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How to Record Professional Voice-Over and Audiobooks at Home

How to Record Professional Voice-Over and Audiobooks at Home

You do not need a commercial studio to narrate an audiobook. Learn how SoundBox 7B, microphone placement, gain, room control and consistent technique can help you record professional spoken-word audio...

How to Record Professional Voice-Over and Audiobooks at Home

You do not need a commercial studio to narrate an audiobook. Learn how SoundBox 7B, microphone placement, gain, room control and consistent technique can help you record professional spoken-word audio...

Hip-hop vocal recording setup with a studio microphone in a home-studio environment.

How to Record Rap Vocals at Home Without Sounding Amateur

Professional rap vocals start before the mix. Learn gain staging, mic technique, pop-filter distance, SoundBox setup, vocal layering and lessons from iconic and current hip-hop producers.

How to Record Rap Vocals at Home Without Sounding Amateur

Professional rap vocals start before the mix. Learn gain staging, mic technique, pop-filter distance, SoundBox setup, vocal layering and lessons from iconic and current hip-hop producers.

Why Do Vocals Sound Harsh or Sibilant? How to Fix It Before Mixing

Why Do Vocals Sound Harsh or Sibilant? How to Fix It Before Mixing

Harsh vocals are not always an EQ problem. Learn how microphone choice, angle, distance, room acoustics and vocal technique can create or reduce sibilance before mixing.

Why Do Vocals Sound Harsh or Sibilant? How to Fix It Before Mixing

Harsh vocals are not always an EQ problem. Learn how microphone choice, angle, distance, room acoustics and vocal technique can create or reduce sibilance before mixing.

Microphone Self-Noise vs. Room Noise: What Are You Actually Hearing?

Microphone Self-Noise vs. Room Noise: What Are You Actually Hearing?

Hearing hiss or background noise in your recording? Learn how to tell whether it comes from the microphone, preamp, room, HVAC, computer or recording technique.

Microphone Self-Noise vs. Room Noise: What Are You Actually Hearing?

Hearing hiss or background noise in your recording? Learn how to tell whether it comes from the microphone, preamp, room, HVAC, computer or recording technique.

Microphone Sensitivity vs. Gain: Why a Quiet Mic Is Not Always a Bad Mic

Microphone Sensitivity vs. Gain: Why a Quiet Mic Is Not Always a Bad Mic

Why does one microphone need much more gain than another? Learn how microphone sensitivity, preamp gain, distance, noise and source level affect vocals, podcasts, audiobooks and voice-over.

Microphone Sensitivity vs. Gain: Why a Quiet Mic Is Not Always a Bad Mic

Why does one microphone need much more gain than another? Learn how microphone sensitivity, preamp gain, distance, noise and source level affect vocals, podcasts, audiobooks and voice-over.

Artist recording at a studio microphone in a real Audio Icon studio environment.

Tube vs. FET Condenser Microphones: What Actually Changes the Sound?

Tube microphones are often called warm and FET microphones clean, but the real difference is more complicated. Learn how electronics, capsules, transformers and recording technique shape the sound.

Tube vs. FET Condenser Microphones: What Actually Changes the Sound?

Tube microphones are often called warm and FET microphones clean, but the real difference is more complicated. Learn how electronics, capsules, transformers and recording technique shape the sound.