In this module you will dive deep into voice-over equipment and discover everything you need to know about your Home Recording Studio. Recording studio spaces can be of different sizes and shapes and have different acoustic designs as well. There is no secret formula for determining the perfect studio specification or design. Each voice-over home recording studio has its own layout, sonic character, and décor. Many voice-over artists struggle with decisions that could cost them money and time. There are, however, many solutions that can help to set up both the voice booth and the control room, within a limited space. There are several options available including portable studio, project studio and permanent studio. There are hundreds of choices for active voice-over artists. In this module, you will learn about designing and upgrading your existing music studio, software, hardware and equipment. The more time you spend studying available home studio solutions, the less money you will spend on it in the future. In this module, you will also take a virtual 3D walk and explore a professional voice-over recording studio in a VR (Virtual Reality) format. In this learning module, the training is incorporated into activities and exercises.

Before you start it's important that you understand that there is no one solution for all. Every space, room, flat or a house is different and may require different approach to sound proofing. Another important factor for beginners is not to compare your own home studio to fully professional recording studios, they are designed and build for one purpose only and the space you will use will most likely have different roles to play unless you have enough space to build a fully functional recording room and voice recording studio. This module will teach you that, even with an infinite budget, this is not always an easy process. There are however some key point that you should be aware of to make your recording space job ready, close to the industry standard without spending a significant amount of money.

Why voice-over training in 3D?

There are many reasons, why it is important to be up-to-date with the current trends, but just to name a few: rapid growth of the VR industry and 3D job market, that uses voice actors around the world. There are roughly about 6,500 languages spoken in the world and each and every one of them makes the world an interesting and beautiful place, but also creates an opportunity for new voice artists.

The future is upon us. This forward thinking and grounded in research and life experience module is based on the 3D Voice-Over virtual studio and all activities will address different areas in the studio enabling you to explore, learn and adapt ideas and also build your own home recording studio. Our KTS VR studio with up, down, right, left and behind perspective offers an authentic 3D environment for safe and authentic practice of skills and abilities. Using our 3D learning environment opens up an opportunity for those, who are geographically dispersed around the world without access to professional equipment or recording studios. By introducing a 3D environment to the voice-over training most unreachable learning situations and barriers like travel and access to the industry are being removed and the quality training content is now available to the learners in the most natural form. The learning in the KTS VR studio takes place in actual situation, where you are walking in the live recording room or a voice-over booth and listen to the audio guide that will explain you what you see and experience in the given moment. This makes learning so much powerful, real and practical leaving other forms of abstract learning behind.

The time is expensive therefore many music and voice-over recording studios have strict guidelines and systems for their staff and visitors to follow. Discover how you can implement some of them into your business and develop the best possible processes and procedures in your home recording studio.

Many additional skills can be gained and practised this way and self-confidence is just one of them. Why not visit our virtual theatre, or the outdoor stage and practice your public speaking by delivering your epic speech with one of the music tracks in the background? The possibilities are endless, you can visit the relaxation area and sit on the garden swing chair or jump into one of the vocal booths and practice your script reading, or sit in the theatre and listen to classical music while watching an actor performing on the wooden stage. If you need an encouragement you can even get a friendly audience clapping their hands and cheering for you! To make this experience exciting the 3D VR KTS studio provides typical and realistic to sound production environment spaces e.g. recording live room and atypical ideas like location of the recording studio. Everyone will find something interesting in it. Whether you are an achiever, explorer, or socialiser our 3D open ended world will give you many opportunities to learn more about voice-over. 

Our 3D world is presented in a manner that is easy to understand and created to successfully engage with the learner, but if you have any questions, on how to navigate, perform actions, operate controls or on how to explore the VR system please refer to the talent area, or speak to us on the dedicated Online Community channel that is available to those, who have access to this module.

