In this episode, René and Tim talk with acclaimed voice actor Eric Vale about the process of setting up a home voice recording setup during the age of quarantine when studios are not available and work still needs to be done.
We dispel some myths, we talk gear, we show off some mics, and we crack some jokes. If you know voice actors going through the process of setting up (or stepping up) a home recording rig, send them this episode.
René’s office setup 
René’s back wall treatment
Links:
Optimizing zoom for remote voice recording by Randy Coppinger
USB Microphones that were mentioned:
Lewitt DGT 450 Multipurpose Cardioid USB Microphone
Microphones used in this episode:
Sennheiser MKH 416-P48 (the shotgun microphone René demonstrates in this episode)
Shure SM7B – Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone (the dynamic microphone René demonstrates in this episode)
MXL 770 Small-Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone (the cheapest microphone René demonstrates in this episode)
Neumann TLM 103 Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone (Used by our guest, Eric, in this episode)
Neumann BCM-104 – Large Diaphragm Condenser (Used by Timothy in this episode)
Software for recording:
Source Live (For sharing high quality video and audio over the intenet)
ZenCastr (app that records on talents local computer and then automatically uploads to studio when done)
Twisted Wave Recording software (for Mac users)
Adobe Audition Record Software (for PC users)