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  • #15468
    David Goldberg
    Edge Studio Staff

    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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  • #80414
    jwhiddon
    Participant

    Feel free to critique the read, but mostly looking for feedback on the sound quality. Something to me just isn’t sounding right, not quite sure what it is though. This is with a slight noise reduction added and normalized to -3db. Any feedback is appreciated.

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  • #80382
    smarlowe
    Participant

    Hello, Looking for any and all constructive feedback on these two commercial samples. Thanks!

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    • #80534
      Cheechman
      Participant

      Kind of monotone. More emotion would help, otherwise very clear and understandable

    • #80424
      slemay
      Participant

      Thanks so much I slowed it down and like it better! 🙂

      Also, I really liked your Revlon read. The AMEX one was good as well I just felt like you needed to vary the read a bit. The end sounded more natural.

  • #80370
    Kent
    Participant

    Easy enough to critique, let’s try putting one out there. There is literal hammering and drilling going on just the other side of my studio wall. Recording between that made things more exciting. Better editing practice, too.

    I’m hung up on “our time.” It doesn’t sound quite the way I’d say it conversationally, but “ow-er” sounds a little stilted. How would you do it?

    History Channel
    If you lived before our time, who would you be?
    Would you fight your brother for the rights of another? Who would you be?
    Would you find new dreams or create wonders?
    What if you could choose from a 1,000 yesterdays; a 1,000 lives, when the past was today and the new took your breath away.
    Who would you be? What would you feel? How would you live? Who would you love?

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    • #80401
      G Cobb
      Participant

      this is a nice red,the pace tone changes and diction are very nicegood luck.

    • #80390
      Logan DFD
      Participant

      I agree with Slemay on varying the pitch on repeated phrases like ‘who would you be’. Also, the phrase ‘how would you live’ was spoken with an emphasis that didn’t quite have the right tone to it. Otherwise, the overall tone of the read was delivered nicely, and your voice compliments it well! Keep it up!

    • #80373
      slemay
      Participant

      My coach gave me direction to vary the way I say repeating words so on your “who would you be’ maybe try to make it a bit different each time?

      • #80385
        smarlowe
        Participant

        It’s a really nice read with a very pleasant voice. I’d personally like to hear a bit more “energy” in the read. It’s a little flat. Nothing too crazy, just a little more.

  • #80349
    slemay
    Participant

    Ok, still rusty but would love any feedback. Again, doing this on my phone so don’t need technical advice. THANKS!!!

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  • #80345
    slemay
    Participant

    Ok, I am still a little rusty but curious to see how this sounds to anyone that wants to comment. Just a quick recording on my phone so no technical feedback necessary. THANKS!!!

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    • #80386
      smarlowe
      Participant

      I listened to the Align and Chevy ones. I really like that raspy quality you have to your voice! I liked the Align read, but felt the Chevy read could just be a tad bit faster. Good job overall.

      • #80422
        slemay
        Participant

        Thanks so much I slowed it down and like it better! 🙂

    • #80368
      Kent
      Participant

      Good attitude. You can feel it. If you look at it as a graph – like when something is played back – and you see jumps with heightened volume, replace volume with emphasis. Listen to it. There are early jumps, but it flattens a bit for a while.

      • #80372
        slemay
        Participant

        Great thanks so much and I will listen back!

  • #80340
    samsheeks
    Participant

    And the last few. Working with a new interface so trying to get the levels dialed in!

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    • #80363
      raven808
      Participant

      Great pacing and enunciation ! You were very good at keeping your energy up the whole way through! I especially liked the car one!

    • #80347
      slemay
      Participant

      I think these all sounded great but for some reason Suave was my favorite. Great job!

  • #80336
    samsheeks
    Participant

    A few more for feedback!

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    • #80389
      atperry
      Participant

      LOved the read , voice. Expressive in the right places. Maybe a little more, different energy at the end .Director”s choice. Put a smile on my face. Studio sounds great . Keep keepin on

    • #80354
      slemay
      Participant

      I loved the Connecticut lottery read especially in the beginning because I really believed you won with the fun I heard in your voice if that makes sense. 🙂

  • #80332
    samsheeks
    Participant

    Any feedback on my “natural” delivery would be great 🙂

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  • #80326
    Logan DFD
    Participant

    I’d appreciate some feedback on my natural delivery. Which read sounds more natural? Which one fits best?

    Balducci’s

    Can your food market pass a simple taste test?
    At Balducci’s, we put taste first.
    This spring, we’re loading up our stores with fresh and chef-crafted foods that are simply bursting with flavor.
    Like majestic orange wild king salmon, flown in daily.
    And specialties like champagne ham, slow-smoked over hickory chips and glazed with pineapple juice and brown sugar.
    Now there’s a store that puts taste first.
    Balducci’s.
    The food lover’s market.

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    • #80364
      raven808
      Participant

      I liked the third one as far as it sounding natural! Great job making 3 different takes!

    • #80331
      slemay
      Participant

      Hi Logan I liked the first one best. I am not an expert but thought that sounded more natural. Only feedback is maybe less pronunciation on the word taste. Nice job!

  • #80322
    annellakaine
    Participant

    Hi there! Working on my second homework assignment for Narration with a focus on toning down my natural tendency to theatricalize and instead deliver conversational reads. Any feedback greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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    • #80355
      slemay
      Participant

      Maybe try to go a bit slower and or softer to give your audience the feeling you really care. But your voice sounds nice!

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