Creating a virtual environment takes much more time, consideration and effort than creating traditional e-learning materials. We hope that you will not only enjoy this innovative approach to learning but also embrace it and thrive within it allowing yourself to submerge into a world of creative industries, that is heavily interconnected. We also hope that this experience will allow you to successfully merge your existing understanding of the industry with the new knowledge and provide you with an opportunity to discover who you could become in the near future. 

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS MODULE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Understand how the voice-over studio work and what equipment use

• Distinguish between different rooms and voice-over recording facilities and solutions

• Understand the need of using the Sound Level Meter

• Effectively calibrate studio monitors

• Understand the difference between different soundproofing techniques

• Identify suitable furniture, that can be used for Home Studio

• Explore different ways of accessing script in the voice booth

• Understand a variety of Home Studio configurations

• Identify equipment that is used in different rooms in the recording studio

• Observe and choose what is essential and valuable and what is unrelated to your needs

• Gain self-confidence by exploring the studio and delivering your voice-over reading in the virtual public places

• Explore the 3D Virtual Reality Training <- New!

Imagine being able to experience a guided tour of the recording studio from your home in London, New York or Singapore. With VR, you can do just that. You can even take a voice-over showroom tour from anywhere in the world! Virtual reality (VR) is being used for gaming but VR is already shaping our future in so many more ways including healthcare, real estate, space exploration, travel and education. 

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN MODULE 2 - HOME STUDIO?

In this learning module, the training is incorporated into activities and exercises.

TRAINING:

• Introduction to Voice-Over Part 1, 2 and 3 explaining old and new technologies used in voice-over including:

• Headphones (50 and 250 Ohm)

• Checking noise levels in existing equipment (Audio Interface, Cables, Mixer, Microphone)

• Equipment

• Hardware (Audio chain, Voice-Over Studio)

• Microphone (Diaphragm polar pattern Microphone, Dynamic Microphone with and without in-line pre-amp)

• Microphone Pre-amplifier

• Audio Interface 

• Microphone Cable

• Connectors

• Mixer Cables

• Mixer 

ACTIVITIES:

• PC / LAPTOP AND DESK - There is no voice-over without recording your voice and the best way to capture it is computer.

• DAW SOFTWARE AND PLUG-INS - DAW software is a vital element of every home and professional studio. It allows to record, edit and improve the recording to the highest standard.

• MICROPHONE PLACEMENT - This is one of the most important decisions you will make. Recording place will make your voice-over an easy task or a sonic nightmare.

• A4. SHOCK MOUNT & POP FILTER - Without a shock mount you risk recording vibrations you may not even hear or feel, but the microphone will capture with ease. Because nobody is perfect and we humans from time to time say certain words with plosives we all need a quality pop filter.

• LIVE ROOM, CONTROL ROOM, HEADPHONES AND STUDIO MONITORS - Discover live room, control room and learn more about the equipment. 

• MICROPHONE PREAMPLIFIER - This is the single most important element of your recording equipment. The best recording studios spend more on microphone preamplifiers most home based voice over talents on the whole gear, because they can simply turn an average XLR microphone into a professional recording setup and a professional microphone into an outstanding setup capable recording to the world leading standards. There are different kids of preamplifiers, starting with inexpensive boxes to valve driven rack mounting devices that work together with sound processors that in real-time enrich the microphone signal.  

• MICROPHONE XLR CABLE - This is yet another subject that requires a separate space. An inexpensive microphone cable or damaged quality microphone has a potential to ruin the recording or even stop you from achieving a success in voice-over.  

• MICROPHONE AND MIC STAND - Two brothers, microphone and the microphone stand must be suitable to your needs. They are unique to every recording setting and the decision about which one to get should not be taken lightly. 

• SOUNDPROOFING - This is another vital element of every home and professional recording studio. From sound proofing window curtains to soundproofing boards and foam sound damping boards.

• VOCAL BOOTH - UPVC voice booths, DIY booths and professional voice booths - they are all serve the same purpose, to provide a whisper-quiet recording area that can produce voice-over recordings of the highest standard. 

INTERACTIVE 3D VR LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND FUN!

