0976 – The Diction-ary of Voice - A Part 2

2023.09.03 – 0976 – The Diction-ary of Voice - A Part 2 Alveolus – the area just behind your upper teeth and where your tongue darts to in the final sound of the word ‘sin’Ambience (‘ambient noise’, ‘ambi’, ‘nat sound’, ‘sfx’ – ‘sound effects’) - The general sound at a location, such as traffic noise, a protest march, birds and wind in the trees, or the sound of a studio (such as the air conditioning, slight bizz of computers and so on. The sound can be used by itself or mixed under voice clips.Amplify – to increase the signal strength to make a louder sound Announcer – an on-air role of someone who has an authoritative or commanding way of speakingArticulation – the process by which you use your teeth, tongue, mouth and lips, to shape sounds into words. Sometimes used to mean ‘clear pronunciation of words’ such as the right tone, volume, pitch, and quality. (See: ‘enunciation’, ‘diction’.)Artifact - undesirable sounds around words, such as random humming noises Aspirate – the release of a puff of air in the pronunciation of a word. The air is not as pronounced as a plosive might be on the initial sound of the word ‘pronounced’, but softer as in Santa saying ‘ho, ho, ho’Attack time - the time it takes for a sound processor to begin adjusting the volume level, once the noise threshold has been reachedAttenuate - to reduce in force, or make quieterAttitude – speaking style that shows how a character (or the speaking actor/presenter) would feelAudacity - free audio editing software, a common first DAW (Digital Audio Workstation: the program on which you can record and edit audio)Audio book - the recording of a narrator reading a book Audio drama – the audio recording of book or play in which several voice actors take part, together with sound effects and music. Sometimes called ‘fiction podcast’ Audio engineer – a term used by different studios and stations in different ways for different responsibilities, but essentially someone who uses sound equipment/software to record and edit. Possibly also a ‘sound recordist’, ‘audio editor’, ‘audio mixer’, ‘mastering engineer’ (or ‘engineer’), or even ‘producer’Audition - Adobe’s paid-for DAWAuthenticity – a speaking style that shows credibility and generates trust Automation - in a DAW, the ability to automatically change an attribute over time, such as dipping the volume, or panning a sound from left to right, or any other attribute you’d like to change. See ‘envelope’AVO – Announcer Voice Over   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Year THREE of short daily episodes to improve the quality of your speaking voice.Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode!And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VOICE OVER VOICE.Look out for more details of the book during 2024.Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_StewartAudio recording script and show notes (c) 2021, 2022, 2023 Peter StewartPeter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (see contacts clink above) and presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with various formats. He has read tens of thousands of news bulletins and hosted 3,000+ podcast episodes.The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience?This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects.The 'Peter Stewart' show is perhaps of great interest to those in broadcast voice overs, the broadcast voice, how to start a voice podcast, broadcasting voice training, your speaking voice, breathing technique, and conversational speaking. You may also find it useful if you are searching for information on voice coaching, voice training, voice overs, podcasting, broadcasting, presenting, being a voice over actor and newsreading, audio branding, public speaking, the recorded voice, vocal tips, performance, vocal health education, vocal technique and voice over training.Music credits: all Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.