Pacing
   1. Voice should be 29 seconds
   2. Add remove space between words,phases, sentences - meter?
   3. Time Compress Expand -optional
4. Overall Voice Quality
   1. EQ -optional
   2. Compressor -optional
   3. Normalize -optional
5. Mix
   1. Select background music/effects
   2. Mix with voice watch for intelligibility