got an overview of the postproduction process (bit of a repition like - EQ - Compression - Normalisation - De-Essing - Limiting - Insert Effects - Send & Return Effects but that's ok); started the advanced voiceover course to get from my intermediate level to a pro level which included today: to warm up nicely and full-body, going to extremes (ultra low pitch, ultra high pitch, mixture of both and going over the top with a caricature performance) - my voice felt like the strings of a guitar today when I practiced #stolenvoice

watched explainer on how to use Adobe Audition as a voiceover #stolenvoice

Went through a YouTube tutorial on Tacotron 2 and generated my first model (of Eminem's voice): youtu.be/zXAd1EzSLJs #rhymecraft

Watched the 'Initial walkthrough video' Steven prepared to explain how the app should work in more detail (going through his Balsamiq mock-ups). #cleanexam

watched 2 hours of user recordings to make notes

studied japanese audio sentences #studyjapanese

learned about more advanced humanisation techniques (non-scripted humane sounds), breathing techniques (e.g. staccato breathe) and de-breathing methods, handling commercial copy, the challenges when self-directing and self-analysis, controlling the mic (e.g. bass proximity effect) #stolenvoice

Spent a few minutes playing around with GridSound since it's similar in spirit to what I'm trying to do. #rhymecraft

learned (as an overview) how to use Reaper and Pro Tools as voiceover artist. Also learned: how to interpret briefs and casting instructions, editing my submission to a casting, how to get on casting lists, doing alternate takes, what it means to go over the top (OTT), the different types of agents and what rates/fee should be charged #stolenvoice

learned about the casting process and getting work as a VO, the preferance for custom demos or custom clips for the casting, and that success as a VO means to practice a lot (!) and learn tons. Did a light refreshment of a sound theory: e.g. difference of dynamic mics and condenser mics, sample rate, bit rate #stolenvoice

finished my first AI-only mini project using Cursor and Claude (download youtube video, transcribe and let user see where in the video the word was mentioned)

learned how caricature/animation/kids demo reels are made and what role an accent does play #stolenvoice

worked on a re-voice for a video, transcribed the text and added new background music. Final edit later #stolenvoice

worked on my improvised home-recording setup, practiced more commercial scripts #stolenvoice

Watch intro to AI video #dev

watch a video on agent and really understand how it works, don't jump to ChatGPT directly, understand it first #competeai

listen to Japanese language input mindlessly #life

New blog post vokal.co/blog/audio-waveform #vokal

Discovered that there are actually YouTube tutorials explaining how to use Tacotron 2. #rhymecraft

Make the mvp for an AI audio tour guide. Will take it for a spin tomorrow in Nara, Japan 🇯🇵