Recording Instructions

It is up to you what you use for a mic. The quality will be most noticeable in the dialogue editing services as well as music genres that emphasize clean audio quality, like classic pop. It is easier to artificially degrade audio quality as a stylistic choice during the mixing process, so if you have access to a good recording set-up, that is best.

Very quiet background noise is fine, absolute isolation is best. The problem comes in when the highest volume of the background noise is close to or louder than the quietest part of the audio we want to keep. In that case it is very difficult, and often not possible, to remove all the background sound. It is best to record in a quiet place with no fans or buzzing lights. 

Mistakes are going to happen when you are recording.

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If it is in music, finish your take, and re-record an additional one. Either comp difficult to sing portions or record 5 or more takes of the whole song, singing over the same instrumentals so they are in time with each other. Send me all takes for editing. 

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If you are recording dialogue and you know you made a mistake, do not stop recording. Simply say out loud in your recording that you made a mistake, wait five seconds in silence, and then re-start from the beginning of the section you messed up on. If it is a live recording, like a podcast, provide timestamps and transcripts of the portions you want removed.