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The Edge Studio Feedback Forum is the best place for you to post a recording and get feedback from the community! Record in your home studio, upload the file, and see what people think. This is a great place to get some advice on your technique, on your home studio, or to ask for people’s opinion on your reads. Remember, that this is a community forum, so please remain positive and encourage your peers in helpful ways. If Edge Studio feels that a user is too negative, or antagonizing other members of the community, they will have their posts deleted, and risk being banned from further communication.
Stay positive, listen to each other, and have fun!
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Hi folks – I’ve posted a sample of audition I sent for social media explainer piece – I did not book it. The posting came with no direction. I made my choices and stuck to them. Asking for feedback on the tone and pace I set – did it sound real and conversational, or cheesy and “salesy”? Thanks, Lance
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Hi I actually like the reads. Given that the spot is about how to increase sales using technology – I though the tone struck the right chord of “what are you doing and why aren’t you doing this – get with it”. As a salesperson myself, whenever I hear spots like that – it causes me to consider what the product or service could do for my business. The only part of the script that turned me off was the last 3 to 4 words – the tone and pitch up was a little to harsh for me. I thought a in inflection would have helped.
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Hi Lance,
Sorry you didn’t get shortlisted. Your read does sound like you’re talking down to your audience versus having a conversation with them. The pace is a little too slow and there isn’t a lot of variation in this read which makes it a flat read. So maybe try a little more energy and inflection next time with a faster pace. Keep at it!
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Good evening everyone,
Below I have 3 reads. My mic was acting up so I had to use the good ol’ laptop mic. Any and all feedback would be greatly beneficial. Thank you in advance.
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Hey EC! nice work getting all the info across in the American Airlines piece. Your pacing is a bit robotic, work on varying it throughout to sound more conversational.
it’s probably not worth mentioning, but I thiiiink your laptop mic may be a bit too echo-y to be totally effective. if your usual mic is still out, try using a phone with a voice notes recording app if you have it, it may sound cleaner than your laptop. good luck!
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Hi everyone! I need some feedback on my audio quality. I have a nice recording booth and what I think is a decent fx chain, but I’m not having much success auditioning. Might just be my reads, but I want to be sure! I’ve heard some criticisms about boxiness in the past. Anything need to be adjusted? EQ, reflections, etc.
This was just a quick read, so I’m not looking for feedback on the performance so much. If you have something to suggest about that, though, I’m always happy to get advice!
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Alex – I do not hear any noise, sound is clear and clean. Not sure what you mean by boxiness – like you’re in a box? Don’t hear that either. All sounds great – including your read, btw. Would love to know what you have in your booth – is it soundproof booth? What mic and DAW? As for not getting booked – persistence!!! Keep up what you’ve been doing! Lance (nicolance)
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Yeah, like a box. A bit vague, but I could kinda hear what they meant. They told me to EQ out the frequencies that were causing it, so I guess I was successful! Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
I have a booth made by this gentleman https://www.scottsvobooths.com/. Mine is the “enhanced” model. It’s a good booth, especially for the price. But it’s definitely not as soundproof as I was hoping, and you have to treat the inside yourself. He has a model with even thicker walls than mine, so maybe that one is truly noise-isolating. But he was a nice guy, and it’s very solidly built, so I’m satisfied.
My mic is a Bluebird, and I use Reaper for my DAW. I also have many of the Izotope plugins for de-noising, mouth clicks, pops, sibilance, etc.
I’ll keep plugging away! I’m happy to have some reassurance from other ears that I’m on the right track.
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Great read, work on hiliting the product name and its benefits. Seem to trail off when saying the product.
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Great read Alex! I thought I was actually watching a toothpaste commercial while listening. Please continue the great work.
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Hi Everyone! I would appreciate feedback on any or all of the audios below:) My voice is a little croaky in the sleep aid read, but I’ll like to know what you think of it regardless. The Ozark Audio Description is meant to be an aid to the visually impaired while watching the show, the audio is supposed to be interlaced into the show but I reduced the duration between my sentences to make the audio shorter. Thank you in advance!
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Hi Grace! I listened to the Ozark piece. Primarily I noticed that you speed up a fair amount by the end, and you lost me a bit especially in the action-y part. Sounds like a cold open so, I imagine it does move pretty fast and I read that you cut time between sentences to make it shorter but I wished I could keep up with some of those rapid fire images coming at me at the end. The other thing I noticed on second listen was that some hard consonant sounds are a little swallowed up: the T at the end of “follows suit” and in “tread water” and the k sound at the end of “lake”. your volume is a little low in general but you have a lovely voice and these are mostly small details/quick fixes. keep it up!
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Hi everybody! Back with a couple more reads. Definitely only looking for technique and performance notes, as I am recording on the phone. Here are some things I’m working on.
With the Corona Refresca spot, I was looking for the right pacing. Trying to find the heartbeat of the thing to keep the energy up. (I rewrote it a little since coolers are out and spiked seltzers are in.)
and with the NYCannabis spot, I was prioritizing sounding conversational while listing the very serious legalese/rules.
General feedback and notes are also appreciated!
Thanks,
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The energy remains high in both reads which makes it interesting to listen to, and I think the pacing is pretty good in both. You might be a little choppy in the first sentence of the Corona read, but leaving space between words could work with tv as that could be when images appear on the screen and the pauses could lend to dramatic effect. For the Cannabis read, i think it would lend to your credibility to not invert(mentioned in Edge Studio’s guidebook) the word “children” but to end the word as if it were the end of a sentence like you did with the word “influence” at the end of the audio.
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Both great reads! In the corona one some air got into your mic, that can be easily edited. Love the cannabis read, I do feel like your pace slowed at the end though.
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That was amazing, Jeff. If I heard this on the radio or TV, I would have absolutely thought it was professional, and I loved that “correction”; you definitely made a believer out of me.
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Hi All,
I have posted a couple of practice reads I have been working on. I am getting close to demo record day and would love any feedback you are willing to share. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
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Your smooth and relaxing read reminded of an ad for a diamond jeweler store called Shane Co. I would hear it growing up and always found it soothing. The read starts with “peace” and it definitely carries that tone all throughout. Great job!
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Hi Jeff,
I really like this read. Very articulate and clean, and you have a very slight southern accent that adds a really nice “hometown” appeal to the script. You might even try a version that is just a little bit slower to drive the point home even further. Great work!
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Hello Community
I would love all of your feedback on My commercial reads I just finished my third coaching session and my coach said she see some progress would like to know what you all think thanks in advance. -
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Hi all – back on the board after a brief hiatus. Working on a narration demo, so wanted to post a baseline of where I’m at now. Previous training has been in promo and just on the front-end of narration coaching. Basically I’m winging it, based on listening to other e-learning samples. Script is from a P2P site, with the usual vague direction “natural, approachable voice for a mental health e-learning module”.
Any and all feedback is welcome, from comments on the read itself to technical feedback.
Thanks as always!
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The attached is an excerpt from a corporate annual report script. The intent is to be professional, upbeat, and…well…”corporate,” while remaining as natural as possible. All feedback is welcome – thanks!
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Great job tackling this read. You sound professional and serious. There are a few things I would just be mindful of with corporate reads. Because they are consider formal reads, the pace is usually a little slower. The Beginning of your audio has a plosive when you say two thousand so you are aware. Your listing of variations are good but be mindful of pausing in between as it makes the read a little choppy. Overall very good diction and nice job!
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