You've found your voiceover talent and are ready to start producing your script, and the next step will be to create a professional recording for advertising. It is possible that you have a videographer or production team helping you create a voiceover script, but did you realize that there are computer software programs and tools that can create the entire project for you from start to finish?

There is a significant amount of preparation required to ensure that the environment in which you record the Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE voiceover will help you create a quality advertising and promotion piece. Here are some essential tips when preparing the room for your voice over recording:

1. Check all your equipment. Testing your equipment while making your voiceover talent wait is a waste of time and money. Jay Rose, the author of the book "Producing Great Sound for Digital Video" suggests that you make sure you get the right kind of equipment and test it well before production day. Even testing it a few hours before production time can reduce unforeseen delays.

2. Make sure the room does not create echoes. To check if the room is creating echoes, tightly shut all doors and windows, and turn on the microphone. Conduct some test recordings with all of the equipment so that the echo effect can effectively be reduced.

3. Consider using background music. Professional quality voiceovers do not have any noise between the narrator and the listener. You want to create an audio space that sounds as if the narrator is having a face-to-face conversation with the audience. If there is a lot of 'white noise' in the recording, you have the option to add background music.

4. Find the best part of the room for recording. There are no rules about where to position the microphone, so feel free to move the mic setup into different areas of the room to get the right sound. You don't want to record when the sounds seem hollow or filtered in any way. Move around to find the best fit.

5. Outside noise like traffic is not a major concern. Even simple things like fluorescent lighting or distant traffic outside the window can effect the sound quality of your voiceover recording. Yet, most microphones do not pick up these sounds. If you do feel like the script is being affected by these outside sounds, consider adding a high-pass filter to the microphone for a crisper recording.

6. Quiet vents, air conditioners and computer fans. Noise from computers, air conditioners and other similar equipment may be picked up by the mic especially when you are recording in small area. Machine sounds can cause some turbulence in your recording, so try to turn these machines off while recording each segment.

Use a pair of headphones to monitor the voiceover recording throughout the production cycle. Take advantage of playback functions in a different room to make sure that everything is going smoothly; this will reduce the need to do another 'take' and can also help you address any problems with the audio quality of your voiceover recording right away.