RESOURCES:

• DIY UPVC frame Vocal Booth - learn how to make a UPVC voice booth at low cost (instruction).

FREEBIES:

• BBC specification - This document comprises a collection of earlier BBC internal papers relating to the specification of acoustic criteria for building projects.

• DIY Vocal Recording Booth Plans - Build A Professional Vocal Booth On A Budget.

• Making a DIY Vocal Booth: 7 Plans That You Can Build - DIY Vocal Booths.

• Studio SOS: Building A DIY Vocal Booth - Convert a small empty room into a professional vocal booth.

• How To Create Your Own Vocal Booth - What Is A Vocal Booth And How To Create Your Own.

ACCESS TO DEDICATED CHANNELS ON THE ONLINE COMMUNITY SERVER:

• # 🎧 MODULE 2 - HOME STUDIO - Everything you need to know about your Home Recording Studio. Recording studio spaces can be of different sizes and shapes and have different acoustic designs as well. There is no secret formula for determining the perfect studio spec or design.

• # 🔘 - 3D VR STUDIO - Module 2 - Home Studio Ad-on, where you may discuss 3D Virtual Reality Environment.

BONUS 1 - VR 3D STUDIO

KT Sound is the first voice-over training in the world to introduce VR exercises to teach voice-over in the 2022 intake. Our irresistibly engaging Module 2 – Home Studio is based on a virtual voice-over 3D recording studio experience, where every learner can explore the studio using their computer, or mobile phone with or without the VR headset. Our 3D world mimics real-life situations allowing learners to experience different realistic workplace situations, scenarios, professional careers and people. For convenience VR tour is non-linear and spread in a variety of rooms and locations, including VO booths, a control room, a training room and even a theatre! Walk around the studio, look around and listen to many engaging audio guide tracks in each room. Visiting the 3D environment and learning "in person" doesn't mean abandoning traditional learning methods, it means embracing them and adding yet another dimension to increase the learning experience. Don't worry if you are not into new technologies, all learning materials used in 3D VR Module 2 - Home Studio, including the audio guide and additional information are also available in the talent area in the text format.

3D VR (Virtual Reality) KTS Recording Studio

• Showroom (UPVC, Metal frame, DIY, Professional voice booths, microphones, microphone stands and more)

• Live Room (equipment, working talent)

• Control Room (equipment, sound engineer)

• Actor's Corner (working talent)

• Relaxation Area (calm and relaxing area)

• Backstage (feel the emotions before entering the stage)

• Theatre (practice your reading and self-confidence)

• Training Room (learn more about the voice-over and learning modules)

• Server Room (where all the data is stored)

• Job Info Point (learn more about Module 7 - Voice-Over Jobs)

• Marketing Info Point (learn more about Module 8 - Online Marking)

• For additional realism and a smooth visual experience we combine both realistic and cartoon images and 3D models in one environment

• Amazing and inspiring from the start till the finish helping you to make good, better and best choices when designing your home studio

• Discover positive vibes, excitement and adrenaline while walking around the studio, or stepping on the stage

• And much more...

Gamification in Voice-Over training

Gamification gives learners complete control over how they learn. It improves engagement and creates a positive experience. Gamification is not a one-size-fits-all solution and requires a lot of preparation to make it work. A lot of work was put into planning, goal setting, evaluation and improvement. In our 3D VOice-Over Studio, we use a mix of methods to deliver a balanced experience and also allow learners to achieve their learning goals. Using a 3D world is not a linear experience and those who like learning lectures to be presented in text should refer to the learning module activities instead. Our virtual studio is a very dynamic and vibrant place, where many virtual characters play their part to build the most realistic experience possible. In the final stages of its development, the studio was analysed for errors and all improvements were implemented. The final step was to present the environment to clients for final feedback. This project truly fosters creativity that can support those who would like to experience the "real thing" from the comfort of their homes. In the virtual environment, we use clear and concise language, models, characters, and virtual storytelling to offer the best learning experience and deliver training content effectively.

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