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What voice over equipment do you need to produce good quality voice-over from home?
When you’re starting out, it may seem rather daunting to create at home exactly what you’ve seen or experienced at a professional recording studio.
But you really don’t need that much equipment to start with!

I am a professional voice-over, and I work in very many professional studios, yet none of my clients have ever noticed any difference in the recordings I have done in top London studios, and in my own home studio.

I have honestly never, ever had a recording rejected from my home studio on technical grounds.

To start off with, all you really need is a microphone, a cable, and a digital recorder. Many people mess around with computer interfaces, pre-amps and record on their own computer direct, but there are some amazing good quality digital recorders out there like the Marantz professional range which have very clean pre-amplification circuitry, better “head room” than most computer audio boards, and saves you any issues with a computer interface.

You simply plug your microphone into your digital recorder via the XLR cable. Do your recording, and then connect your digital recorder to your computer via USB. Of course, this is going to be a pain if you do a lot of recordings, but in my opinion, it’s a good way to start out.

So, a microphone is essential, and a bit like with Harry Potter’s wand, the “microphone chooses you”. Ideally you would go into a music and technology store and try the mikes out. Your type of voice may sound far better on certain microphones, and some microphones may exaggerate some imperfections of your voice, like sibilance.

Don’t use headphones, record using a variety of microphones in your price range, and then hear back the playback on decent speakers in a quiet room at the technology store. If you are on a budget, the Sennheiser MK4 is excellent value. If you have a bit more money in your budget, the NEUMANN TLM103 or TLM 102 will sound even richer and more detailed in the subtleties of your voice, and if money is no object the NEUMANN U87 is georgeous….but basically any good large diaphragm condenser microphone is what you are looking for, and you may find a good used microphone that has been looked after.

Then of course you will need a microphone stand, an “anglepoise” type affair is the best and a cradle for keeping the microphone in, so it doesn’t pick up any vibrations. Then you will need a double pop filter in front of the microphone, this stops the nasty plosive sounds on certain syllables!

So where are you going to read your script from? The problem is, if you have an old laptop, with whirring hard disks and a fan, that is going to be too noisy close to your microphone. So, invest in a solid-state laptop, or use an iPad as these don’t have noisy fans or hard disks!

This is a list of basic equipment you should need for a voice-over studio, but of course the location of your recording is all important too! In my home studio, which is close to an airport, I have had to have secondary glazing, as well as double glazing to keep out noise. However, it’s not just a very quiet location you need. It must be what is known as a “dead” audio location as well. Surround yourself with curtains, drapes, anything soft to absorb the sound, and minimise any hard surfaces. Ideally, if you have a dedicated space, you would buy proper acoustic tiles, and glue them to the walls.

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