Pandelerium should be a word

[Thinkingcaveman]

As I continue to perfect my audio editing skills and continue to edit my writing in the prep process I also have been doing practice recordings as a tease for my final product. I have a small select audience that is giving me constructive feedback. I have an editor that is a goddess or maven I cant decide.

I recently go a new mic and it came with Sonar LE which is cool but has a learning curve for me. I am tempted to go back to Audacity for the short term - but then I would not learn anything new.

The problem or the problem so I think is my voice. I "think" I have convinced myself that I don't have the right voice to express my story the way I would like to hear it. All of my sample audience seems to be pleased with my voice or some are lying to me.

How do I overcome what I feel - Writers/Readers please help me?

[Keith L.]

My voice is my own worst enemy.
However, we are often our own worst critics. Go with the majority. If they like the story, well...there you go.

[Thinkingcaveman]

I keep telling myself that not everyone in the English speaking world has heard my voice before - therefore they have no idea how I think it should sound with what I am reading. I am certain that the same applies to you.

I just put up some sample content at podcast.thinkingcaveman.org and found the gumption to hard record my first 25 pages for final post now I just have to get my sequencing of how I want my written intro's to appear - keeping with consistency you know

[Keith L.]

The url isn't working for me.

[Thinkingcaveman]

OF COURSE IT DOESNT WORK TODAY - when I give it to a complete stranger!!!! More Pandelerium will continue until insanity reigns.

My site is downed by the nice people at Godaddy with the sincerest of apologies. They have told me that it will be back up within 24 hours of Noon PST

[Thinkingcaveman]

Miraculously ---- my PODCAST.THINKINGCAVEMAN.ORG IS BACK UP !!!!

[P.G. Holyfield]

Time... You may never come to "like" your own voice... but you will accept it for what it is (and understand that it does get better over time).

People keep telling me that I have this soothing voice, and all I hear are the cracks and wheezes that I know are there. Oh well.

[Keith L.]

Just checked out the site, looks good, downloading the testing the audio mix now!

[P.G. Holyfield]

Listened to your test audio. Your voice will work great. You are having issues with 'plosives, though (the b's the p's, the t's, etc.). Some of this might be the mic you are using... one thing to try (if it is a headset mic) is to place the mic around chin level so you are not speaking directly into the mic.

If it is a freestanding microphone, a pop filter would work well for you. Good luck!

[Arlene Radasky]

Hi, I just listened to the sample where you discuss the Common attribution. At least I think it is you! The two samples are so different. Anyway, this sample was fine. I would have no trouble listening to your voice. If you are using the setup and mic that was used for the sample of the story, then you do need a popscreen as PG said. It takes a while before we like our own voice. We never sound like we think we should, but you are doing fine.