Comments on: Mike Dunn, VP Interactive, Hearst http://www.businesssmarttools.com/2008/03/22/mikedunn-hearst/ Harnessing the power of emerging technology for business Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:26:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin http://www.businesssmarttools.com/2008/03/22/mikedunn-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-32714 Justin Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.businesssmarttools.com/?p=43#comment-32714 Aha, an audio production showdown! :) In this situation, there was an uncontrolled fan / AC in the office, which had to be stripped out. Since Valorie actually speaks much louder than Mike does -- and at a different pitch -- Mike's voice had to be normalized AND suffered a bit of audio degradation due to the removal of the fan, which was closer in tone to his normal speaking voice than Valorie's. (Personally, we hadn't noticed that much of a difference in the final edit, but after listening to the same clips half a dozen times, some elements start to forgive themselves.) If you have any tips on how to avoid similar issues, we'd love to hear them. Aha, an audio production showdown! :)

In this situation, there was an uncontrolled fan / AC in the office, which had to be stripped out. Since Valorie actually speaks much louder than Mike does — and at a different pitch — Mike’s voice had to be normalized AND suffered a bit of audio degradation due to the removal of the fan, which was closer in tone to his normal speaking voice than Valorie’s. (Personally, we hadn’t noticed that much of a difference in the final edit, but after listening to the same clips half a dozen times, some elements start to forgive themselves.)

If you have any tips on how to avoid similar issues, we’d love to hear them.

]]> By: P.W. Fenton http://www.businesssmarttools.com/2008/03/22/mikedunn-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-32713 P.W. Fenton Mon, 04 May 2009 14:53:36 +0000 http://www.businesssmarttools.com/?p=43#comment-32713 What necessitated using so much noise reduction on Mike's voice that he sounded like Darth Vader, and yet Valorie, recorded in the same environment, sounds normal? The difference was so bizarre it was difficult to think about anything else. What necessitated using so much noise reduction on Mike’s voice that he sounded like Darth Vader, and yet Valorie, recorded in the same environment, sounds normal? The difference was so bizarre it was difficult to think about anything else.

]]> By:   of wordpress, twitter & friendfeed… — glemak http://www.businesssmarttools.com/2008/03/22/mikedunn-hearst/comment-page-1/#comment-19058   of wordpress, twitter & friendfeed… — glemak Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:11:58 +0000 http://www.businesssmarttools.com/?p=43#comment-19058 [...] also been remiss in posting a few interviews (rww, bst) and a panel (siia) that i’ve done this past year, so when i was adding them to my about page [...] [...] also been remiss in posting a few interviews (rww, bst) and a panel (siia) that i’ve done this past year, so when i was adding them to my about page [...]

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